KillSpray
Don't be mad
Most of us who were born in the 80's and later never (or barely) knew a world where hip-hop didn't exist. It was always a part of the world as we knew it, and its hard to imagine that there was a time period where there was no such thing as rap.
For the 90's babies I imagine its even crazier, because they grew up in a time where hip-hop already was dominant in pop culture, so they never knew a world where hip hop wasn't everywhere, radio, TV, commercials and the internet. (sidenote: they also may not be able to imagine a world where there was no internet)
So what we see, especially on this board, but a lot of other places too, is a real disconnect between generations. We see a lot of these young
disrespecting legends, making shock threads shytting all over albums considered as classics by the previous generation. shyt is disgusting.
The problem is that every generation lacks all perspective of the world that existed before they existed. Stay with me here for a second. I'm an 80's baby, so I'm now getting older, and having grown up in and on hip-hop, and in some ways feel I'm growing out of it (or at least what its become today), I started casually researching into the history of hip-hop. Doing this has placed music that I never clicked with in a whole new light. Its real easy for a 90's baby to look at the rhymes of a Kurtis Blow and call them elementary. Without any context, an ear tuned to today's rhymes schemes will hear that and
But once you do the history, it gives context to it. So I know there's a lot of fly by night, culture vulture,
types floating around this part, and this isn't for you. One yaself.
But for those who truly connected with the music and culture, but don't know the real history behind the music, and how the culture developed, I implore you... do some research brehs. It will put everything you weren't here to experience in a different perspective.
For the 90's babies I imagine its even crazier, because they grew up in a time where hip-hop already was dominant in pop culture, so they never knew a world where hip hop wasn't everywhere, radio, TV, commercials and the internet. (sidenote: they also may not be able to imagine a world where there was no internet)
So what we see, especially on this board, but a lot of other places too, is a real disconnect between generations. We see a lot of these young
disrespecting legends, making shock threads shytting all over albums considered as classics by the previous generation. shyt is disgusting.The problem is that every generation lacks all perspective of the world that existed before they existed. Stay with me here for a second. I'm an 80's baby, so I'm now getting older, and having grown up in and on hip-hop, and in some ways feel I'm growing out of it (or at least what its become today), I started casually researching into the history of hip-hop. Doing this has placed music that I never clicked with in a whole new light. Its real easy for a 90's baby to look at the rhymes of a Kurtis Blow and call them elementary. Without any context, an ear tuned to today's rhymes schemes will hear that and
But once you do the history, it gives context to it. So I know there's a lot of fly by night, culture vulture,
types floating around this part, and this isn't for you. One yaself.But for those who truly connected with the music and culture, but don't know the real history behind the music, and how the culture developed, I implore you... do some research brehs. It will put everything you weren't here to experience in a different perspective.
