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{SPEAKER name="Host"}
Parts of raps, in terms of content, when they're working on the street, then they will
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when they're working in a production studio, when they're recording a rap or when they're performing on a stage such as this.
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Lady [[Ice Tea?]], why don't you take that one?
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{SPEAKER name="Lady [[Ice Tea?]]"}
Yes, um, yes, we do- when we're not- okay- if we're not in the big public like we are right now,
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if we're on the streets or when it's street parties or block parties or something like that,
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we would say a toast as he calls it, we would say toast,
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but- but here we wouldn't and on recording you wouldn't
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and if they do do it in recording they will, um
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{SPEAKER name="Host"}
Beep!
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{SPEAKER name="Lady [[Ice Tea?]]"}
-right, and the record wouldn't be as good, but we do change it when we- during recording.
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{SPEAKER name="Host"}
Okay, so, there we're dealing with the issue of censorship and different sorts of words.
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What about the general content in terms of, let's say, a message rap?
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Message raps are clearly a popular recorded form, and they're something that would be popular at events like this.
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Would you do a message rap at a block party?
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{SPEAKER name="Lady [[Ice Tea?]]"}
No, I wouldn't. I wouldn't do a ra-
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it's 'cause it's long and- and party raps are more- they're fun, they're much more fun.
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'Cause they get to- people jumping.
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Message raps just sit there and you go "uh huh, uh huh, uh huh".
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{SPEAKER name="Host"}
So where would you perform the message rap at?
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{SPEAKER name="Lady [[Ice Tea?]]"}
On wax.
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[chuckles]
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{SPEAKER name="[[?]]"}
You know what, I'm too glad- you can- you can take rap so far.
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You know, like, It's a versatile art, okay?
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You could take mostly anything that you have to say.
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So therefore if we're on the street, and if we have, like, differences on the street, we'll use a rap.
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If you have, like, differences at a party, you can use the rap.
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And just like- just like she said, we censor it here, because, like, you have small children here, right?
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You have to have it censored. But if it was up to me and the children weren't here, and, like-
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the party rap is much more fun than the censored and the message rap.