Monday, July 19, 2004
Hip-hop, Cuba, and a new book by Eugene Robinson titled Last Dance in Havana: The Final Days of Fidel and the Start of the New Cuban Revolution.
''I felt a lot of concurrence with what was going on in Cuba and with what was happening with music,'' Robinson said. The economic, political and social realities reflected in popular music form what Robinson calls ``the start of the new Cuban revolution.''
''I don't think hip-hop is going to overthrow the government,'' said Robinson. ``What hip-hop has said to the government on behalf of young people who participate in it is you've got to do better.''
''These people dance,'' writes Robinson, sharing in the amazement of many foreigners at the Cubans' incredible ability to shake it up. Robinson said he learned a few of his own moves during visits.
''I'm not that bad, but I'm not that good as your average person on the street in Cuba,'' said Robinson. ``If you didn't start learning this vocabulary of moves when you were three or four I don't think you'll ever speak the language that well.''
¶ 7/19/2004 08:56:00 AM
''I felt a lot of concurrence with what was going on in Cuba and with what was happening with music,'' Robinson said. The economic, political and social realities reflected in popular music form what Robinson calls ``the start of the new Cuban revolution.''
''I don't think hip-hop is going to overthrow the government,'' said Robinson. ``What hip-hop has said to the government on behalf of young people who participate in it is you've got to do better.''
''These people dance,'' writes Robinson, sharing in the amazement of many foreigners at the Cubans' incredible ability to shake it up. Robinson said he learned a few of his own moves during visits.
''I'm not that bad, but I'm not that good as your average person on the street in Cuba,'' said Robinson. ``If you didn't start learning this vocabulary of moves when you were three or four I don't think you'll ever speak the language that well.''
¶ 7/19/2004 08:56:00 AM
