The first reading about how rap got started was fairly interesting, because i never knew where rap originated and how political it really was.  I don’t really listen to rap, or know a whole lot about the history or early popular artists, so it was kind of fun to learn those sort of things.

In the second reading, I kind of agree with the statement “it is impossible to prove whether or not music is political.” There are some songs that are directly political, and I am sure there are some songs that have a sort of second meaning that is political.  I personally can’t say one way or another because I am not great at figuring out the meanings of songs, unless it is obvious or someone tells me.