>
>I suspect you got the idea for this from my other
>post, where I made the point about Mos Def
>
>
>The problem with this is that "streetness" is incorrectly
>associated with crime in hip-hop and that's sort of a shame,
>and is what changed rap into a minstrel show
>
>Black Thought might be the most "street" rapper ever, if
>we're being honest. He's not less "street" than Beanie,
>for example.

they had a rap group together prior to the Roots forming, it may be well known on these parts.

and...post 6.