caddo man;c-10044889 said:
5 Grand;c-10044377 said:
Lefty_;c-10044287 said:
I always say this, you can literally find whatever you want, for free. Every single element is able to be experienced at the click of a mouse.
Turn off the radio, and stop watching award shows. The best albums of the year thread in this very sub forum is full of albums that never reached the airwaves.
Hip hop is in a great place, you just gotta dig a little.
It’s gotten so big, you’d be stupid to not expect commercialization and thus a step down in surface quality. It has taken a few steps back in the mainstream, but it’s still full of artists that really care, in all 4 elements.
Cosign
I remember back in the 80s the Grammy Awards and
Top 40 stations didn't play Hip Hop.
fixed that for you. And the 90s was the best era of hip hop.
Right now you have alot of choices but the choices are usually horrible. The 90s had quality music because they were mature as artist. The 90s was the era that showcased rappers time under their belt. We are still using lines and songs referencing that time frame. Look at Rock and Roll. The 60's was the best years for Rock and Roll because the artist had more range than just rock. This generation has too many one hit wonders flooding the market.
Is there quality music out right now? Yes it is! Alot of quality music is out right now. But the classics are few and far between. We have not learned how the decipher through the clutter of artist and BS.
Hip hop is a young genre and there will be better era for hip hop sooner than later. But now is not it.
Well back in the 80s Top 40 radio played commercial rap. They played It Takes Two - Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock, Planet Rock - Afrika Bambaattaa, The Message - Grandmaster Flash, Push It - Salt N Pepa, Walk This Way - Run DMC so every once in a while a Rap/Hip Hop song would get some burn. But it wasn't anything like it is now.
Back in the 80s you could listen to a Top 40 station for a couple of hours just to hear one rap song. If you wanted the real thing you had to listen to the college radio stations. There was usually a radio show that played Rap/Hip Hop on the weekends in every market.
Now they have entire stations that play only Hip Hop and R&B, and those are the stations with the #1 ratings.
As far as the 90s being the best era for Hip Hop, if you weren't there you can't speak on it. If you don't remember the summer of 88 you are automatically disqualified from speaking on the best era in Hip Hop. I'd say the same thing about the summer of 94, 95 and 97.
