This Woodstock 99 doc on HBO is wild

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That was Woodstock 94 where Primus performed, they had sort of fizzled out at this point as far as being a mainstream rock band goes.



Eh I kind of agree that Em does seem to ignore the more soulful aspects of hop hop. but I wouldn't place him in the same category as kid rock, fred durst, etc. I just think his influences outside of hip hop are more in tune with classic rock, like when he does sample, it's mostly older 70's/80's rock artist like Aerosmith or Queen. He's a rapper at heart at the end of the day and he stans older rap artist, whereas Kid Rock and them basically used or exploited rap music to draw off of pop music fans..
Eminem only samples white Rock artists as you mentioned ….I get he is more hip hop than Fred durst or kid rock but the common denominator is still the same…..lack of soul in the music. Em hails from Detroit, the home of Motown yet he keeps reachin back for lynard skinnard or white snake …… hip hop celebrates black music, if you don’t do it at some point, it won’t be great hip hop….
 

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They had a simulcast on a local radio station when Woodstock 99 was going on. Was the full festival, which is crazy looking back. No way would any radio station broadcast any big festival now.
 
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