71. "here is where I would like to know OKP's age demographics" In response to In response to 68
>I am on OKP primarily as a reader and I remember when I came >on here, there were REALLY heated and interesting discussion >about *directly* music-related issues and not artist A>>>B >stuff either-just check the archives from 2004-2005 if you >don't believe me.
To me, the Lesson's golden age was before the explosion of blogs and social networking and Quest becoming a media celebrity in his own right.
Back in the 90s and early 2000s, there did not seem to be a lot of places online where you could have substantial music discussion about black music. During that era, people were still buying CDs too, so you had the bonus of everyone vibing off the latest new release.
Now, people hear music at least a couple of weeks before it's for sale. That excitement and anticipation is just gone.
I believe that somewhere along the line, a lot of those golden age posters moved on and were replaced by people who were either set in their musical tastes, didn't have the communication/reasoning/attention skills to have serious discussion, or were more intrigued with the technological/marketing side of music since that seemed to be where the true excitement was.