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Old 05-30-2008, 02:56 AM   #29 (permalink)
Laughing Boy
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Hip hops roots are in jazz and soul, most importantly Gil Scott-Heron. It's not a form of rock at all and wasn't born out of it either. I wish people would stop thinking rock is THE genre.
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