Q: And you are a rap fan too, right?

Elton: People who mock rap, and say, ‘I don’t like it,’ they should go check out Kanye in the studio rapping. Or Eminem when he’s in the studio. It’s a phenomenon. Don’t knock it until you’ve seen it. It may not be your cup of tea, but don’t ridicule.

Elton has worked with Timbaland and Kanye, but his thoughts on hip-hop seem a little outdated.  His appeal to not “knock it until you’ve seen it”, I guess, would be a healthy message to send to his older generational peers, but–ironically–this quote was given in an interview with TeenMusic.com.

“Musical genius” is a term too frequently used.  In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

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