Operation: Power Level Gary

[jonesy]

But rap still has a message. It's basically now about egotism, muchismo, marking one's territory and proving you are the biggest back daddy around and why you, the audience, should worship the rapper.

That's not really a change.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljUnyv5XUA8]Sugar Hill Gang - Rappers Delight - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Really,the educational, teacher/harbinger rappers showed up right about the same time as the self-aggrandizing rappers. Sometimes, both kinds of lyrics show up in the performances of the same artists...even within a stanza of each other.

 

[Lwaxy]

There are subtle differences in the meanings from back then and now tho. Sure, Rap has always been about posing and marking territory. But not like today... heck today it even sounds all alike, with few exceptions.

Same as with every modern pop goes the weasel music, I guess.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

There are subtle differences in the meanings from back then and now tho. Sure, Rap has always been about posing and marking territory. But not like today... heck today it even sounds all alike, with few exceptions.

Same as with every modern pop goes the weasel music, I guess.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VpZk9dGXGA&feature=youtube_gdata_player]3rd Bass - Pop Goes The Weasel - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Lwaxy]

Yup, that's what I was referring to

 

[jonesy]

Really,the educational, teacher/harbinger rappers showed up right about the same time as the self-aggrandizing rappers. Sometimes, both kinds of lyrics show up in the performances of the same artists...even within a stanza of each other.

And other times there's even a split both ways inside the same band. Grandmaster Flash got a credit for The Message, even though he refused to perform it.

 

[William Ronald]

Let us keep Gary Gygax in mind. I would love to see Gary as the highest favored poster her before we have GaryCon in March. So, Gary Up!

(Did anyone ever find out if Dave Arneson post here as well?_

 

[TarionzCousin]

Gary is at level 20 right now.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

If you want Gary to be #1 by March, keep flopgging the XP donkeyhorse!!!

 

[Mark CMG]

If you want Gary to be #1 by March, keep flopgging the XP donkeyhorse!!!

Plop goes the donkey cause the donkey goes plop?