"srsly poptimists need 1x CRASH COURSE in contemporary hip-hop"

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

(That's the Lex speaking)

1. Do we? Or "Do you?" I should say, since we're a loose clumping of individuals innit.

2. GO ON THEN! What's the best hip-hop you've heard this year?

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Re: NOW here's a question

[koganbot]

In other words, in answer to your question, don't be too concerned with dividing hip-hop from r&b or you'll be missing too much of the great action. "What's Luv" from '01 or so was a crucial track, a hug 'n' thug; it was credited to Fat Joe but Ashanti was just as crucial to the sound, and I can't make any sense of trying to divide it into either r&b or hip-hop. The "rhythmic" stations in the U.S. advertise themselves as "hip-hop/r&b."