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Originally Posted by JayJamJah
Grunge, Alternative Rock, Punk and many more have had a greater impact then Rap in the last twenty years. The Hip-hop culture represents a small segment of the population and is very much self contained. Similar to country music it is the extreme on the scale and thus a genre many people dismiss altogether. Look at the lists everywhere else and you'll see both Country and Rap comparatively underrepresented. If your young look at it from my perspective, about 5% of the people I know over 35 (My demographic) are aware of Rap in terms of recognizing artists. 1 in 5 of those like it. With Rap music at this point you are essentially cutting out 60% of the population and therefore it becomes a blip on the radar. It's not about quality it's quantity. Rap Music needs time. Who are the biggest three names in Rap if you asked the general public: Biggie, Pac, Eminem? How does that stack up with Stones, Beatles, Zeppelin in terms of gravitas no?
Above all, nothing but respect to you, just talking the points is all mate.
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Alternative rock, punk, and grunge. You're seriously out of your mind. Three subgenres of rock n roll, one even being a sub-sub genre, have had a greater impact on music than hip hop, a completely original style music which has spawned an entire culture out of it (or perhaps you could say visa versa)? Are you joking? You've got to be pretty desperate to list grunge, more of a movement than even a sub sub genre, which went stale in about 10 years. Punk? How has punk influenced music more in the past 20 years? You do realize that 20 years ago puts you in 87, not 77?
Like I said, you just seem a little desperate here. Whether you like it or not, to deny that it is the style of music which has had the largest impact on the music industry of the past 20 years is ludicris.