Comments on: Brain Rot: Hip Hop Family Tree, Rap Music Reaches Outside of New York http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-21.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 10:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-21.html#comment-1440517 Antinous / Moderator Sun, 03 Jun 2012 08:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163344#comment-1440517 The person in question was sufficiently abusive that he now sleeps with the fishes. The person in question was sufficiently abusive that he now sleeps with the fishes.

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-21.html#comment-1440507 noah django Sun, 03 Jun 2012 06:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163344#comment-1440507 Mods:  I'm still here.  What'd I do?  Point out that none of those groups had anything to do with hip-hop?  Did I dis the guy hard and I just don't remember?  I'll apologize.  Seriously, if I crossed the line I'll make it right.  It's hard to remember when my comments get erased. fbxl5:  was I that harsh?  I didn't mean to be--sorry, dude. EDIT: forgot to mention: it was ME who flagged the last post, because I was trying to figure out what was going on. Please tell me a flag is not just an auto-delete? Mods:  I’m still here.  What’d I do?  Point out that none of those groups had anything to do with hip-hop?  Did I dis the guy hard and I just don’t remember?  I’ll apologize.  Seriously, if I crossed the line I’ll make it right.  It’s hard to remember when my comments get erased.

fbxl5:  was I that harsh?  I didn’t mean to be–sorry, dude.

EDIT: forgot to mention: it was ME who flagged the last post, because I was trying to figure out what was going on. Please tell me a flag is not just an auto-delete?

]]> By: fbxl5 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-21.html#comment-1437597 fbxl5 Thu, 31 May 2012 00:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163344#comment-1437597 Is Billy Paul and Mrs. Jones in any of these stories, the chi-lites, Al Green...........................anybody? Is Billy Paul and Mrs. Jones in any of these stories, the chi-lites, Al Green………………………anybody?

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-21.html#comment-1436949 noah django Wed, 30 May 2012 05:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163344#comment-1436949  Ron G sampled it for the Shake Your Rump megamix, but I can't find it hosted anywhere on the internet, somehow.  Ron G sampled it for the Shake Your Rump megamix, but I can’t find it hosted anywhere on the internet, somehow.

]]> By: Incipient Madness http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-21.html#comment-1436843 Incipient Madness Wed, 30 May 2012 01:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163344#comment-1436843 I haven't heard Funk You Up since the Eighth Grade dance.  I had no idea it was part of hip-hop, as at that time I had no concept that there was such a genre.  I suppose at the time I must have thought of it as a stripped down and edgy form of disco. I suppose that was an accurate assessment. The earliest hip-hop still sounds pretty close to its disco roots. BTW,  Cracked has and article in which they say the "chicken verse" from Rapper's Delight is among the worst of hip-hop lyrics. I could not disagree more. I haven’t heard Funk You Up since the Eighth Grade dance.  I had no idea it was part of hip-hop, as at that time I had no concept that there was such a genre.  I suppose at the time I must have thought of it as a stripped down and edgy form of disco. I suppose that was an accurate assessment. The earliest hip-hop still sounds pretty close to its disco roots.

BTW,  Cracked has and article in which they say the “chicken verse” from Rapper’s Delight is among the worst of hip-hop lyrics. I could not disagree more.

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-21.html#comment-1436785 ocker3 Wed, 30 May 2012 00:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163344#comment-1436785 I am continuing to enjoy these lessons in music history I am continuing to enjoy these lessons in music history

]]> By: Ed Piskor http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-21.html#comment-1436334 Ed Piskor Tue, 29 May 2012 16:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163344#comment-1436334  The Sequence heavily inspired this Dr. Dre tune... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axZrElyTmU8  The Sequence heavily inspired this Dr. Dre tune… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axZrElyTmU8

]]> By: Ed Piskor http://boingboing.net/2012/05/29/brain-rot-hip-hop-family-tree-21.html#comment-1436332 Ed Piskor Tue, 29 May 2012 16:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=163344#comment-1436332 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izd6uWUQiJY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izd6uWUQiJY

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