SheerExcellence
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blackrain;6464728 said:
Also because for many of us music serves as a signifyer. there is no coincidence that people tend to think the "best time for music" was when they were 13-21. for many people that is the "best" time of their life. maybe not in terms of money or power, but in terms of just living and being free. you have your first kiss in that time frame, you go on your first dates, you get into your first fight, you and your boys drive around in someone's car aimlessly for hours just bullshitting. you smoke your first joint, you have your first beer. you have your first job, get into college, buy your first car, etc.
you get the point.
when you hear songs from this time period it brings you back momentarily to those times in your life. its your quick 4 minute snapshot into some nostalgic time in your life. there are songs that i hated when i was 15, but if they come on now, i tend not to turn the station as it allows me a quick few minutes to reminisce.
most people when they become adults dont really have no new experiences or moments to attach to the music that new sense of awe and wonder is gone. yes Broodie is right, good music will still be good to an adult or a kid, it is timeless. HOWEVER, i would argue the vast majority of people do not fuck with music like that. people in allhiphop message board will be on the higher end of music fans, obviously. but i know many people who have not heard kendrick lamar albums and they dont intend to, not because they hate him, just because they only listen to new music when in the gym or at a bar, they aint trying to fuck with new shit anymore. most folk dont spend day and night on message boards and blogs and shti trying to find the hot new shit, tha tis what ppl like us do, but that is not the norm.
furthermore, as you get older and wiser, it is harder to listen to immature shit. biggie first album is a classic obviosuly, but if it came out today, i wouldnt be into it as much. i aint trying to heard a 21 year old kid talking baout how he gonna rob my baby momma or how he doing robberies with him and his bitch, or here skits of him fucking. that shit aint as cool to me anymore, but if i was 15, id be more into it. that is not to say its not good. its just to say so much of pop music is geared toward kids (ppl under age of 23), that its hard to fuck with it the same way once you are older. and this is not just rap, i mean same thing for lady gaga or katy perry or whoever.
