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Intelligent artists who can't help but hold art to a higher standard
if message boards would draw the number (and type) of people that they do if you had to be completely transparent and honest with who you are IRL and what you do.
The anonymity allows anyone to speak from a place of authority on any subject. That can actually be a good or bad thing tho, since some people have knowledge and intelligence you wouldn't expect them to have, while others are just as dumb as you'd expect them to be, lol.
3. "I think in general, it was exciting when hip hop sounded fresh" In response to Reply # 0
and cutting edge. Predictable, recycled ideas...there's just not much out there that sounds like innovation (i.e. what was encouraged and grew hip hop music). 808 sounds and simplified soft synth melodies have completely dominated the popular part of the artform. If the lyrics are witty...then you are lampooned as being "conscious" and dumbing it down is highly celebrated (either in an ironic way or sadly, in a relatable way). Sample laws have killed the collage element of hip hop music and neutered the value of record digging, and lost is the richness of an added element of story telling through sample choice and reference. Artists that used to lead the way in innovation and depth of the art have been forced to either adapt or die. The term "played out" played itself out. Replication is encouraged. There's stuff out there that's good, but it (A) doesn't make money and (B) has little or no impact on the overall culture.
A lot of the folks on here are older and have witnessed this evolution. There's also an equal number of folks on the board (and proportionally in society) who don't appreciate the older movement and "hey, its sounds good...quit being a killjoy, you old bastard". Its lost on them that hip hop as a movement was carried by those who foresaw that it could be a higher art. The older folks resent what they perceive as a hijacking/cheapening of their artform, while the young folks resent the idea that music of their time (the soundtrack to their most impressed upon time of their lives) is put down by the older folks as cheap dumbed down bullsh**. That's why the lesson is mad.
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