A primary component of hip-hop is authenticity. But are realness and reality the same thing? This episode of Rip and Rebind is a search for the long lost home of "the real".
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At 14 I attended boarding school. It was the beginning of an important lesson in the difference between realness and reality. Why should I be considered more "real" in the eyes of hip-hop because I'm an inner-city youth? This episode of Rip and Rebind is a sonic journey for the resting place of "real". Strap on your seatbelts.
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At 14 I attended boarding school. It was the beginning of an important lesson in the difference between realness and reality. Why should I be considered more "real" in the eyes of hip-hop because I'm an inner-city youth? This episode of Rip and Rebind is a sonic journey for the resting place of "real". Strap on your seatbelts.
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