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Originally Posted by Severian

What did I miss? Why the gang up on louder? He speaks the truth. I used to think hip hop stopped evolving somewhere around 1997, with Wu-Tang forever.. That production tech would never surpass what Dan the Automator and Dj Shadow did in the mid-'90s, and that Public Enemy was Bob Dylan, Tribe and Wu were the Beatles, and Biggie was Elvis or something.

But rap (hip-hop, that is) has grown so much that it, along with electronic music as a whole, has become the canvas for popular music evolution. The most interesting sounds come from these genres, and hip-hop has become as musical as it is lyrical, which is something nobody ever expected back in the early '90s.

Maybe I should read more of the argument before I sweep in... But whatever, he seems to be on point as usual to me.

THANK YOU. i was going to make this exact post.