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2971378, The concept of being "old school/played out" might be worse
Posted by micMajestic, Mon Aug-22-16 11:47 AM
It's a built in excuse to not respect anything that came before you.

Doug E Fresh & KRS were talking about there being an "old school" in 1988. Doug wasn't dissing, but KRS was boldly telling the old school they needed to make room/step aside. Again, that was 1988. They clearly didn't want to be associated with the stuff that was coming out in the early/mid 80's.

Now older heads get increasingly frustrated with the perceived lack of respect for hip-hop history. But these kids didn't create this dynamic, it's been there for as long as I remember it. You take sampling out of the equation, and there's even less reason to look back.