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    Keith Richards: Hip-hop Leaves Me 'Cold'

    He doesn't understand appeal of rap...

    May 19, 2007 by Chris Taylor
    Keith Richards: Hip-hop Leaves Me 'Cold'

    Rolling Stone Keith Richards has shown his age by criticising hip-hop, saying it leaves him “cold”.

    The veteran rocker says he completely fails to understand the appeal of the genre, despite its massive popularity.

    He explains to Rolling Stone magazine, “Hip-hop leaves me cold. But there are some people out there who think it's the meaning of life.

    “I don't wanna be yelled at; I wanna be sung to. I never really understood why someone would want to have some gangster from L.A. poking his fingers in your face.

    “As I say, it don't grab me. I mean the rhythms are boring; they're all done on computers."

    Ah bless, sounds like your dad doesn't he?

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    • He’s right, Hip-hop is a bit shit nowadays

      ~ by Rooster 5/20/2007 Report

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    • ”I can’t read or write music, can’t sing, don’t speak english very well, but I can sample other artists’ creative ideas. Hey, I’m gonna be a rap star!” Hip hop sucks

      ~ by Hip Hop Hater 5/20/2007 Report

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    • every single band you could name nowadays ’samples’ other artists music, usually just by ripping them off. good hip-hop takes something old and transforms it into something new and relevant; if your opinion of any genre is formed by having listened to the radio while the top 40 is on you’d think everything was shit.

      ~ by niksccc 5/20/2007 Report

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    • He is death warmed up anyway. I can’t tell the difference between him and Jimmy Saville.

      ~ by ED 5/20/2007 Report

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    • Wow...It seems like blogs are made for angry white guys to vent at blacks who they otherwise smile at ...hip hop is mostly good but a few bad rappers enables small minded people to classify all of it as garbage. listen, all rappers are’nt gangsters just like all rockers are’nt hard rock, punk rock or acid rock...recognioze the distinctions... I do...

      ~ by chillzone 5/20/2007 Report

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