Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Congress censoring again? This time hip hop...

Setting aside Northrup frye for a minute, and turning attention towards issues of authenticity and censorship. This article from the New York Times details a current hearing in which hip hop artists and record comapny execs debate the need for cleaner language and less sexism and violence in hip hop music. This works well as contemporary context for issues of authenticity (Cobain), and censorship (Frankenchrist) that we've been discussing in class.

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