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?
Well, there might be, but what exactly?
There might be a sense in which MIA's music has a better 'fit' with the taste of 'indie kids' but that doesn't imply a qualitative inferiority (or indeed superiority.) Nor does having a smaller fanbase...
On another note, I suspect I probably haven't really heard enough big US male rappers' stuff to comment properly. There's also stuff like Wu-Tang which obviously fits my criteria (especially ODB.) So I was, as I kinda guessed, talking rubbish really.
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Well, there might be, but what exactly?
There might be a sense in which MIA's music has a better 'fit' with the taste of 'indie kids' but that doesn't imply a qualitative inferiority (or indeed superiority.) Nor does having a smaller fanbase...
On another note, I suspect I probably haven't really heard enough big US male rappers' stuff to comment properly. There's also stuff like Wu-Tang which obviously fits my criteria (especially ODB.) So I was, as I kinda guessed, talking rubbish really.