Keith Richards: Metallica's a Joke, Rap's Only for "Tone-Deaf People"
Keith Richards has a new solo album, Crosseyed Heart, out soon, his first in more than two decades. The Rolling Stone has been making the press rounds, and today's talk with the New York Daily News is a doozy. Let's start with the 71-year-old's attack on hip hop, one that echoes recent Kanye West jabs from David Crosby and Noel Gallagher:
“Rap—so many words, so little said. What rap did that was impressive was to show there are so many tone-deaf people out there. All they need is a drum beat and somebody yelling over it and they’re happy. There’s an enormous market for people who can’t tell one note from another.”
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