50 years of Hip Hop- How Come?

@jasonbourne52 LOL, clearly you might not be the intended audience.

To the OP...some of the earliest hip-hop crossed over to different audiences more easily back in the day, especially given that many tracks were almost novelties (Rapper's Delight) with a strong but easy beat to follow. Saw my share of young caucasians "fake dancing" in clubs at the time and shaking my head then..not to the music but to those who were trying (but failing) to dance.

LL Cool J, Ice T, Biggie & Tupac and Run DMC through groups like Outkast, Public Enemy to todays artists like Jay Z, Drake, Anderson .Paak and Kendrick Lamar...its real music to the artists and its real music to the audience...isn't that kindof the test? It may not make sense to some...that's cool.

@ghasley 

It's real music and has great appeal to many, no doubt about that, and that is a great thing. It just seems to me like I'm ready to hear some thing totally new and fresh musically, and I have been for some time. Seems like things changed up a lot more often musically pre 2000 then since. Maybe I just don't appreciate or see the nuances of changes these days.

There’s a lot of music which is not my taste. But that’s all I need to say. I don’t need to deride it as "not music."

I’m pretty sure that most people don’t listen to twelve-tone classical music, either, but it was largely made by white guys, so I guess it can count itself safe from Old Guys Yelling at Clouds.

I’m ready to hear some thing totally new and fresh musically,

I find new and fresh stuff in my streaming services, they push it to me on discovery mixes, daily mixes, or I can select a genre.

Like any other genre you find artists you love, and artists you hate. I love when artists use samples of old songs and create something fresh. This is a gospel choir which did a cover of a song by eminem that gives me chills every time I watch it

If you have headphones put them on:

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It can also happen the other way around. mapleshade records is a boutique label known for audiophile recordings. I had this album by the ARC Choir way before Kanye took it to a whole new level. If you are "meh" about hip hop please watch just one of the videos I posted in this thread and share your comments please: