50 years of Hip Hop- How Come?

Seem like a lot of people commenting in support of hip hop. I’m not trying to slam hip hop at all. Some of it is great and some not so good, like any other kind of music. My point is it’s been so long since anything radically new has emerged.

There hasn’t been much fresh new music that "gets under my skin" as edcyn says and some  posters seem to feel the same way.

I access music entirely by streaming and have access to most everything that is out there.

Americana....the Band did it in the 70s.

Ambient....Brian Eno did it in the 80s, and on it goes.

Maybe things seemed more creative back then because most music required the talent and input of multiple musician/artists working together to create something unique.Seems like a lot of modern music is created by "the artist" with most instrumentation and production being rather sparse and being done via digital instrumentation. It seems like all you need is a keyboard/synthesiser, a drum machine, and a digital recorder.

When rap started, and still mostly the same today, there was/is no actual band supporting the fast talkers (they’re not singers), far less talent needed to make a rap recording than one with musicians and singers.  Sure there’s a huge audience for it, but that says less about the genre, and more about the poor taste of the audience, as well as the virtue signaling of the woke white crowd who are a big part of those supporting the fast talkers.

Drug money has and continues to fuel hh. As usual, follow the.....

I was wondering how long it would take for someone to adjust the eyeholes on their hood and see this thread…..

68 y.o, here.

50 years of Hip Hop?  A dance groove?  Never heard of it.  Nor would I attempt with my bad knees and hips.