A puddle also managed to trick me into thinking it wasn't a puddle, and now my shoes and socks are soggy wet.
I'm not one to scream cultural appropriation. In fact, i'd say 95% i've heard someone make that argument I just scratch my head. But I had a class this morning where there was quite a heated argument about hip-hop. These are university aged students in a discussion class where my job is to steer the discussion but keep my own opinions out of it. The exercise had genres of music and they had to listen to a clip and say which dot on the map the music came from. It went through traditional music from around the world, some classical music, folk songs, rock and roll. When it got to the hip-hop example a group of the students argued that the dot should be on Korea. One other guy disagreed, in my opinion rightly, that rap/hip-hop was created by African Americans and they are still the main driving force. This other group took that as a personal attack and claimed Korean hip-hop has more influence nowadays and is more innovative and therefore were the representatives of hip-hop. I tried to explain that the exercise was more just what country comes to mind when you heard the music. They stuck to their view that when people around the world heard hip-hop more and more think of Korea first.Fark right off... is what I wanted to say. The rest of class just kind of sat on the fence. But this group of 5 were adamant and annoyed that I wouldn't immediately accept their answer. TBH I listen to very little rap and havent for a good 10 years. Is Korean hip-hop huge nowadays? Obviously they were way overboard saying Korea should be marked on a world map as the birthplace of hip-hop, but I'm past the age of really keeping up with pop culture. I'm I missing something here?
Fark right off... is what I wanted to say. The rest of class just kind of sat on the fence. But this group of 5 were adamant and annoyed that I wouldn't immediately accept their answer. TBH I listen to very little rap and havent for a good 10 years. Is Korean hip-hop huge nowadays? Obviously they were way overboard saying Korea should be marked on a world map as the birthplace of hip-hop, but I'm past the age of really keeping up with pop culture. I'm I missing something here?
there are artists here who have been getting some attention from some big American hip-hop names.
Quote from: Chinguetti on August 27, 2018, 03:31:12 pmthere are artists here who have been getting some attention from some big American hip-hop names.Is that attention in the form of payment to do a cameo or genuine fandom?
The fact that Kendrick Lamar can come to Korea and play an Olympic Stadium should be proof enough of that. I can't name a single Korean hip hop star, let alone them touring the world playing stadiums in other countries. (Before your panties get in a knot, this doesn't mean I don't like them or that they suck, we're talking about global recogniton, relax.)
Also, global recognition, I'm sure most people can't name a single Korean hip-hop artist, but you've lived here for like six years. Surely you've heard of some of the members of Big Bang (GD, TOP, etc), or like Tiger JK, or any of the other locally famous ones. I mean, almost every pop group has at least one designated 'rapper' or 'hip-hop' member.
Quote from: #basedcowboyshirt on August 28, 2018, 11:56:20 amAlso, global recognition, I'm sure most people can't name a single Korean hip-hop artist, but you've lived here for like six years. Surely you've heard of some of the members of Big Bang (GD, TOP, etc), or like Tiger JK, or any of the other locally famous ones. I mean, almost every pop group has at least one designated 'rapper' or 'hip-hop' member.THAT'S RAP?
Quote from: Savant on August 28, 2018, 11:59:00 amK-rap. Similar to Khip-Khop
K-rap.
Clip-Clop - horse rap