68. "that statement i made has to be qualified..." In response to In response to 65
>but you said > >"so it makes sense that more commercial stuff would be >labelled "rap" & less commercial stuff (or DJ/beat based stuff >like Shadow) would be labelled hip-hop" >
the way i did when i made it
this is based on the music industry primarily (initially anyway) using the term Rap for music that was usually referred to by its practitioners (correct me if im wrong) as hip-hop
that's why it makes sense in context of the history
that said when most of *us* became aware of it it was Rap, like Yo! MTV Raps or Rapper's Delight or blondie's Rapture
________________________________________________________________ whenever you did these things to the least of my brothers you did them to me