Why has Hip Hop completely taken over all popular culture?
367075
Because ppl have small minds
242421
The thing is back when rap was classic they had stuff to right about. The struggle, gangs, drugs deteroating the neiborhood etc. Tupac and others wrote about this. But now they dont really talk about it all that much. By the way I dont even listent to rap and I know this.
92957
HIP HOP AND RAP ARE DEFINETELY MAKING AN IMPACT NOW.  IF U LOOK AT THE COMMERCIALS ON TV SUCH AS CAR COMMERCIALS AND PHONE COMMERCIALS...THE SONGS THAT ARE PLAYING ARE HIP HOP.  ITS ABOUT TIME THAT PEOPLE RECONGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT INSTEAD OF MAKING IT A RACIAL ISSUE.  IT REALLY IS AN ART FORM AND I ADMIRE EVERYONE THATS IN THAT FIELD OF WORK...HELL I WOULD LOVE TO BE AN ARTIST...HAHAHA
643349
The song is called "Hip Hop"
552615
I think the word cool, in it's slang form, has been around since the 50's... I always associated it more with Rock music fans than hip-hop. Hip-hoppers say phat or whatever stupid thing they use to describe their crappy music.
359878
why??? music is everywhere.
116220
rap is a part of the hip-hop culture.. hip-hop includes various elements like rap, DJ-ing, break dancing, clothing stuff etc... go 2 this cool site 2 know more bout this.. \n\nhttp://www.hiphopgalaxy.com/
606328
Are you a child of the 80's? Well then I am with you. The music started going downhill when the 90's began. All it about these days is hip-hop and rap. Sad, isn't it?
724924
Hip Hop sucks! We need more East-West drama and more shootings! Why is Tupac gone but Diddy gets pimp out the world with bad close and awful girl groups?
1172770
the influence of pop culture on today's society.
1137297
jazz, man.  this is when jazz truly developed as a genre of music separate from blues and took on a life of it's own.  we wouldn't have coltrane, monk, miles, or any of the jazz greats, groups like the yellowjackets or the new up and coming guys like roy hargrove.  jazz music also branched out into other musci genres.  it influences r&b, neosoul, and a lot os rappers.  a tribe called quest, de la soul, and the pharcye used a lot of jazz with hip hop beats in their day.  rappers like common use jazz influences in their beats - well kayne west, who produces for most of these guys samples and uses a lot of jazz influences in their songs.  without the harlem renaissance, jazz wouldn't have evolved the way it did.
472335
I believe that todays commercial rap will be compared to the hair-bands of the 80's in the eyes of history. Flashy clothes and lyrics that just tell about all the partying and the women they have around them.\n\nRap and Hip/Hop will never die, there will be a new-wave that will take over much like the grunge movement of the 90's in rock. Wait and see.
164906
Because MTV is no longer about being hip.  Or about music, for that matter.
1185430
rap is really degrading and sux
605487
I don't listen to Rap or Hip Hop music. It's too image driven. The same goes for just about every style of music that is popular now. The music itself often takes a back seat to how the artist looks or behaves. It's a shame too because the music should be about the music. I'm sure there are very talented artist out there who the general public will never be exposed to because a music executive doesn't feel they fit the current image trends.
81701
The majority of the mainstream hip hop has a bad impact on teens. It glorifies guns, drugs, sex, violence in general, it's degrading to women and you can go more than 30 seconds in between curse words. Teens listening to it think that that's the best life out there and their favorite star lives like that, why can't they? They don't understand there's a lot of artistic license involved in the songs and not everything is true. I think it makes them look for the easy way out in life instead of becoming hard working & more productive. Who doesn't want the big cars & houses but how many people actually get them?
742979
My thought is that with how many ways we have to listen to music today like CDs, MP3s, radio, clubs, ringtones, and the like that the popular music gets so overplayed that we just get sick of it.  Classic music wasn't broadcasted all over the place so people didn't hear it every second of every day.