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stopdiggin

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3. in response to final line

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 15, 2024, 12:02 PM

Dec 15

Yes, certainly - various music (and film, and half a dozen other 'disciplines' if we care to think on it ) had/have well known examples of exploitation ...

But the absolute rioting and raging misogyny of the early rap scene ... Was sadistic and repellent on a level all its own. Even the people 'in the scene' knew they were rearing up something - particularly vile.

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