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		<title>By: Yasha7</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2014 02:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please. Give. This. Subject. a. Rest.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please. Give. This. Subject. a. Rest.</p>
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		<title>By: Bingeman</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Same here...isn&#039;t it absolutely the most aggravating sound you can imagine? Plus,every &quot;song&quot; sounds virtually the same...that identical annoying beat over and over....yuck!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Same here&#8230;isn&#8217;t it absolutely the most aggravating sound you can imagine? Plus,every &#8220;song&#8221; sounds virtually the same&#8230;that identical annoying beat over and over&#8230;.yuck!</p>
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		<title>By: Bingeman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bingeman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love all that same music as well,especially the Motown sound.
Forty years plus and people still enjoy it and even younger folks find it fun.It&#039;s easy on the ears and you can actually sing along with it.
 Does anyone seriously think that forty years from now,rap/hiphop will produce the same nostalgic feelings? It will be nothing but a permanent stain on the music industry.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love all that same music as well,especially the Motown sound.<br />
Forty years plus and people still enjoy it and even younger folks find it fun.It&#8217;s easy on the ears and you can actually sing along with it.<br />
 Does anyone seriously think that forty years from now,rap/hiphop will produce the same nostalgic feelings? It will be nothing but a permanent stain on the music industry.</p>
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		<title>By: VLParker</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[VLParker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most readers of FP won&#039;t like black music in general?  Wrong.  I like the Blues, Jazz, Motown and Disco.  It has nothing to do with race.  It has to do with a culture of trash.
Rap isn&#039;t music.  It has no melody, it has no harmony.  It is just noise.  Anyone can do it, although I can&#039;t for the life of me figure out why anyone would want to.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most readers of FP won&#8217;t like black music in general?  Wrong.  I like the Blues, Jazz, Motown and Disco.  It has nothing to do with race.  It has to do with a culture of trash.<br />
Rap isn&#8217;t music.  It has no melody, it has no harmony.  It is just noise.  Anyone can do it, although I can&#8217;t for the life of me figure out why anyone would want to.</p>
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		<title>By: DontMessWithAmerica</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#039;t believe what I was reading and my first reaction was to utter, &quot;Oy!&quot;

Our lives are filled with mystery, tragedy and farce. Flight MH370 will probably remain a mystery forever and a tragedy as well.  To me, rap and drug addictions will also remain a mystery.  But the article did provide a clue.  With bits of shrapnel in the cranium anything is possible and if the brain is weakened from drugs or congenitally from birth, rhyming excrement may be therapeutic or at least interpreted as such by another individual (the author of the piece) whose history and problems we don&#039;t know.

The adoption of rap is akin to the adoption of a lunatic religion. It requires a
slightly unbalanced mind, or a weak one at best, but to sane people, the process remains a mystery.

The tragedy is the fact that Negro slaves, while living under the worst conditions, gave America its musical distinction by fusing Anglo-Saxon folk songs and hymns with African rhythms thereby creating gospel, blues, jazz, and even swing.  American streets and homes were filled with music. People whistled while they worked, sang uplifting melodies while driving and wore smiles on their faces and in their breasts.  Today, the descendants of the slaves have privileges beyond the dreams of their forbears and strictly denied to the whites.  And what have they come up with? Rap, naive, ignorant, antagonistic rhymes shouted in incomprehensible dialects. 

People no longer sing, hum, or whistle because the melodies are gone.

If this alone  cannot alone be blamed on the degraded quality of our lives and general condition, including the economy, it certainly holds up a mirror to it and explains a good part of it.

The farcical aspect here is the fact that Front Page Magazine printed this.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I couldn&#8217;t believe what I was reading and my first reaction was to utter, &#8220;Oy!&#8221;</p>
<p>Our lives are filled with mystery, tragedy and farce. Flight MH370 will probably remain a mystery forever and a tragedy as well.  To me, rap and drug addictions will also remain a mystery.  But the article did provide a clue.  With bits of shrapnel in the cranium anything is possible and if the brain is weakened from drugs or congenitally from birth, rhyming excrement may be therapeutic or at least interpreted as such by another individual (the author of the piece) whose history and problems we don&#8217;t know.</p>
<p>The adoption of rap is akin to the adoption of a lunatic religion. It requires a<br />
slightly unbalanced mind, or a weak one at best, but to sane people, the process remains a mystery.</p>
<p>The tragedy is the fact that Negro slaves, while living under the worst conditions, gave America its musical distinction by fusing Anglo-Saxon folk songs and hymns with African rhythms thereby creating gospel, blues, jazz, and even swing.  American streets and homes were filled with music. People whistled while they worked, sang uplifting melodies while driving and wore smiles on their faces and in their breasts.  Today, the descendants of the slaves have privileges beyond the dreams of their forbears and strictly denied to the whites.  And what have they come up with? Rap, naive, ignorant, antagonistic rhymes shouted in incomprehensible dialects. </p>
<p>People no longer sing, hum, or whistle because the melodies are gone.</p>
<p>If this alone  cannot alone be blamed on the degraded quality of our lives and general condition, including the economy, it certainly holds up a mirror to it and explains a good part of it.</p>
<p>The farcical aspect here is the fact that Front Page Magazine printed this.</p>
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		<title>By: laura r</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[laura r]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[th ereally violent agressive negative message rap does contribute to degeneracy.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>th ereally violent agressive negative message rap does contribute to degeneracy.</p>
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		<title>By: laura r</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[laura r]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 05:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ben, i found some of tupacs pieces inspiring, comforting on a spiritual level, musically amazing. luckily for me i accidently heard the best ones first. (like 20yrs later). i think biggy small was a genious. &quot;requeim&quot; sounded like me as a teen in brooklyn, i played it over &amp; over) like i did bob dylans &quot;like a rolling stone&quot;). nars was superb when he wasnt selling out. the&quot;flatush project&quot; &amp; some of the jamacian hop hop artists are socially relevent &amp; musically talented. hiphop can go either way. what ever has a front has a back. the bigger the front the bigger the back. thats why rap can be from the spiritual to the degenerate. i never identified w/the hippies, this speaks to me. most readers of FP wont like black music in general. still not sure what their MO is in presenting these articals.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ben, i found some of tupacs pieces inspiring, comforting on a spiritual level, musically amazing. luckily for me i accidently heard the best ones first. (like 20yrs later). i think biggy small was a genious. &#8220;requeim&#8221; sounded like me as a teen in brooklyn, i played it over &amp; over) like i did bob dylans &#8220;like a rolling stone&#8221;). nars was superb when he wasnt selling out. the&#8221;flatush project&#8221; &amp; some of the jamacian hop hop artists are socially relevent &amp; musically talented. hiphop can go either way. what ever has a front has a back. the bigger the front the bigger the back. thats why rap can be from the spiritual to the degenerate. i never identified w/the hippies, this speaks to me. most readers of FP wont like black music in general. still not sure what their MO is in presenting these articals.</p>
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		<title>By: VLParker</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[VLParker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 04:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For heaven&#039;s sake, give it a rest already.  This brain dead strategy is a loser.  FPM has lost its marbles.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For heaven&#8217;s sake, give it a rest already.  This brain dead strategy is a loser.  FPM has lost its marbles.</p>
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		<title>By: Seek</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Seek]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 03:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They look like the kinds of people who will take your wallet and then your life.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They look like the kinds of people who will take your wallet and then your life.</p>
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		<title>By: Fudge</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fudge]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 03:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#039;s it.  I&#039;m deleting this site from my favorites.  Your incessant, pathetic attempts to shill for (C)rap as some kind of socially redeeming &quot;art&quot; is disgusting.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s it.  I&#8217;m deleting this site from my favorites.  Your incessant, pathetic attempts to shill for (C)rap as some kind of socially redeeming &#8220;art&#8221; is disgusting.</p>
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		<title>By: Ralph</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ralph]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 02:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FPM, read the comments on these idiot hip hop articles and learn.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FPM, read the comments on these idiot hip hop articles and learn.</p>
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		<title>By: alericKong</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[alericKong]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 02:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breaking news this clown show is about 30 years old and as authentic to city life as WWF is to fist fights.

When I was a college freshman I listened to Shostakovich and Rodrigo.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Breaking news this clown show is about 30 years old and as authentic to city life as WWF is to fist fights.</p>
<p>When I was a college freshman I listened to Shostakovich and Rodrigo.</p>
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		<title>By: Tim N</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ben-horowitz/the-legend-of-the-blind-mc/comment-page-1/#comment-5390443</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim N]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2014 02:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay that was good.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay that was good.</p>
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		<title>By: rusyn</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[rusyn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I suspect that most of little ben&#039;s success comes from who is father is.  this is the biggest bunch of crap I have read in a long time and david,you should be ashamed to sully your reputation with this garbage]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I suspect that most of little ben&#8217;s success comes from who is father is.  this is the biggest bunch of crap I have read in a long time and david,you should be ashamed to sully your reputation with this garbage</p>
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		<title>By: Well Done</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ben-horowitz/the-legend-of-the-blind-mc/comment-page-1/#comment-5390345</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Well Done]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, in the &#039;hood, they&#039;re both ready and will be needing, let me see... five partners each?  And later... basketball!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, in the &#8216;hood, they&#8217;re both ready and will be needing, let me see&#8230; five partners each?  And later&#8230; basketball!</p>
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		<title>By: Well Done</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ben-horowitz/the-legend-of-the-blind-mc/comment-page-1/#comment-5390344</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Well Done]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[get bent]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>get bent</p>
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		<title>By: Well Done</title>
		<link>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/ben-horowitz/the-legend-of-the-blind-mc/comment-page-1/#comment-5390343</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Well Done]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I guess he just has to drive REALLY slow.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess he just has to drive REALLY slow.</p>
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		<title>By: NAHALKIDES</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[NAHALKIDES]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Must be a contagious disease, or contaminated water at the FPM editorial offices.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Must be a contagious disease, or contaminated water at the FPM editorial offices.</p>
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		<title>By: bribri</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bribri]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All this hip-hop propaganda on FrontPage, so disappointing. As a proud American Conservative, I care deeply about Individuality and Freedom, unlike commies and fascists. I don&#039;t want to read about lower-class, coloured, free individuals enjoying their mates and making lower-class music! I&#039;m not even sure they own guns, it&#039;s pathetic, where&#039;s our great nation going?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All this hip-hop propaganda on FrontPage, so disappointing. As a proud American Conservative, I care deeply about Individuality and Freedom, unlike commies and fascists. I don&#8217;t want to read about lower-class, coloured, free individuals enjoying their mates and making lower-class music! I&#8217;m not even sure they own guns, it&#8217;s pathetic, where&#8217;s our great nation going?</p>
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		<title>By: Tim N</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim N]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why are we having all these articles on hip-hop so suddenly??
Is this some sort of conservative &#039;outreach&#039;? 
Because the hip-hop crowd is such a natural constituency for shared values.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why are we having all these articles on hip-hop so suddenly??<br />
Is this some sort of conservative &#8216;outreach&#8217;?<br />
Because the hip-hop crowd is such a natural constituency for shared values.</p>
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