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Re: How Will We Categorize Our Current Decade of Music?
Rap is here to stay, and its not leaving anytime soon. In fact, its evolving while rock continues to run in place. We're getting a few less samples in rap, women coming to the forefront, real instruments being used, elements of rock added to it,etc. We're even to the point where DJs/producers such as Diplo are remixing Devo tracks and it sounds fresher than anything rock bands are bringing to the table. Even Kid Sister is more relevant than the garbage currently on the charts, and she's not even well known yet.
If you hate all rap, R&B, techno etc., you are in for a rough spell in the coming decade.
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Re: How Will We Categorize Our Current Decade of Music?
I don't know. Rap of course will never die just like metal will never die, but it's going to come in and out like anything else. And I have to disagree that it's growing more organic and instrumented, I still see it mostly as a producer putting some loops down and a guy talking about guns and bitches and all that shit for the most part.
The only current rapper I can really get into is Saul Williams, and even he says that the modern scope of rap is pretty backwards.
Re: How Will We Categorize Our Current Decade of Music?
I don't know. Rap of course will never die just like metal will never die, but it's going to come in and out like anything else. And I have to disagree that it's growing more organic and instrumented, I still see it mostly as a producer putting some loops down and a guy talking about guns and bitches and all that shit for the most part.
The only current rapper I can really get into is Saul Williams, and even he says that the modern scope of rap is pretty backwards.
Agree.
James, i honestly can't see any of the better rappers out there getting hugely popular like the shit that's played on the radio today. Not putting down their music in any way. I don't see the popular radio songs moving in any new direction, especially an organic one. I hear the same songs come out week after week on the radio.
Re: How Will We Categorize Our Current Decade of Music?
Rap is here to stay, and its not leaving anytime soon. In fact, its evolving while rock continues to run in place. We're getting a few less samples in rap, women coming to the forefront, real instruments being used, elements of rock added to it,etc. We're even to the point where DJs/producers such as Diplo are remixing Devo tracks and it sounds fresher than anything rock bands are bringing to the table. Even Kid Sister is more relevant than the garbage currently on the charts, and she's not even well known yet.
If you hate all rap, R&B, techno etc., you are in for a rough spell in the coming decade.
Rap evolving? 
Rap hasn't evolved since the mid-90's. What you are referring to as 'evolving' is streamlining... refining... commercializing further.
Rap NOW... is what glam metal was circa 1987/88.
