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HIP HOP & PIRACY
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[ by DEF KLF of MAD VISION
Just a few words before the article
when I speak about Rap groups I don't
talk about famous rap bands but all
those unknow bands that appear in all
our cities and that consist of young
people.
Hip Hop and Piracy is not the same
thing.It's more than that... That's the
same idea...
But one is white & middle class,
the other is proletarian and coloured.
Coding/Cracking scenes can be wild and
collective like the Rap scene is...
] 1 - NOTION OF GROUP and A NEED FOR
]INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION.
In a society, which is known to be
individualist,the B.BOYS and the demo
makers have created the GROUP. A
collective struturation based upon
distribution of the fonctions within
the band.
A computer band has different members
with differents tasks... There are some
coders,graphists,swappers ...
and a Possee can have dancers,taggers
rappers...
The knowledge of each members is
optimised , in order to be better than
rivals. If there's no leader in the
band there is always a "locomotive"
in order to motivate the band.
Nevertheless guests can come in the
band to do a job. And conversely all
the band is not necesary taking part
in a project,even if they are still
in contact. (Mail,phone,modems...)
] 2 - THE NAMES ...
If the names of the members of a band
can often be found in a scroller,
rappers often spell their names in
their songs and a tagger writes
everywhere his pseudonym.
If it is easy to understand why the
taggers and the crackers choose
nicknames. It can be strange that
Rappers or demo coders don't use their
real names.
The names used are often inspired from
movies,cartoons....
] LUKE SKYWALKER ,TERMINATOR X, MAD MAX,
]EAZY E,THE BLADE RUNNERS,ZIGGY STARDUST
]THE LORD,GARFIELD,DEE NASTY...
[ With a pseudonym a new life begins.We
[are independants from our family , our
[origins,the laws...
] 3 - THE GROUP & HIS SPHERE
Once again , demos & hip hop have the
same objectives.The band (by the way of
his members ) must be associated to
an artistic feat. We try to impress our
underworld with virtuosity as Dj , with
his madness to tag impossible place,
with the maximum use of a 68000. What
is looked for, is to be acknowledged
by his little scene. Nevertheless the
group is not a desert island;wars exist
between bands, but it gives a kind of
credibility to the reality of the
scene. But the enemies are nammed and
very seldom fought. The computer group
nammed them "lamers" and the hip hop
movement "suckers".
There are 2 ways of communication
between the bands , the 1st one is the
"real contact" : Coding party, concert,
sound system. And the second is the
greetings, wich can be found on some
songs,sleeve,scrollers...
To find his name in a greetings list,
show you are involved in the movement,
and that you are respected. It's a bit
also like associating his own work to
the nammed persons.It looks like a name
sampling (!?).
However each movement has its
specificities. The computer bands have
an european scene and are in contact
with many bands. But frontiers between
band disapeared, and German,swedish or
French demos are the same and we all
are trying to speak english. Whereas
the rap movement is very different
according to their original country,
languages,ethnies,political ideas...
] 4 - FEAR OF EMPTY
Fear of future ? Refuse of reality. If
we (young people) don't hate the empty
we like very much the full.Rappers let
the radio playing all day long, Taggers
fill all the surfaces up. ( the walls
but also his bedroom,exercice books...)
A good rap may be very noisy like
public enemy; there's no space for any
other sound. Moreover a rap record is
most of the time filled up with remixes
stories,greets...
The packers do menus without any free
sectors, and the coders use 100 percent
of the capcity of their microprocesor.
] 5 - A NEW DESIGN
[ If many people don't like to listen to
[rap, it isn't because 90 per 100 of the
[rap records aren't interesting but
[because it can be judged like other
[music. It must be appreciated with his
[own criterions. That's the same thing
[with demos.
Most people find demos very
boring and can't enjoy them because
they don't know what is hard to do.
The texts/lyrics are also important in
the two movements. And both have their
jargon: The crackers use "GFX", "ZAK",
"LAMERS", "WRAP"... The rappers "YO",
"DOPE","SUCKER"...
] 6 - REBELS WITHOUT A PAUSE
[ As there are cool/soft rappers,& nice
[demo coders , the scenes also have
[crackers & radical rappers.
Afrocentrism; "Fight the power";"Don't
believe the hype" are some of the motos
of harcore rap bands.
Piracy has also his radical boys, thus
in Germany (CCC), USA and in Holland
hackers ask for the right to look at
some protected datas on some top secret
boards , or revolt against the so-
high-prices of softwares.
] If you are a member of a "rap-band",
]if you tag, or if you simply have an
]opinion about my article, please write
]us. Express us why you are in a group
]( even on ST ). Are you conscious to
]keep in the background from our
]society , your family...? Are you
]conscious to take part in something
]you can't share with most people ?
(.........)
I really hope that my poor english can
be read and understood...
[ DEF KLF 1992 - MAD VISION