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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hip Hop Jug Bands? Hard Core Blues? Gangsta' Hillbillies?
not quite. but this cd has a lot to offer. if youre a big fan of rap, you wont neccesarily like this cd. if you like idiosyncratic early 20th century music, you probably will like a lot of it though. theres all kinds of great stuff you will never find anywhere else. Jive Talkin' Man, Cocaine Blues, Whitewash Station, When I stopped Running, Nobody Knows You and...
Published on April 28, 2000 by C. Cronk
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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A highly misleading title...
Don't get me wrong. The music on this disc is excellent, but it doesn't have anything to do with rap. The rhythms are straightup country blues for the most part, with a few recitation pieces and country styled things. I like this kind of music, and I own a lot of discs like this one, but I also like rap music, and this ain't it! If it had been advertised as The Roots...
Published on October 27, 2000
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A highly misleading title..., October 27, 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: The Roots of Rap: Classic Recordings from the 1920's and 30's (Audio CD)
Don't get me wrong. The music on this disc is excellent, but it doesn't have anything to do with rap. The rhythms are straightup country blues for the most part, with a few recitation pieces and country styled things. I like this kind of music, and I own a lot of discs like this one, but I also like rap music, and this ain't it! If it had been advertised as The Roots of the Talking Blues, I would have given it five stars.
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Hip Hop Jug Bands? Hard Core Blues? Gangsta' Hillbillies?, April 28, 2000
This review is from: The Roots of Rap: Classic Recordings from the 1920's and 30's (Audio CD)
not quite. but this cd has a lot to offer. if youre a big fan of rap, you wont neccesarily like this cd. if you like idiosyncratic early 20th century music, you probably will like a lot of it though. theres all kinds of great stuff you will never find anywhere else. Jive Talkin' Man, Cocaine Blues, Whitewash Station, When I stopped Running, Nobody Knows You and Automobile Ride Through Arkansas alone are worth the cost but each track has something special to offer. it does feature a lot of rap like conventions like similies( that girls got more ways of lovin' than wriggleys got gum), bragging, sexual allusions, drugs, drinking, fighting, tall tales mixed in with percusive singing styles. very enjoyable.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
talking blues, folk, and country, April 3, 1999
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This review is from: The Roots of Rap: Classic Recordings from the 1920's and 30's (Audio CD)
If you are looking for vintage styles and flows, you might be disappointed.
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