OT - Slingshot Hip Hop

[WayOutWest]

Documentary about Palestinian rap and hip hop movement.

It was wicked!  Reminds me of Public Enemy, BDP, and Rage Against the Machine.  Their music and production are not top notch but their lyrics are second to none.  Too bad I can't sing along but I was reading the sub-titles and I was very impressed, hyped is more like it.  Great show, you guys need to check it out.

One thing that is tougher for these guys than it was for blacks in the US, they have to fight a battle on both sides.  They are trying to rebel against the establishment but at the same time the people they represent are mixed about supporting them.  You have guys dressing like hip-hop kids in the US and you have girls/women with a strong presence on the scene.  One really good female preformer did not sing/rap with her group because her family was worried about the backlash from friends/family/strangers to a "female" performer.  While I admire their "struggle" I can't help but think that their culture, as physco and back-assward as some parts of it can be, is being "subverted" with this "American Hip Hop".

[rickortreat]

The biggest mistake the Jews made was to separate themselves from the Palestinians.  Everyone wants to "fit in".  Amazing that hip-hop is striking a chord with Arabs.

[westkoast]

I've interviewed guys from overseas about their music and it is VERY interesting.  In American hip hop it sounds like there is constant violence and people getting shot every minute.  In some of these areas overseas that really is happening.  They have very interesting stories and the words are deep (when translated right).

Granted there is wack overseas rappers. Around here we call them  Tony Parker  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WuEJX3Ty9s

[SPURSX3]

I've interviewed guys from overseas about their music and it is VERY interesting.  In American hip hop it sounds like there is constant violence and people getting shot every minute.  In some of these areas overseas that really is happening.  They have very interesting stories and the words are deep (when translated right).

Granted there is wack overseas rappers. Around here we call them  Tony Parker  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WuEJX3Ty9s

man that was below the belt....