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Article: The aesthetics of rap. (music)
- Article from:
- African American Review
- Article date:
- June 22, 1995
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After reading many articles supposedly concerning rap music - about the social aspects of rap music, the criminal elements in rap music, the lawsuits caused by rap music, sampling in rap music, gossip concerning rap musicians, how other musicians feel about rap music, etc. - I realized that I had yet to read about the music itself. In other words, I had not read about the "aesthetics" of rap, about the qualifies which made particular examples of rap music good music - not necessarily good rap music, but simply good music.
Good art is distinguished because it possesses at least one - and usually more than one - attribute such as sincerity, originality, honesty, or ...