so the tipper gores and the senator liebermans and even the hillary clintons are very good for us, you know, when they attack the music. i've never felt that threatened, although i am working very closely with the hip-hop action network, and i'm back and forth to washington, protecting our first amendment rights. i don't think that they can really stop the music. there's nothing they can do about it except be angry. these records are going to get played, and these kid's ideals are going to be heard. and the more they attempt to shut 'em down, the more popular the artists and the music get. and it kind of reaffirms that it's young people's music. so when the old people are coming after the young people, they just get more rebellious. but this is a different story. i mean, they were upset about the language of some of these artists. most of their stories are really about survival and even condemn-- whatever you may view as negative is probably condemned on the rap record-- that you don't like. but the real thing is, when these rappers say things that are--that are important, and they mov