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Originally Posted by Jester
Well, in general, most teenagers simply wouldn't have a wide enough scope of knowledge to, uh, "get" Aesop Rock. (I can't think of a better way of saying "get," but that's really not what I'm trying to say. Blah.)
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That is just plain ignorant. It's like saying that white people can't "get" rap or that people born in the 1990's can't "get" The Doors. Perception is completely relative. Who says that your perception and understanding of a certain musical element is more advanced or correct than someone else's? Unless YOU are the artist, you cannot say whether someone perceived the meaning of a song correctly. Even then, I'm sure the artist would be glad to be relavent to the listener, even if their work is misinterpreted.