And the Beat Goes On...

The two people with cubicles adjacent to me are Corey and Adrian. Corey is a 34 year-old African-American male. Adrian is a 29 year-old African-American male as well. They have been friends since they were teenagers. Corey has made the bold claim that Jay-Z is the best MC to have ever walked the face of the earth. Over the past few weeks Corey and Adrian have been sharing their excitement over the new Jay-Z album on an almost daily basis.
An example:
A: Yo, Corey. Come check out track number 2. (Turns up sound on Speakers. Generic rap beat is heard)
C: MMMMmmm. Damn that's a good beat. (Jay-Z starts to rap.)
C: Ooohh...He's hitting that beat hard. MMMMMMm!
A: Did he just say, "I don't respect the person that got shot. I respect the shooter?" That's straight gangster.
C:I'm telling you man. Best MC ever. I'm gonna need new speakers in my car in order to listen to this properly.
A: Me too. I already done blew mine out listening to this.
C:Mmmmmm! Best ever, man. Best ever.

This type of exchange is not limited to one cultural group however. This is a conversation I had recently.

Me: Hey man. Check out Weird Al's new joint.
T: Whoa, sick slide whistle sound. He's pounding on the accordion hard.
Me: Did he just rhyme "fart" with "Mario Kart"? That's pure genius right there.
T: Crazy good. Weird Al is the best song parodier ever.
Me: Agreed.

This shows once again that for all the differences that may appear to be present, once one looks beneath the surface, the differences cease to exist.