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Really long post that didn't distinguish between TSG's column and TM's comments.
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I did, but didn't do a very good job. I should have put a line in after the quotation mark to make it clearer.
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TM, you should read the conversations between Ralph Wiley and TSG in the Insider section. They go over some of this.
There's been a quest for authenticity in hip hop for the past 15 years. Hell, you can even argue that Vanilla Ice sparked that quest.
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I don't know what this means. Do you mean a quest for authenticity in mainstream hip hop? Because that is and isn't true. If, by authenticity you mean manufactured gangster rap by
actual gangsters signed to try to appeal to a broader audience that is begging for an tilted view of ghetto life, then yes. There has been.
But if you mean, there's been a quest for authentic ghetto and hip-hop-culture voices who speak the truth and don't necessarily glorify materialism, violence and misogyny, then I have to disagree.
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Studio executives have known for a long time that blacks go to see more movies than whites per capita. That audience has allowed black directors and stars to carve out their niche. For a couple of years they've come to the realization that the same white teenagers who are buying rap records (or downloading tracks, whatever) have no problem seeing movies with those same rappers.
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Agreed.
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I would argue that Elvis Presley is to Pat Boone as Justin Timberlake is to Vanilla Ice.
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What is Timberlake to Michael Jackson (beside straight-up impersonator) or Ursher?
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And The Wire is fantastic and has been so for some time. It's the same creative team behind Homicide: Life On The Streets.
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I'm in. They got me.
TM
