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Blues, Rock, Rap #OPS Throwdown 4/16/2016
Blues, Rock, Rap #OPS Throwdown 4/16/2016

This is a reproduction of the music from my Saturday #OPSThrowdown on Google+

Today's theme was Blues, Rock, Rap. It was a musical companion piece to my articles about NWA and Gene Simmons arguing about if Hip-Hop music counts as Rock.

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PlaylistJoshua B. HoeNWA, Ice Cube, Gene Simmons, Kiss, KISS, Google+, #OPSThrowdown, #OPS, YouTube, Rock n' Roll, Rock Hall, Rock and Roll Music, Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, Spotify, The Rolling Stones, The Clash, This Is Radio Clash, Run-DMC, Run DMC, King Of Rock, Beastie Boys, No Sleep Til' Brooklyn, Public Enemy, Bring The Noise, Scott Ian, Anthrax, Aerosmith, Walk This Way, George Clinton, Atomic Dog, Smell The Glove, Spinal Tap, Cypress Hill, Linkin Park, Rock Superstar, The Bad Plus, Radio Cure, WilcoComment
Is Gene Simmons Not Hearing The Words Coming Out Of Cube's Mouth?
Is Gene Simmons Not Hearing The Words Coming Out Of Cube's Mouth?

Dear God, Gene Simmons is at it again, ghettoizing NWA and Hip-Hop

Maybe he should have listened to what Ice Cube actually said at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony?

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OpinionJoshua B. HoeRock n' Roll, Rock and Roll Music, rock and roll, Rock Hall, Gene Simmons, Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, Ice Cube., NWA, La Weekly, Destroyer, KISS, Lenny Bruce, BB King, Jaco Pastorius, Compton, Jimmy Hendrix, Jimi HendrixComment
My Open Letter To "The Demon"
My Open Letter To "The Demon"

Gene Simmons decided to let his grumpy old demon out in a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine.

Lowlights: He doesn't find hip-hop music melodic, thinks Rock music is dead, and wants Lady Gaga to get off the stripper pole.

Here is my response to "grumpy old Demon" Gene Simmons 

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OpinionJoshua B. HoeGene Simmons, KISS, Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone Magazine, Foo Fighters, Lady Gaga, Alice Cooper, Sergeant Peppers, Kiss And The Phantom Of The Park, Big Ups, Wicked Lester, Rock Hall, Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, Rockism, Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Destroyer, KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park, Talib KweliComment