>>manage to stay close to >>the roots of hiphop (but >>still make their music come >>from where they stand). > >How the hell would you know >what the roots of hip >hop are? >Are you from the South Bronx? > did you grow up >black in an american ghetto?
I said "stay close to", you cant expect someone on a different continent to BE the roots of hiphop! That was a lame attempt of you at getting an excuse for wanting hiphop to stay within USA.
I haven't even tried to (and i won't) put e.g. french hiphop in the same category as american hiphop, because i know there are big difference. What is it you don't like with hiphop outside the states?
nah i didnt grow up in no ghetto, thats why i dont walk around in them hiphop clothes, got dat slang, do dat freestylin ish and whatmore..
Eff your attitude, it is narrowminded and full of bad feelings against anything other than TRUE, REAL, AMERICAN hiphop it seems like.
Is it just europe or all continents you got something against? Have you heard french rap, rap from senegal, seen a b-boy from chile or even tried to listen to your fellow okp tohunga and the maori hiphop acts he can get you?
>The under current of hip hop >has little to do with >what is recorded on wax. > It's like Egyptian Pottery >showing kmt's, ethiop's and greeks.
Sorry, i'd answer that if i understand but my english isn't that up to date. under current?