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Your arguments are as follows: << punk '77 is defined by the lyrics and the attitude of the artist, not just by the music >>. Well then, that’s great. About 87 posts above, I repeated 80 times that I couldn't care less about the attitude, and even less about the lyrics. If you tell me the same things 80 times, I will respond 80 times the same way: to me, punk musically sucks. I couldn’t care less about the socio-cultural movement; there’s music on CDs that I don’t like. And I couldn’t care less about the minimal differences between one band and another; I understand that to you, listening only to punk or wave, they may seem like abyssal differences, but to me, frankly, they seem like small points of difference. For me, John Coltrane is different from Cannibal Corpse; that’s different, not a chord played differently: it’s still a chord. It would also be something if they all played the same song. The problem with this discussion between you and me is that you have come to repeat the same things for the 80th time; I’m also fed up with repeating: I’ve heard it too much, I keep hearing it, and I don’t like it. I can’t understand why I should not like something because I don’t know it: everything that sounds similar to me doesn’t appeal to me, so I don’t delve deeper. Obviously, I can’t differentiate a 77 London Punk from a post-80 New York Punk... but who cares, my friends explain to me when they make me listen to what type of punk it is, and I think both suck. Aside from Minutemen, something from Buzzcocks, and 90s Hardcore, everything else either doesn’t please me or makes me sick.

It doesn't seem to me that "Raw" is synonymous with "True." There are raw and polished diamonds, but both are real. The awareness is there, as it directs the reader to think that this is one of those "I smoke, I drink, and I party" by calling it raw, whereas it is "I don't smoke, I don't drink, I read books, and I preach jah."

Well, if in '94 it was at the birth, then what is Sugar Hill, considering it was making music 15 years before Jeru? Aside from the fact that if there's someone who's not raw, it's Damajah, one of the shining stars of the intellectual spiritual genre. If Jeru is raw, Mobb Deep are two illiterate diggers.

I believe that "You Can't Stop The Prophet" was the first rap video (the kind that matters, excluding MC Hammer and various trash) that slightly deviated from the Rap-Video-Manual canon. The stop-motion cartoon elements at the time were too innovative. It's a shame that two years later with "Ya Playin' Yaself" he backtracked and made the Kung-Fu video. Beautiful, yes, but it was too trendy. Anyway, Brooklyn remains the best neighborhood in the rap world; every borough has its champions, but in Brooklyn, there's always an embarrassment of riches, the ombellicodermonnorepp.

I have nothing, I answered to the question of "my open-mindedness" and the question of "my music-related accusations." Given a question born from a review of mine with the subject "me" (<< In reality, anything you accuse >> impuTI = you = me; << even acting like a fool, I appear to have broader views than you >> YOU = Me), I respond to the matter as a reviewer. It doesn't seem to me that there are straw men involved; if someone writes something talking about me, I share my thoughts on the subject (me) which I believe I know extensively more than anyone else. No straw, no game, Martini on the rocks.

These fucking Greek fishermen could go fish offshore and hang themselves with their nets without bothering girls like you who are usually nice but, overwhelmed by events, don’t mind being a... whore...

Oh well, if you say that you divide Rap based on the language and not on the musical style, I believe you. You like American Rap... wow, you've told me everything.

Good job, Bimbino: get yourself a few issues of Quattro Ruote from ten years ago and then we'll talk. A colleague of mine had a Rap-Up until '99-2000, sky blue with a manual sunroof. So cool, a whole lot of yeah. I understand that you little new generation smurfs can’t go beyond that point, but you don't know what you've missed. Personally, I believe the best car Fiat ever made was the Uno 45 Sting. Such class.

<<< In fact, anything you attribute to punk can be redirected to any other musical genre. >>> But it’s obvious, it’s always about music; if the subject is the same, you can spin the considerations from every side of the topic. It doesn’t seem so innovative to me as a thought. I can't reinvent the wheel; you've already done that.

You’re not open-minded at all. I totally get that you don’t like Rap; I do. I totally get that you don’t like Prog; I do. I totally get that you don’t like ambient; I do. I totally get that you don’t like Free-Jazz experimentation; I do. I totally get that you don’t like House; I do. I totally get that you don’t like salsa & merengue; I don’t like it either. So, if you’re open-minded, try to understand that punk totally sucks for me. I’ve told you my reasons; whether they’re right or wrong, those are the reasons, and the outcome doesn’t change: it sucks. I don’t give a damn about discussing with someone who dismisses a genre out of hand for taste reasons; see Rap, I hate punk for taste: I don’t like its sound, I don’t like its attitude, and I can't stand the major representatives. I like proto-punk by Stooges and MC5, that's it. All the "revival" that came after doesn't appeal to me. Broaden your horizons: something you like might disgust me, and conversely, something I like might disgust you. Sorry, now I have to go patent hot water.