In the May 9 issue of City Pages is an article/interview with "hip hop expert" Bobbito Garcia. They play him Minnesota songs and he comments. Here is a bit about Bob George:

"BOB GEORGE," PRINCE (WARNER BROS., 1988)

GARCIA: That shit is dope if it's a complete parody and some funny shit. But if money really takes himself seriously, that shit is horrible. The only excuse they would have is if that was done in '87 or '86.

CP: It was '87, I think.

GARCIA: Even so, you've got to think about the standard of musical production and songwriting that exists in the world. Nothing should ever be looked at as like, Yo, this is good for local. It should always be looked at as, Yo, this is good compared to what's out there, period.

CP: Do you have any fond Prince memories? That was from the Black Album.

GARCIA: That was Prince rhyming? I met him recently in New York; he was at a club I was DJing at. Mad cool dude. I would say Prince has some hits and he's definitely had some misses, but nonetheless he's a genius of our time. And, um, he should definitely stay away from rap.

The entire article can be read here:

http://www.citypages.com/...le9537.asp