I dont know much about 90s music😅, could you please share some of those lyricists and singers (or suggest any of their songs)? I'm interested in listening to some of their songs :)

Kinda sad that I wasn't much aware of this issue..

[–] taanegl@beehaw.org 6 points 3 months ago (6 children)

...I can't. You can find them on various features, with among others De La Soul, but the point is they left. You'd have to amass the amount of hip-hop music that I have and draw a timeline where you can see them being phased out.

It's around the time LL Cool J turned into a sex symbol and when De La had to "add some badass to perlong their life over the drum."

One of these days I want to do the whole research route, but just so I can juxtapose it to country - which also suffered the same fate, only a half a century earlier.

Capitalism is a slow crawl to mediocrity and exploitation. No culture can really survive it.

[–] within_epsilon@beehaw.org 1 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I agree with the music industry problems. Luckily I have found some great hip hop and country recently.

[–] taanegl@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The sad thing? Country used to be rebellious... I mean actually rebellious, none of this Trojan horse nationalism and fascism disguised as "traditionalism".

We're talking Johnny Paycheck, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, and the queen her self, Dolly Parton.

But, as of late, I've said this:

Shout outs to the women of country, for bringing back the tradition - of writing songs about shooting your spouse in the face.

Keep the dream alive.

[–] within_epsilon@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

Woody Gutherie, Utah Phillips.... I guess I am asking what divides county from folk.

load more comments (2 replies)

load more comments (3 replies)