Rap/Hip Hop's first major Pop hit was "Rapper's Delight" by The Sugarhill Gang. In fact, the record label didn't even realize what they had initially as the "Rapper's Delight" is the B-Side! When I first heard it, I recall that I found it interesting because it was something different and interesting. However, I don't really recall exactly when I decided that this whole thing was a significant Pop-cultural phenomenon. 30 years into Rap music history, can you recall when you really felt that this was more then just a fad? Definitely by the early 1980s, I knew we had something here.
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Hip Hop impact, honestly please
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I believe there have been other "signals" to the end of pop music as we had known it long before Rap.
The emergence of Jazz and Blues in the teens, but most notably their phenomenal growth in the 1920s thanks in no small part to recordings, signaled the end of Pop music as it had been known beforehand. The pre-swing Jazz and Dance Bands of the 1920s included the first "Big Bands".
The emergence of Rock and Roll in the 1950s, with it actually taking shape immediately following WWII in Blues, and as R&B, signaled the end of Pop music as we had known it.
The emergence of Hip Hop and Rap was next. It's impact on R&B is a focal point. Early Rap borrowed heavily from Disco, particularly in the beat, in my opinion.
In Rock music, the emergence of so-called "Alternative Rock" which includes Punk laid the groundwork for change, but it was more evolutionary.
Still, other forms of Pop music continued and continues, with some not having the spotlight as in the past.
The emergence of Jazz and Blues in the teens, but most notably their phenomenal growth in the 1920s thanks in no small part to recordings, signaled the end of Pop music as it had been known beforehand. The pre-swing Jazz and Dance Bands of the 1920s included the first "Big Bands".
The emergence of Rock and Roll in the 1950s, with it actually taking shape immediately following WWII in Blues, and as R&B, signaled the end of Pop music as we had known it.
The emergence of Hip Hop and Rap was next. It's impact on R&B is a focal point. Early Rap borrowed heavily from Disco, particularly in the beat, in my opinion.
In Rock music, the emergence of so-called "Alternative Rock" which includes Punk laid the groundwork for change, but it was more evolutionary.
Still, other forms of Pop music continued and continues, with some not having the spotlight as in the past.
Oh! Forgot to mention that on some levels, there was a sea-change in the sound of Rock in the mid 1960s beginning with the British Invasion. The sound of Rock as it had been known in the 1950s & early 1960s, was quite quickly and dramatically changed beginning in 1964.
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