Comments on: Brain Rot: Hip Hop Family Tree, The Infamous 20/20 Segment on Rap Music

By: wizardru

wizardru — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:01:00 +0000

Given that the name of this segment is referred to as INFAMOUS, I suspect that whatever the intention may or may not have been, the Hip Hop community received it the way the comic implies.

By: devophill

devophill — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 02:51:00 +0000

Hugh Downs looks like Joshua Pearson of Emergency Broadcast Network. (he shows up in this video at about 2:42)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGSrag79KMY

By: Joshua Bardwell

Joshua Bardwell — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 02:34:00 +0000

IMO, the comic mis-interprets or mis-represents the last line, “Not everyone can sing, but anyone can rap.” Setting aside for a moment the fact that it’s actually not true… The way I heard the line when I watched the story was not that it was a put-down of rap for being “easier” than singing, but that it was explicitly speaking to rap’s accessibility.

By: noah django

noah django — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:37:00 +0000

the biggest problem with karaoke is that they only show two or four lines at a time. with melodic lyrics, this is often an entire verse, probably 45 seconds to a minute’s worth of material and you can skim it at a glance to refresh your memory. with rap, 4 lines is like ten seconds, there’s no skimming ahead. instead of showing a screen at a time of a few lines, it should be a continuous scroll with the next two lines always visible. then we wouldn’t look like dumb-asses singing songs we legitimately know /rant

By: dolo54

dolo54 — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:24:00 +0000

Anyone can rap? Worst mistake I ever made at a karaoke bar is try to do Eminem. Even with the words in front of my face, and even though I knew the song by heart, no way could I keep up.

By: Halloween_Jack

Halloween_Jack — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:15:00 +0000

“Anyone can rap.” Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha… Oh, Hugh. If only you’d stepped up to the mike yourself in an attempt to prove that.

By: Spieguh

Spieguh — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:53:00 +0000

Awesome. The Thin Man Tours a Flattop

By: MrJM

MrJM — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:33:00 +0000

“Hip hop ain’t real music — not like when I was a boy.”

http://www.history.com/videos/hollywood-stars-entertain-troops#hollywood-stars-entertain-troops (1m10s)

By: Frank Diekman

Frank Diekman — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:36:00 +0000

Ah. Back in the day when TV journalists actually did research for their stories.

By: Ed Piskor

Ed Piskor — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:11:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onRKOcsf1J0

By: Ed Piskor

Ed Piskor — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:11:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdPpfBw8U4A