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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
In 1990 "old school" was what suchfriends described. However, Hip Hop has been around now for about 40 years, or as long as Rock n Roll was around in 1995.
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Yeah, but it doesn't change when or what comprised the foundation. By "
Old School" you're talking about "heritage" hip hop, and that is most definitely all rap before 1988. 1988-1998 is probably the high water mark, and 1999-2005 is probably a great era of soulful, semi-conscious hip hop in the mainstream, followed by the dreadful Kanye-Wayne-Drake era of rap from 2005-2013, when essentially, hip music in the 2000s compared to hip hop in the 80s/90s is like comparing 1980s terrible pop music with fantastic bands from the late-1960s-to-mid-1970s...
Plus, stylistically there is a world of difference between the sound, beat, and flow of rap music in the 1980s and 1990s, which is why I disagree and say that 1990s rap can't be considered "Old School" be like saying Nickelback is grunge..