Just a lil something on the side

I love rap music. I love it! But I’m tired of defending it. ‘Cause you gotta defend rap music. People always say ‘That’s not music. That’s not art. That’s garbage! How can you listen to that garbage? How can you listen to that trash?’ In the old days, it was easy to defend rap music. It was easy to defend it on an intellectual level. You could break it down intellectually how Grandmaster Flash was art; how Run-D.M.C. was art; why Whodini was art. You could break it down intellectually. OK? And I love all the rappers today, but it’s hard to defend this shit. It’s hard, man. It’s hard to defend ‘I got hoes in different area codes.’ It’s hard to defend ‘Move bitch, get out the way.’

—Chris Rock (via htmb)

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