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Dansk Stil was well worth attending Tuesday night, which many did despite the technical difficulties in getting our post up. The film was engaging, funny, and generally very human, exploring how the Danes have taken in and made aspects of hip-hop culture their own. The fact that there was a demonstration by some of the Danish b-boys and a quick performance by Cancer Rising proved to be the icing on an already satisfying cake. (Here are two scenes from the film: One Two)

KRS-One, the great MC and hip-hop philosopher, often bloviates about a time when people no longer identify themselves as black or white, French or Italian. Rather than identifying with a race or along nationalistic ties, KRS-One envisions a time and place where people can identify simply as hip-hop, where those ideas and concepts represent enough to bring people together as a community. An ambitious idea? Certainly, but KRS-One has never been known for a shortage of big ideas. Tonight's screening of the Danish film Dansk Stil (and performance by up and comers Cancer Rising) seems to put some weight behind KRS-One's words, demonstrating hip-hop's ability to adapt and conform to its surroundings.