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...to talk about rap more generally. I explained that hip hop had grown up after my adolescence, and so it had never been part of my youthful sound world. By and large it's a musical genre that I enjoy only in small doses, and I dislike much of the culture of conspicuous consumption and ultramasculinity that seems typical of a good deal of recent hip hop.

I did point out, though, that I don't have a blanket hatred of the genre, and that one track from almost half a century ago still struck me as both powerful social commentary and a cleverly written song:

https://youtu.be/PobrSpMwKk4?si=L9DvOBISEDvZzFxN

My son had never heard of it. I wondered whether he would find it hokey, but in fact he told me he was impressed.

I'd love to tell you that this was the beginning of a long evening of father-son bonding, but when I put NMIXX -- Know About Me, he found that he had important things to attend to in his room....