Was regional sounds bad for hiphop????

[AJaRuleStan]

I have been hearing this argument from fakkits like Ebro from hot 97 that regional sounds dying out is good for hip-hop because it makes the genre more diverse and prevents stagnation in artist. Sounds intuitively good in theory, but that doesn't relieve ppl who make this argument from checking the evidence to see if this is actually true, and that's my issue with the argument. Were is the evidence?

First of all did regions even have a static sound? Also, has the genre in the last last 5 years(2010-15)actually produce a more diverse array of artist and albums than the mid to late 90s and the first half of the 2000s?

Well, what do you guys think?

 

[CrimsonTider]

Ebro sounds right

 

[NewWaveEra]

How is one mainstream sound, which reproduces itself regionally in the form of generic sounding derivatives "more diverse"? That claim sounds absurd.

NYC's blatant biting of the Chicago sound is the perfect example of stagnation.

I want to experience different regional soundscapes and not the infinite repetition of the trap sound across the country.

 

[Rack4K]

I have been hearing this argument from fakkits like Ebro from hot 97 that regional sounds dying out is good for hip-hop because it makes the genre more diverse and prevents stagnation in artist.

That literally makes no sense.

Less sounds = more diverse?

 

[Harry B]

I understand what he's saying, he's talking about a period when it was boom bap, bounce, g-funk or whatever. And people felt that they had to keep themselves without those boundaries, however that's not true except for a very short time period. There's plenty of examples of how the regions developed. But where he's got a point is that, what if Ice Cube didn't fukk with the east? Eminem Didn't fukk with West or closer in time, that someone like Electronica wasn't east coast influenced, Drake wasn't influenced by the whole nation and on.

How is one mainstream sound, which reproduces itself regionally in the form of generic sounding derivatives "more diverse"? That claim sounds absurd.

NYC's blatant biting of the Chicago sound is the perfect example of stagnation.

I want to experience different regional soundscapes and not the infinite repetition of the trap sound across the country.

Which sound is NYC biting from Chicago? And who is doing this?

 

[Way Of The Gun]

Technically Ebro's correct to a certain extent.

 

[AJaRuleStan]

How is one mainstream sound, which reproduces itself regionally in the form of generic sounding derivatives "more diverse"? That claim sounds absurd.

NYC's blatant biting of the Chicago sound is the perfect example of stagnation.

I want to experience different regional soundscapes and not the infinite repetition of the trap sound across the country.

It's because ppl like Ebro who make this argument don't actually check if the evidence turns out.