Post by StarDrifter on Dec 22, 2005 9:36:14 GMT -5
I could see the point Wings is making. Some friends of mine in Michigan have an "old school" hip hop outfit. They've had their music on two television shows in the last year as well. One on the WB, one on Lifetime. I'm not saying that's a phenominal success, but they have reached some level of it without being misoginyst or gangsta.
Even looking back at the first rap/hip hop groups to really make it big, the genre was and still can be more of a narrative than an exercise in being a scumbag.
Flow seems to be marketing its old school roots more than any modern pieces. I don't doubt that some material on the game falls into the trapings that rap music has made for itself in the last 15 or so years. I also tend to think of underground and old school hip hop as a much different from of music.
Having said that, I skip 95% of the hip hop songs in DDR. The ones I play can be my favorites in the entire game, but the "new style" is just not good for me. I have no plans to purchase or even rent Flow. As much as I do appreciate some forms of the genre, I just couldn't enjoy this game enough to justify spending the money.
Is there any chance that Flow would help the genre as a whole gain a little face? It takes a certain type to enjoy J-Pop and club music. In contrast, the artists in Flow tend to have a much wider fanbase.
Even looking back at the first rap/hip hop groups to really make it big, the genre was and still can be more of a narrative than an exercise in being a scumbag.
Flow seems to be marketing its old school roots more than any modern pieces. I don't doubt that some material on the game falls into the trapings that rap music has made for itself in the last 15 or so years. I also tend to think of underground and old school hip hop as a much different from of music.
Having said that, I skip 95% of the hip hop songs in DDR. The ones I play can be my favorites in the entire game, but the "new style" is just not good for me. I have no plans to purchase or even rent Flow. As much as I do appreciate some forms of the genre, I just couldn't enjoy this game enough to justify spending the money.
Is there any chance that Flow would help the genre as a whole gain a little face? It takes a certain type to enjoy J-Pop and club music. In contrast, the artists in Flow tend to have a much wider fanbase.
