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3.11.06

Of Note

As per request: Spem in alium. I might return to this topic in future Suite articles, as word constraints only allow me to spit out the barebones info.

And an interesting news item regarding Mozart and Islam. Interesting that the particular performance was Idomeneo and not, say, Die Entfuhrung (which would seem MUCH more offensive. At least, in the original version. But making Idomeneo deliberately offensive seems a bit...Brazen? Bold? Should I take over Eating Bark's role of news commentary facilitator and poll everyone: Cowardly or Courageous?)

And do you secretly love hip hop but were always too embarrassed to listen to the lyrics? Well, now you can listen to French hip-hop, which boasts the second largest market in the world after America (and even larger than the West coast market). Or so they say. Here's Senegalese MC Solaar, one of the first francophone artists to make it big. No worries, it's all in French! (With a few English borrowings thrown in for good measure).

Qui Sème le Vent Récolte le Tempo, my friends.

Public music message brought to you by grad student trying to find musical examples of global rap for class....

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Comments

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Posted by: Patsy at 3.11.06 12:10

Are you familiar with the Putamayo project? I think it's about collecting the influences of various musics of the world on eachother. The one we have is international hiphop and R&B.

Different from French hiphop per se (which I love!) heh, heh.

Posted by: Jeannette at 5.11.06 22:17