Yes I figured my call for fellow hip-hop fans would probably not go through. As far as educating on hip-hop, I think the large majority of it is absolute crap. However, there is some of it that is very good IMO.
There is a segment of hip-hop that is really an evolution on jazz music. Lots of samples of jazz music and some have gone with live jazz instrumentation. This is the stuff that I am more of a fan of. It at times tends to have a little more melody and is not just percussion. Also the rappers approach the verses like a jazz artist would a solo, not just going up and yelling.
I agree though some of it promotes obscenity and misognyistic ideas that I do not like. Most of the stuff that is generally played on the radio is this type of stuff.
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