For the first time in history, hip-hop has surpassed rock to become #1 genre

[BigBusiness]

For the first time in history, Rap has surpassed rock to become the biggest music genre in the US with no signs whatsoever of slowing down, according to the end-of-year report published by Nielsen Music.
R&B/hip hop represented 24.5 per cent of all music consumption in the US - the largest share and the first time it had led the measurement for a calendar year. Rock came in second place, with a share of 20.8 per cent.
Eight out of 10 of the most listened to artists of the year fell into the R&B/hip hop category, as did seven out of 10 of the top albums.

While Ed Sheeran still ruled with his third album Divide - shifting a whopping 2,764,000 album equivalent units - albums by Kendrick, Drake, Bruno Mars, Post Malone, Migos, The Weeknd and Khalid also made the list.












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[Hman]

Rap or hip-hop?

Not exactly the same thing.

Rap can be a type or part of hop-hop.

[Clutchut12]

Over under 2000 combined stds in those pics?

[dlowilly]

For the hundredth time in history you junked up Players Talk with a stupid yo yo look at me non Players Talk thread

[BigBusiness]

For the hundredth time in history you junked up Players Talk with a stupid yo yo look at me non Players Talk thread

[Venom72]

Lmao

[dlowilly]

Lmao

Just a couple of non pro legal retards jacking eachother off LOL

[Thrilla]

Haaaaahahaha!!!!

He is rubbing it in deep this time. Look at all those white women with black men pictures...

let it burn...let it burn...

[Snowball]

rock and rap both suck.
easy listening here. stay cool.

[MMANick]

Lolllll our stupid young generation love them some mumble rap.

[Chi_archie]

its great news!!!

hip hop means alot to so many different types of groups

lots of suburban youth/young adults like to run, lift, get hyped for sports, study, and listen to while walking to their classes on college campuses. Lots of older folk like to to listen to while they work out or have a good beat to listen to while commuting to their job, traveling on planes to out of country vacations, lots of milfs have good cardio classes that utilize the sick beats as well.

lots of urban youth enjoy the lyrics and emulating and aspiring to out of reach lifestyles that many of the artist's portray as they kill time throughout the days after dropping out of high school, standing on corners. there are songs that speak to many urban developmental moments. The time leading up to crimes, the times when a homie is shot in front of you, the times you get arrested and have to serve time, the times you have to avoid the nagging of your 3 baby mommas asking you to give some $ for "pampers", the times for cheating on your girl and sexually assaulting young girls.


very valuable way for corporations to keep urbanites buying the things they don't "need" to buy, but the 1% wants them to buy.

excellent tool to keep them in their place

[ikid2groove415]

Haaaaahahaha!!!!

He is rubbing it in deep this time. Look at all those white women with black men pictures...

let it burn...let it burn...

I’m more into latinas -

[MMANick]

BigBusiness, where are the pictures of the extremely obese white women with some black guys? I see that a lot in these parts.

[daneblazer]

love OutKast

[JIBBBY]

Saloon this garbage.... Hip hop and rap kinda blows..

Reggae, motown, classical, soft rock, and classic rock for me.. I use to like old school rap though back in the day I can't lie..

[BigBusiness]

Saloon this garbage.... Hip hop and rap kinda blows..

Reggae, motown, classical, soft rock, and classic rock for me.. I use to like old school rap though back in the day I can't lie..

Shut your old ass up. Rap/Hip-hop is here to stay. Did you even read the article? surpassed rock to become the biggest music genre in the US with no signs whatsoever of slowing down

Go take a nap, gramps.

[BigBusiness]

Lmao

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[Shute]

Disco also once was the most popular genre

[JIBBBY]

Shut your old ass up. Rap/Hip-hop is here to stay. Did you even read the article? surpassed rock to become the biggest music genre in the US with no signs whatsoever of slowing down

Go take a nap, gramps.

I Just woke up and don't need a nap just yet.. ... Trying to cap games and build up my net worth so I can drive an SLR Merc like you Bidness...

When I grow up I wanna be just like you... Walk right into a Merc dealer and pay straight cash dog..

[Clutchut12]

BigBusiness, where are the pictures of the extremely obese white women with some black guys? I see that a lot in these parts.

Lol thats what i was wondering, i know my friends that are banging these white sluts you could combine 4 of those girls in the pica into the ones they are banging.

[Kermit]

It's about time considering that rock has been dead for decades.

Rap, is the most popular music genre and the only one with an occupational hazard.

[BigBusiness]

I Just woke up and don't need a nap just yet.. ... Trying to cap games and build up my net worth so I can drive an SLR Merc like you Bidness...

When I grow up I wanna be just like you... Walk right into a Merc dealer and pay straight cash dog..

[BigBusiness]

its great news!!!

hip hop means alot to so many different types of groups

lots of suburban youth/young adults like to run, lift, get hyped for sports, study, and listen to while walking to their classes on college campuses. Lots of older folk like to to listen to while they work out or have a good beat to listen to while commuting to their job, traveling on planes to out of country vacations, lots of milfs have good cardio classes that utilize the sick beats as well.

lots of urban youth enjoy the lyrics and emulating and aspiring to out of reach lifestyles that many of the artist's portray as they kill time throughout the days after dropping out of high school, standing on corners. there are songs that speak to many urban developmental moments. The time leading up to crimes, the times when a homie is shot in front of you, the times you get arrested and have to serve time, the times you have to avoid the nagging of your 3 baby mommas asking you to give some $ for "pampers", the times for cheating on your girl and sexually assaulting young girls.


very valuable way for corporations to keep urbanites buying the things they don't "need" to buy, but the 1% wants them to buy.

excellent tool to keep them in their place

Sir..... That's not very nice.

[packerd_00]

Haaaaahahaha!!!!

He is rubbing it in deep this time. Look at all those white women with black men pictures...

let it burn...let it burn...

Sure got us eh,come to England it's the white guys smashing all of the hot black women.

[packerd_00]

its great news!!!

hip hop means alot to so many different types of groups

lots of suburban youth/young adults like to run, lift, get hyped for sports, study, and listen to while walking to their classes on college campuses. Lots of older folk like to to listen to while they work out or have a good beat to listen to while commuting to their job, traveling on planes to out of country vacations, lots of milfs have good cardio classes that utilize the sick beats as well.

lots of urban youth enjoy the lyrics and emulating and aspiring to out of reach lifestyles that many of the artist's portray as they kill time throughout the days after dropping out of high school, standing on corners. there are songs that speak to many urban developmental moments. The time leading up to crimes, the times when a homie is shot in front of you, the times you get arrested and have to serve time, the times you have to avoid the nagging of your 3 baby mommas asking you to give some $ for "pampers", the times for cheating on your girl and sexually assaulting young girls.


very valuable way for corporations to keep urbanites buying the things they don't "need" to buy, but the 1% wants them to buy.

excellent tool to keep them in their place

Youth have no individuality anymore they just follow the status quo.

[jts1207]

Oh look.....another BigB race baiting thread lol

[gojetsgomoxies]

i think hip hop passed rock a long time ago...... is ed sheeran rock?....... i'm thinking the definition of rock is pretty liberal these days. not exactly iron maiden/judas priest.

[gojetsgomoxies]

do people even like the music? or do they just think it's cool and "other people" like it?

i seriously question whether 20 year olds who like hip hop will listen to it in 30 years like 50 year olds listen to old music today. or at least they still like the music they liked 30 years ago (even if they don't listen to it or anything else that much)

[gojetsgomoxies]

you know, i barely knew who ed sheeran is/was. basically a name to me and i knew he sold out our local 20k arena for a concert last year.

but by most of the 2017 sales figures, he had 4 of the top 6 songs for the year. 4 of the top 8 songs by the other measures........ why doesn't this kid get more media?....... i'm a huge MJ fan but no way he had 4 of the top 6 songs in a year. i would assume same thing for beatles, elvis, bee gees etc.

[JIBBBY]

Mindless lyrics in rap music these days.. Biiiitches, money and guns is still the usual theme... Maybe murder too...

It's garbage.. Youth in trouble... Kids all wanna grow up to become rap artists in the hoods.. Most end up being drug dealers and gang banging when the rap career doesn't work out..

[BigBusiness]

do people even like the music? or do they just think it's cool and "other people" like it?

i seriously question whether 20 year olds who like hip hop will listen to it in 30 years like 50 year olds listen to old music today. or at least they still like the music they liked 30 years ago (even if they don't listen to it or anything else that much)

Sure they do..... Look at all the 20 something year old eminem fans back in the late 90's/early 2000's.

They still love them some rap/hiphop to this very day in their late 30's/40's.

[gojetsgomoxies]

Mindless lyrics in rap music these days.. Biiiitches, money and guns is still the usual theme... Maybe murder too..
It's garbage.. Youth in trouble... Kids all wanna grow up to become rap artists in the hoods.. Most end up being drug dealers and gang banging when the rap career doesn't work out..

people tell me that it's just a matter of us being old ie. our parents and GP's said same thing about sinatra/elvis/beatles/MJ/etc...

but i don't think that's true accurate..

i think if you sent recordings by those 4 artists to a music professor they'd say they are well done (maybe not all beatles songs, esp. earlier ones) whereas hip hop is poorly done.

too much of hip hop is someone with no or little music talent/experience talking/singing over electronic beat...... it's basically much ado about absolutely nothing....... to me it's more like social poetry not well done music.

[BigBusiness]

BigBusiness, where are the pictures of the extremely obese white women with some black guys? I see that a lot in these parts.

I don't know.....

All I see in this thread are in shape/attractive white women

[JIBBBY]

people tell me that it's just a matter of us being old ie. our parents and GP's said same thing about sinatra/elvis/beatles/MJ/etc...

but i don't think that's true accurate..

i think if you sent recordings by those 4 artists to a music professor they'd say they are well done (maybe not all beatles songs, esp. earlier ones) whereas hip hop is poorly done.

too much of hip hop is someone with no or little music talent/experience talking/singing over electronic beat...... it's basically much ado about absolutely nothing....... to me it's more like social poetry not well done music.

I'd say that is pretty accurate and I agree with you on all points.. It's not complex musical talent in rap today, you may get a creative beat, but I think the old school rappers had far more real musical talent then the rap kids today..

In other words - You can operate a basic music studio off a computer program these days.. Yet you won't learn the true real sound of real instruments being played live.. Most rappers don't and won't ever learn how to play a real musical instrument either, no keyboard or piano, guitar, bass and drums... It's like they bypass all that stuff today...

I go to the Hollywood bowl and listen to a live orchestra play behind a legendary singer and I typically find that to be real musical talent being played...

[BigBusiness]

I'd say that is pretty accurate and I agree with you on all points.. It's not complex musical talent in rap today, you may get a creative beat, but I think the old school rappers had far more real musical talent then the rap kids today..

In other words - You can operate a basic music studio off a computer program these days.. Yet you won't learn the true real sound of real instruments being played live.. Most rappers don't and won't ever learn how to play a real musical instrument either, no keyboard or piano, guitar, bass and drums... It's like they bypass all that stuff today...

I go to the Hollywood bowl and listen to a live orchestra play behind a legendary singer and I typically find that to be real musical talent being played...

Says the old man reminiscing about old school cats like public enemy, a time when my generation was barely even born.


Get with the times old man and make way for the new generation.