Tuesday, March 25, 2008

OBAMA AS FIRST HIP-HOP PRESIDENT? ONLY A TIN EAR WOULD SAY SO

POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY ALEX STEIN IN THE GUARDIAN

First hip-hop president?

Alex Stein either has a tin ear or this piece is an effort at a disguised attack on Obama.

Nothing could be further from the crude rhythms and cheap rhymes of hip-hop than Obama's eloquence.

Nothing could be further from the ugly hate speech of much of hip-hop or of the cheap platitudes of "good" hip-hop.

Obama is a man of true eloquence, intelligence, and grace. Far closer to the spirit of Beethoven than hip-hop.