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9 Oct 2019 Conversations with Tyler Ben Westhoff on Synthetic Drugs, Dive Bars, and the Evolution of Rap
“I think that’s a misconception, actually, about hip-hop, is that it’s transgressive.”
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- Ben Westhoff
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- 9 Oct 2019
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…But how can you be transgressive in rap today? It seems we’ve attained the limits on misogyny, use of various words which I will not name, citations and approval of violence. What is there left to do? Haven’t we just hyperinflated away all possibilities of shocking people? I think that’s a misconception, actually, about hip-hop, is that it’s transgressive. I think it’s a fairly conservative art form at its core. There are rules of how you do it; there are even sort of unwritten rules about what you talk about. It’s kind of like mafia movies in a way — there are conventions, and people tend to stick with them. Does it matter that now Hasbro owns Death Row Records?…
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