Dizzee Rascal, CunninLynguists, Kanye, Wayne, Cool Kids, Jeezy, Gucci Mane


all these guys will mean that decade to ME, and in ten years when people are summarizing this decade those will be the artists their lists point to, which in turn will be the lists that develop the taste of internet-minded teenagers


It's pretty silly to assume this decade or any following decade would have as many out and out legends as the first two, though. It's similar to the reigns punk and metal had; at some point, the notoriety for playing that sort of music faded into a niche obscurity and it was up to the fans of more than radio and club plays to decide who the legends were, and often that was a personal choice.


Also, you'd have been laughed at if you called Velvet Underground of Scott Walker a legend in their heydays, but here they are fifty years later getting namedropped as often as possible. It's impossible to determine what will truly be enduring; in fact, I'd argue hip-hop's canon has been remarkably resilient against that trend so far. Perhaps thanks in part to the term "classic"/"5 Mics", but it's much easier to reach general consensus on a hip-op argument than any other. At least in my experience.



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