“Negro music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential. Nothing is sacred. After a decade, a musical idea, no matter how innovative, is threatened.”
— Archie Shepp
Author: Archie Shepp
Category: music
Tags: music, Archie Shepp
Tag: Archie Shepp
In rap music, even though the element
“In rap music, even though the element of poetry is very strong, so is the element of the drum, the implication of the dance. Without the beat, its commercial value would certainly be more tenuous.”
— Archie Shepp
Author: Archie Shepp
Category: poetry
Tags: poetry, Archie Shepp