tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15845843.post8940016700063487306..comments2024-03-12T22:58:41.830-05:00Comments on Give Me Your Handrew: New Book?GMYHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16431029754595900511noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15845843.post-91667090312029834112007-12-11T14:49:00.000-06:002007-12-11T14:49:00.000-06:00I am not sure how you can distinguish which rap ar...I am not sure how you can distinguish which rap artists were hip hop and which ones were not. I always saw Hip Hop as a globe and Rap was one of the biggest continents on that globe. That is just me.<BR/><BR/>I would argue that both Pac and Biggie had enormous influence on the current hip hop community. Ready to Die was a tremendous story. Pac and Big were the greatest story tellers in Hip Hop since Rakim. I hope to god the book mentioned Rakim.Raymond & Kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441807801423132662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15845843.post-59592160955167541982007-12-04T16:06:00.000-06:002007-12-04T16:06:00.000-06:00There was little (if anything) on Jay-Z.Yes, I kno...There was little (if anything) on Jay-Z.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I know Tupac and B.I.G. were rappers, but the book discussed other rappers in great length (including, but not limited to, NWA, Ice Cube solo, Public Enemy, and several rap pioneers (Grandmaster Flash, Sugarhill Gang, Bambaataa)). It's a fairly blurred line between hip hop and rap, and this book discussed both genres. All I'm saying is that I would have liked there to be more about Tupac and Biggie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15845843.post-66187160301804411202007-12-04T14:46:00.000-06:002007-12-04T14:46:00.000-06:00tupac and big have very little to do with hip hop....tupac and big have very little to do with hip hop. they were <I>rappers</I>. there's a difference. big was actually more hip hop than pac, but his influence on hip hop since his death has been pretty minimal. tupac has inspired several wanna-be's...such as, for example, ja rule. thankfully it looks as if gangsta rap is dead--for the time being. <BR/><BR/>hopefully there wasnt much on jay-z--perhaps the most overrated hip hopper of them all. had tupac and big not died, jay would still be relegated to the sale rack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com