re: #40 Slumbering Behemoth

That’s odd. I was pretty certain that rap/hip-hop emerged from American culture. Huh.

Well, it grew out of African traditions, call and response, Jazz, blues, etc. I’m pretty sure there’s an African tradition of competition songs where one person sings and another tries to outdo him, etc. It’s been a while since I’ve taken an ethnomusicology course.