Last mid June, I wrote that ‘Though I haven’t created music, it’s been a major accompaniment to my life. Just about all types. Classical, opera, folk, bluegrass. Even country.’ That list didn’t include Rap. And I’m not sure I’d include it today. But I’m on the way to finding out. Last Thursday darling Emily’s boyfriend Jono – aka J-Dog, as he’s affectionately called – presented me with a CD compilation he’d burned especially for me. Titled Rap 101 with Prof J-Dog, you can see the CD’s emblazoned with ‘Farmdoc’s Hip Hop Mixtape #1’. (I must confess that until then I didn’t know for sure that Rap and Hip Hop are one and the same.) The CD has 17 tracks, each by a different American artist/group. I’d previously heard of only one, i.e. Eminem, the heterograph of the confectionery). I can’t recall exactly how this CD came about. I think I confessed to Prof J-Dog that I knew nought about Rap, and he volunteered to rectify my deficiency. Yesterday Sweetheart Vivienne and I played a few tracks during our drive back from Daylesford. The words were hard to hear, so I look forward to listening on my iPod. Until then I’m taking my decision under advisement and reserving my judgement. I’ll let you know my verdict. Prof J-Dog said if I like Rap 101, he’ll make me a Rap 201 CD. (Or is that 102?) And that one’ll be Australian Rap. Oh what fun. Stay tuned.
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