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Old 10-14-2008, 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by neverending View Post
Not MY opinion- the opinion of people who understand the definition of music- as set out even in your dictionary. If it doesn't have all the elements of music, it's not music. I didn't make up the definition.


And who says I'm pissed about anything?

People ascribe a lot of traits to me that aren't very accurate.
Really? So professors from Heriot Watt University, Harvard, and Yale who are experts in music are wrong while you are right. Here, write her and tell her she's been wasting her life because rap isn't music.

Gail H. Woldu, Assistant Professor of Music
(Ph.D., Yale University, 1983)

Office: AAC 111
Office Phone: (860) 297-2372
E-mail: [email protected]
Homepage: Not available

Professional Interests:
The music of Black-Americans, the music of Black-American women, rap music, hip hop culture.

Current Research:
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She has written several articles on rap in the classroom that explore the pedagogical issues unique to teaching rap and other forms of popular black music.
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