Talk:Palestinian hip hop

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[edit] Reversion of addition of "Musical Styling section"

I reverted this section which states the following for the reasons outlined below:

"While Israeli Hip-hop talks about change and the future, Palestinian hip-hop exposes the lack of change in a dire present. It is usually used as a means of exposure, in a Shakurian sense, with regards to the harsh realities of growing up at the bottom of the Israeli socio-economic and political hierarchies. The stylistically ‘gangsta rap’ flow which characterizes Palestinian hip-hop is a commentary on the interpretably parallel experiences, and emotions, of living in the African American ghettos of the 1980’s/90’s and growing up in the Palestinian territories."

First of all, this is an article about Palestinian hip-hop, not a music review comparing Israeli with Palestinian hip-hop. Why should this article compare Palestinian hip-hop to Israeli hip hop any more than it is compared to Finnish or Nepalese hip hop?

Second, the claim it makes is not true or at least is very much out of date. If you listen to, for example, Ihda' the new album from DAM, it is extremely positive and forward-looking (tracks like N'ghayer Bukra). And yes, while it is true that Tupac and other American hip-hop artists were a big influence on Palestinian hip-hop, Palestinian artists have now clearly created their own style which incorporates many different influences including French hip-hop and traditional Arabic music. So this claim is also very narrow. Also, the first Palestinian hip-hop artists, widely acknowledged as DAM (among others) grew up in Israel, not in the occupied Palestinian Territories. --Tirpse77 (talk) 20:06, 5 May 2008 (UTC)