> >>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 dunno about anticipation being 'gone'...I'd say everyone is in their own niche bubble. Nothing culminates to one day like it used to...it varies from fan to fan, genre, news/blog source, etc.