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Much hip-hop is turgid, unimaginative, aesthetically bereft and unoriginal. It's also a convenient self-immolating ghetto for black and brown artistes the world over No-one, it seems, dares to state this very obvious fact. In fact, the same can be said for much rock music in recent times. There is nothing new to come from these forms.
I once met a British ballet dancer of African origin during an evening's performance of so-called anti-racist hip-hop and break-dancing. I felt like asking him, why, when he was possessed of such powerful and comprehensive talents, had the organisers not asked him to showcase some ballet. The answer is obvious.
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