[atlantaprog] Re: atlantaprog Digest V3 #47

The guy who starred Hustle and Flow had to learn to rap for the role.

He said they hired a pro rapper to coach him.

He kept trying to SING the words, and the rapper would always say, "Don't sing.  We don't sing.  We can't sing.  We're rappers."

I like this quote.

Paul

From:  "Chip Epsten" <cepsten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject:  [atlantaprog] Re: atlantaprog Digest V3 #47
Date:  Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:57:07 -0400
>To say that hip-hop is "missing" this or that - e.g. melody - is looking at
>it through the wrong end of the telescope. For that matter, classical Indian
>ragas "lack" chord changes. What to make of that? The thing about hip-hop is
>that it is essentially spoken word over a rhythmic bed, which makes it
>enormously adaptive. Artists all over the world are infusing the form with
>the sounds of their own cultures, with very interesting results.
>
>Chip
>
>

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