50 years of Hip Hop- How Come?

Hip who? Hop what?

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... 

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

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.

Reggae music has been around longer. But mainstream US has a massive blind spot to what was coming from Jamaica.

Personally i really like Trip Hop, the UK version that combines dub basslines with hip hop vocals and trippy effects, a la Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation, Bonobo, Gorillaz. It's softer and more musical than most US hip hop, which is born out of the vicious culture wars you have, and reflects issues like a racist criminal justice system, mass incarceration and environmental crimes like redlining.

I understand the anger.