I think this is the main reason that hip hop has tended to pass me by.
Leading a sheltered upbringing in a middle-class suburb on the border of Warwickshire meant that all that those black American chaps were banging on about (to borrow a phrase from The Smiths) said nothing to me about my life.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 6 Sep 2012, 9:00, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Ah yes but vast swathes of it are about nothing more than lyrical dexterity and are all the better for it.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 6 Sep 2012, 9:03, Reply)

you should give MC Pitman a listen.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 6 Sep 2012, 9:09, Reply)

haha

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 6 Sep 2012, 9:09, Reply)

I saw him live a few years ago.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 6 Sep 2012, 9:17, Reply)