Monday, November 22, 2004
The Great Yellow Hip-Hop Hope
I particularly enjoyed the part where Ta-Nehisi Coates, who supposedly has street cred because he's black and on loan from the Village Voice, patiently explains the dynamics and strategies behind "battle rapping" to the NYTimes' readership:
I guess now my parents won't have to rent 8mile to parse their way through the magazine section.
"An adept battle rapper uses his voice, timing, rhythm and wit to humiliate the opposition and win over the crowd."
I guess now my parents won't have to rent 8mile to parse their way through the magazine section.
