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50 years of Hip Hop- How Come?

Having been a music fan for over 50 years, it’s been fun to see all the different musical genres that have come and gone in popular music.

In the the 50s it was Rock n Roll. Then in the 60s we had Psychedelia, in the 70s Punk, in the 80s New Wave, in the 90s Grunge. It was always interesting to see how music changed into the next new thing.

At the latest Grammy awards, which I did not see, there was a segment called 50 years of hip hop.

I’ve personally never been a big fan of the genre, there are some songs I have liked, but that’s ok. Everyone has their tastes. What I am surprised about is Hip Hops longevity. It just seems like for the last 25 years a lot of music hasn’t really changed much. There has been no " next new thing"as far as I can tell.

How Come? Anyone feel the same way or care to comment. Am I just getting old??

 

alvinnir2
jpwarren58
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But tastes change. Important to continue to give it a listen from time to time. 

Dylan could be considered the father of rap if you like. Right now listening to I Want to Dance with You...Prine meets Strait. All sorts of cross-pollination going on or is that soon to be deleted from the biology books.

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ticat
394 posts
 

Hip who? Hop what?

curtdr
348 posts
 

hip hop - thought the best of it is not so cleanly classified - is nice for a party sometimes I suppose, sure... 

or "urban" film soundtracks for some scenes, yes... 

extended listening?  um... well, ok... 

but, to each his or her own, also yes... 

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audioguy85
2,033 posts
 

That "music" is utter garbage, sorry.....

hickamore
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Based on the above, one gleans that "music" is simply a term we use to designate "sonic performances and recordings of sonic performances," irrespective of content. (Not counting sheet music, arguably the most important kind of all) .And yet: all would agree that US presidential SOTUs -- sonic performances both heard and recorded -- are NOT music. So the definition lies in the object of entertaining rather than persuading? Well, James Carville says he found the latest SOTU entertaining, nothing more. What is the principal object of "The Times, They Are A-Changin'?" ("Come Senators, Congressmen, please heed the call / don't stand in the doorway, don't block off the hall / for he that gets hurt will be he who has stalled") -- sounds like a SOTU to me.

And so, as Socrates would say, we purport to discuss subjects whose meanings have yet to be determined.

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