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...life—like the dance floor. so I must be requesting a return to the ballroom not in spite of the increasing blurriness between man and woman, but because of it. When faced with challenges to gender identity, I’d rather hide myself in the lindy-hop than surrender my sex. Instead of grinding, I simply want to be held like a girl, and rather than bump, I just want to be spun by a boy. Call me heteronormative, traditional, conservative too, but I believe that like Kathryn Murray said, we could all put a little...
Such an observation is related to the more intricate question of how people of all different races and backgrounds have come to accept and love hip-hop, but this specific aspect can be addressed here...
...Seed 2.0,” or “Break You Off” they have included alternate versions, thrilling live performances, and rarely heard songs, in an enjoyable marathon of dark, funky, percussive hip-hop...
...that this is a bad thing. Most golden-age hip-hop, from LL Cool J to Gang Starr, has been based around that b-boy aesthetic. Rakim perfected it, the other greats of the era all brought their own individual twists to the formula. Big Daddy Kane was the smooth-talking pimp, Kool G Rap had the street edge, KRS-ONE had the social awareness, and the Ultramagnetic MC’s had, in Kool Keith, um, a crazy-ass frontman...
...Roots also put on a great live show, and rarely do they fail to be at least good, if not often fantastic, in their albums. This compilation offers a worthwhile summary of a hip-hop band with a great sound, an interesting set of values, and a decent, if inconsistent, set of albums...