The Sex Issue (v4, i2)
The Sex Issue
Volume 4, Issue 2
“One of the things that I’ve always been drawn to in hip-hop culture, and rap music specifically, is its unapologetic, blunt- and often explicit - stance. Growing up with hip-hop I have many memories of encountering its raw statements about sex. Like being 13 and coming how to watch reruns of Star Trek, and stumbling on The Box playing an endless loop of the video for 2 Live Crew’s “Pop That Coochie.” Or debating the merits of Kool Keither’s Sex Styles in a dingy, basement college radio station at 4.a.m. with my duns Aerolex, DJ Rodno and Krawl. Or changing along with the classic lyric, “And I love hip-hop like Madonna loves ****,” on early morning drives to haggle with recorded dealers at the flea market.”
- Graham Eng-Wilmot, Editor-in-Chief
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Editor-in-Chief: Graham Eng-Wilmot
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