What do you miss about old school hip hop music and why?

Thank you Oregonpapa.

Souljasmooth,

I just know Vanilla Ice.

@souljasmooth the cool part about my taste is that I can listen to jazz and hip hop back to back.  I have giant black and white framed photos of Sarah Vaughn, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Duke Ellington on my walls. Then I have hip hop inspired artwork by the artist Justin Bua in another room.  Great contrast.  You should look him up.  Remember T.R.O.Y by Pete rock and cl smooth.  Jazzy hip hop. Classic.

@lowrider57 how are you. Did you look at Brandenburg?

calvinj,
Black Violin is really great Hip Hop. It's inventive and breaks free from the modern Hip Hop formula.

I really like the song "A Flat," but the "Brandenburg" video is so good. After poking fun at a typical audience, there's a great message in there about the lack of diversity in Classical music, specifically in the major orchestras.

As a frequent symphony attendee, the lack of colour is very obvious, yet in conservatory recitals, I see many super talented African-American musicians.