When I was growing up you would see big American films that really mythologised their landscape, that really showed the vastness and the drama of their country.
Having grown up far, far away in a small country town in Australia, I was only slightly aware of hip-hop.
In this country, particularly, actually in times that are difficult, or from corners of America where you least expect it, unbelievable pure creativity has welled up. Generally because of the cross-fertilization... a Scott Joplin tune becomes jazz, becomes blues, and becomes rock 'n' roll.
