I have two good new comps on my desk – The Roots of Hip-Hop and the Soul of Hip-Hop, Vol. 1. The former dubiously claims that talking blues and hipsters are the source from which hip-hop sprang, and I assume the latter presents tracks on Stax that have been sampled. I’m not convinced by the former and don’t recognize the latter, and have to assume that “hip-hop” are the magic words right now – the only music that sells.