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50 years of Hip Hop- How Come?
@1happyman Yes, I know.  Signed, Snarky Gen-Xer   
50 years of Hip Hop- How Come?
@garebear No, you’re wrong and both exaggerating and over-simplifying. I don’t know what "Hip Hop Rappers" are, but many artists (Nas, Alfa Mist, Mac Miller, Fetty Wap, Nicki Minaj, and others) are musically, if not classically trained. And yes, a... 
50 years of Hip Hop- How Come?
@jasonbourne52 cool. Please post a vid of you mc'ing with a boombox and a mic. I mean, if it's that easy, any idiot can do it, right?  
Help with Yamaha 801 pairing
You may want to spend some of that 2500 budget on a good phono stage. Post a question on the analog forum here and see what people say.   
50 years of Hip Hop- How Come?
@ghasley nice. I was think the same thing    
Help with Yamaha 801 pairing
Your 801 puts out 100w and is an underrated, overpowered machine whose biggest fault us that it can be a bit flat in its presentation. Its pure direct is a sonic delight. Owning one, however, I will say its phono stage is a weak point. There are ... 
50 years of Hip Hop- How Come?
@mp5viking A brilliant description of rock. Well done.   
50 years of Hip Hop- How Come?
DJ Kool Herc - house parties in the early 70s  
50 years of Hip Hop- How Come?
@dayglow i doubt many here have been exposed to a decent hiphop immersion.   
50 years of Hip Hop- How Come?
Look, hip-hop has been a cultural mouthpiece for decades. It's still the most widespread music genre in the world, along with jazz. Cultural gatekeepers and bigots will deny its value by pointing out the superficial and the extremes while resistin... 
50 years of Hip Hop- How Come?
@unreceivedogma Nice list. The most recent died in 1996, so you're missing out on the last 30 years or so of the genre.  And while a lot of hip hop indeed promotes and glorifies violence and misogyny, much of it does not. Furthermore, a lot of ro... 
Made in USA
Here's a memory lane walk that doubles as a eulogy to what used to be made here:    
Made in USA
The whole "let's support our own" seems a bit paranoid. Look, Ive happily bought local (Herron, Decware, Schiit, Maggie, and others) when appropriate, but as many people have already pointed out, nationalism and economy is a dinosaur paradigm.  B... 
Is R.E.M. underrated by new music nerds?
Idk; Out of Time was a benchmark album of the early 90's. It set up Automatic before the pivoted to Monster. I just found an original pressing of Out of Time and was transported not just back three decades but to a solid album.  Still, think of t... 
A public service announcement
@pwoodard922 Funny how that works. Once of the better end results of alcohol I can think of.