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We seem to be starting quite a few at the moment, so lets keep it all in one place.

This is your centre for enquiring about/recommending/talking about any albums, songs or rappers.

Enjoy.

Woah, I actually got that Outkast CD. Man I'm gonna get digs :-)

But anyway, what's everyone on about Andre 3000's side being all wondeful and Big Boi's failing to compare.

I've barely touched The Love Below, but I love Speakerboxxx, I can't get the chorus to Lst Call out of my head! (Which means if I die now I'll have so many curse words stuck in my head I'll go straight to hell :-D)

Kyz21 wrote:
> Where is the term "hip-hop" derived from?


http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop


there you go :-)

I'm not sure but I'd guess it was from a dance done to a particular type of Jazz, that evolved into a genre of it's own.

Where is the term "hip-hop" derived from?

Yea i know you do Asher :-D


Just seems funny to me the people who have a go at you for wearing stuff like that is white people generally. Obviously not understanding a basic principle of hip hop and rap music is the freedom to express yourself (as a certain gangsta rap group once said)

You can wear whatever you want. If you want Fubu, Rocawear, Phat Farm, whatever, it's fine by me. I just like winding peeps up.

Asher D wrote:
> illzen, it was me posting up something quite racist that usually flies
> over your white heads. Just testing to see if anyone on here noticed.
> Round of applause to you, mate.

Doesn't fly over my head i just can't be bothered to argue about it. I've had enough trouble with the fact i have a pair of FUBU trainers i don't really need the hassle over a message board. Although it is quite funny that the only people giving me stick for wearing them are white people, all my black friends just say they look cool and they know i'm not trying to make some radical political statement by putting them on.

I'm just skipping along normal Hop-Hop at the moment, buying normal stuff, got Obie Trice, got Ludacris, been dipping back into Old Skool as well quite a lot, got Iron Flag by Wu and was pleasantly surprised, got a Notorious BIG album at last, Born Again though, didn't get Ready to Die like you all suggested. Umm, avoiding G-Unit, avoiding The Black Album, interested in Dizzee Rascal just to see what the fuss is about, badda bing badda boom. Sabout it really.

illzen, it was me posting up something quite racist that usually flies over your white heads. Just testing to see if anyone on here noticed. Round of applause to you, mate.

Asher D wrote:
> Jetster wrote:
> Any one know a UK site that sells Phat Farm hoodies? I can't find a
> single sodding one.
>
> Foot Locker shops sometimes stock them, but I would warn you that
> Phat Farm is a company promoting black peoples struggle and reaching
> out an arm to black people who are having problems in their lives, so
> you might get a bit of stick for wearing Phat Farm if your white.
>
> But if I haven't changed your mind then the best option for you is to
> order from overseas, seeing Phat Farm is a company which is focused
> 99.9% on the US market.

Sorry to dredge up this old topic, but really... Asher D, wtf are you talking about. Phat Farm is Russel Simmons' (owner of Def Jam) clothing line... that's all there is to it. He's arguably the most commerical minded individual in hip-hop today. There's no politics to Phat Farm.

And frankly... so what if what you say was true. Why should a white person not be able to buy into and support this cause. Do you have to be black to think that racial inequality's wrong?

The only people who are gonna give white people stick for wearing Phat Farm are white people who think they have some kind of superior understanding of black culture.