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anyway, as far as challenging the theory about how old it is, its bollocks IMO. just cos they had some rhyming text back in the bible or koran doesnt mean thats a genuine 'precursor' to rapping. that just means there was some poetry there.
PD didn't agree with that either! He was saying that if you try to get too abstract looking for the origins of hip-hop, you can go all the way back to the Bible. That's why he prefers a stricter 35-year definition where you can trace it back to style elements and shared cultural factors.
That's exactly what PD was saying.