iGuest 3 Report post Posted November 30, 2004 "While rap has since degraded itself to echo the bling-bling of cash registers, its political soul remains ? and resonates strongly among Canada?s own most-marginalized ethnic group. Aboriginal rap is not a new phenomenon. But in the ?90s, artists like Winnipeg?s TKO used to make music in a relative vacuum, virtually ghettoized in an ?Aboriginal music? category that only makes sense at awards shows. Since then, the series of informal networks known as Canada?s independent hip-hop scene has grown. Now, a group like Hobbema, Alberta?s War Party can speak to a broader hip-hop audience. ... Following in the footsteps of political rappers Public Enemy, War Party writes topical rhymes that reflect Aboriginal Canada?s increasingly urban reality. In this way, the group is truer to hip-hop?s roots than the mindless gangsta-derived hardcore rap that sells records these days." First nations...race relations...frustrations Winnipeg Free Press track & videos (go to HTML side not Flash, see especially Sessions for some nasty slingin' by fans): http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Album: The Greatest Natives From The North https://spiritriver.com/ Video: Feelin' Reserved from The Reign album. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
