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[If anyone is interested in this and wants to collaborate--get in touch with me please] This is kind of an outline of the paper I want to write on hip-hop. Please give me your advice about how I could make it better. I've noticed some striking similarities between hip-hop and our field--web 2.0 aspects and more. Take for instance one fundamental aspect of hip hop--REMIXABILITY--one takes what one deems is valuable, and creates something new. Mashups have been fundamental in hip hop since day one! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix The fact that knowledge does not come from a vacuum, and pretty much EVERYONE who has contributed important knowledge to the world has had a teacher who's ideas the student REMIXED. Take Franz Brentano for instance--he taught both Edumund Husserl and Freud, while Freud went on to teach Jung, and Husserl went on to teach Heidegger. The students REMIX their teachers work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_Brentano Tagging--hip hop tagging is pl...