tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670821341928004308.post6140472233844829023..comments2008-11-13T12:13:57.785-06:00Comments on Rhizomes and Plateaus: Adventures in Designer Denim and ComputingTheoCratichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01533052233585115223noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670821341928004308.post-35096912173875510132008-06-13T01:01:00.000-05:002008-06-13T01:01:00.000-05:00I think a lot of the name dropping in rap comes fr...I think a lot of the name dropping in rap comes from trying to demonstrate how they have "moved away from the streets", which, when you think about it, only makes them perpetuate the same system that put them in their situation in the first place.TheoCratichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533052233585115223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4670821341928004308.post-91865448750131119192008-06-11T23:14:00.000-05:002008-06-11T23:14:00.000-05:00Your reference to Fergie, ahem, referencing blue j...Your reference to Fergie, ahem, referencing blue jeans in her songs reminds me something I've been thinking about. What does it mean when recording "artists" drop the names of expensive clothes and alcohol (the latter especially in the case of rap/hip-hop)? It's pathetic how we sing praises to inconsequential material goods.C.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03417558409636861476noreply@blogger.com