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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??

 

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If Hip Hop has survived 50 years (I'm not qualified to answer that question. I can't even identify what makes a "song" Hip Hop), it is for the same reason every other genre has survived in time: there is an audience for it. It's no different than in 2000 or so Rock 'n' Roll could have been said to have lasted 50 years, which many older people in the 1950's didn't expect. Have you seen the clip of Frank Sinatra denigrating the 50's Rock 'n' Roll singers?

I love spicy food, my sister likes her's mild. In the world of Classical music my first love is the Baroque era (not that I don't love Beethoven, Wagner, and Rachmaninoff), a really fine bassist I played with likes Classical and Romantic more. Taste is taste, that's why, as the old joke goes, they make ice cream in different flavours. 

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