backpacker
n.— «This is the main thing i detest about these corny, revisionist backpackers : they’re all newjacks who started listening to rap in the 1993 when “36 chambers” came out and have no concept or understanding of early 80s rap or Kid Capri or D.J Ron G blends tapes and how r&b and disco are just as important to rap as funk and soul.…Gay “real hip hop” jansport wearers like NeilNice are what’s ruined hip hop, not rap tracks…that sample r&b classics and have sung hooks.» —“Biggie Smalls & Jeru The Damaja—Friend or Foe?” by Brian Beck Unkut.com Sept. 22, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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