I'd rather say that most hip-hop tends to do downright daft and po-facedly serious at the same time, and that's why I love it. I mean...the guns/hos/drugz stuff that stupid people castigate it for IS daft, really, but it's not performed as if it was daft, which means I can take it (the music) more seriously. Like...both Fannypack and Lil' Kim have filthy, funny lyrics, but Fannypack's are so obviously there for the LOLs that you don't feel they're really invested in the filthiness.
I can't think of that many big US male rappers who aren't both silly and serious, really. Lil' Wayne, certainly. Crime Mob, too.
Also, yeah MIA is a rapper, and I love her, but don't we think there's something in the fact that her (tiny) fan base is almost entirely indie kids, and that she barely figures in actual hip-hop circles?
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Date: 2007-11-29 11:14 am (UTC)I can't think of that many big US male rappers who aren't both silly and serious, really. Lil' Wayne, certainly. Crime Mob, too.
Also, yeah MIA is a rapper, and I love her, but don't we think there's something in the fact that her (tiny) fan base is almost entirely indie kids, and that she barely figures in actual hip-hop circles?