

He later adds: “There are kids making some wonderful music and they always has been. Those are normally people of a different age era.” There are always those people - skeptics. With simple text and supporting illustrations, Linda Ashman and Christian Robinson portray opposing points of view about a rainy day. This fall (exact date tba) White Cube opens its New York gallery at 1002 Madison Avenue in a historic former bank constructed in 1930. “I’m not surprised that hip-hop has lasted for 50 years because when we first started Motown, there were people saying this music is ridiculous and it would never work. Having a fistful of songs sampled in the past - most notably “Much Better Off” and “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” for A$AP Rocky (“Jukebox Joints” ) and Kanye West (“Devil in a New Dress”) - Robinson expressed delight in the genre’s growth. With a decorative career spanning over 60 years, the revered singer-songwriter also spoke on the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Sussex were asked to bat, Ali Orr’s unbeaten 31 the only bright spot on the day as they reached 47 for. “I was tinkering around with the piano one day, and I just started to sing that to myself,” he recalls. The rain fell early at Bristol, where only 16 overs were possible, with Gloucestershire. Spearheading Gasms was Robinson’s two first singles, “If We Don’t Have Each Other” and “How You Make Me Feel.” The inception for the latter found him behind the piano, where he whipped up the song’s melody.
