concepts which are sadly under-represented in hip-hop

[Cloo]

The Marxist theory of dialectical materialism.

For which, as an ex-Swappie, I am truly grateful.

Ahem.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

Horticulture and Kathleen Muncaster's National Collection of Fuchsias.

 

[Cloo]

The gradual acquisition of status through hard work and clean living.

 

[killer b]

industrial brewing processes

 

[twister]

the benefits of going to bed before midnight

 

[isitme]

after the show it's the afterparty and after the party it's up the wooden hill to bedfordshire

 

[MysteryGuest]

space bunnies

 

[ViolentPanda]

geordie in china
me dad was a mine-a...

your mutha was a saleswoman
of her vagina...

 

[ViolentPanda]

The damaging effect of repeated antibiotic treatments for the clap.

 

[phildwyer]

Impotence.

 

[lizzieloo]

Impotence.

 

[Greebo]

Chintz

 

[isitme]

your mutha was a saleswoman
of her vagina...

yer ma's a ginge
wiv a scabby minge

 

[Fictionist]

The damaging effect of repeated antibiotic treatments for the clap.

Not quite, Kool Moe Dee covered that.....

 

[MysteryGuest]

nice cups of tea.

 

[Pickman's model]

morris dancing

 

[Stigmata]

Being fabulous

 

[Pickman's model]

dancing with the devil in the pale moonlight

 

[8ball]

Pigeon racing.

 

[Fictionist]

morris dancing

Are you a white boy Pickmans?

 

[kained&able]

i don't thinks theres enough hip hop about gatts and hos.


dave

 

[killer b]

there certainly isn't enough about gates and hoses.

 

[kained&able]

Oh and theres not enough songs about how good the dj is.

dejays never get any love, ever. FACT.

dave

 

[Fictionist]

Oh and theres not enough songs about how good the dj is.

dejays never get any love, ever. FACT.

dave

That clearly isn't true, especially during the 'golden period' of around 1986 - 1990. Many albums by Hip Hop artists featured a song in which the DJ would show what they could do (Cashmoney, Big Daddy Kane, EPMD, Public Enemy etc).

 

[rekil]

Eunuchism.

 

[discokermit]

chess.

 

[discokermit]

my mistake,

 

[toblerone3]

bass and its relative location in terms of your face, when in London

socially deprivered areas of the inner city, with low population physical and economic mobility, with perhaps with an "ethic-group-dominance" background.

 

[toblerone3]

27. The reletive merits of various pedestrian crossings

But Akala has very strong views on extending the congestion charge. He is not in favour though.

 

[matt m]

I think Immortal Technique covers that one.

Digable Planets even more so.

I would in fact argue that, in their own way, a lot of Ice T and Public Enemy lyrics are dialectical and materialist.