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KRTH now playing rap music.

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Classic hits stations today are bound to play some rap sooner or later. Rap songs were top ten or even #1 before the 1990s started. Vanilla Ice was a #1 performer in 1990. Milli Vanilli had several top 5 hits with rap in them, in 1989 and '90.

Stations gotta do what they gotta do. They're competing with online music content. And online music content is all over the map.
 
boombox4 said:
25% or less of a market consisting of a metro area of 14 million, though (market area 12 million).

True, it's not Wichita, though.
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The 12+ market is just under 10.8 million.
 
Kelly A said:
Okay here's one to get Michael's synapse firing with something other than involving music of the 60's and 70': Are The Beastie Boys considered "Rap"? How about Limp Bizkit? Kid Rock? Eminem? Blondie?
It seems like the implication in this thread is "Rap Music" equals black/urban rap artists.
Am I wrong?
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I think the problem lies in calling what KRTH is playing “rap”. I’d say it’s hip-hop, which can include a rap element. And it’s (so far) huge crossover hits.
 
34james said:
Yep they are playing Coolio gangsta paradise and 2 PAC California love. I thought that will never happen but it has me personally I'm surprised they are playing Coolio and 2 PAC but that's Just me. Anyone else surprised?
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There is no such thing as "rap music". If anything it's spoken word...and not good at that.
 
landtuna said:
There is no such thing as "rap music". If anything it's spoken word...and not good at that.
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It's not "spoken word" if it's done rhythmically and set to music. Jimmy Dean did a style of rap in Big Bad John. Johnny Cash did rap in Boy Named Sue. Charlie Daniels was rapping in Devel Went Down To Georgia. But there was a musical element to all of those songs. The grey area is when you bring up The Last Poets.
 
TheBigA said:
It's not "spoken word" if it's done rhythmically and set to music. Jimmy Dean did a style of rap in Big Bad John. Johnny Cash did rap in Boy Named Sue. Charlie Daniels was rapping in Devel Went Down To Georgia. But there was a musical element to all of those songs. The grey area is when you bring up The Last Poets.
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Speak instead of sing Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" over a beat.
 
TheBigA said:
It's not "spoken word" if it's done rhythmically and set to music. Jimmy Dean did a style of rap in Big Bad John. Johnny Cash did rap in Boy Named Sue. Charlie Daniels was rapping in Devel Went Down To Georgia. But there was a musical element to all of those songs. The grey area is when you bring up The Last Poets.
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The British refer to spoken word over a music background as a “patter” tune. A well known classic example is Rex Harrison’s “songs” as Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady.
 
Kelly A said:
Okay here's one to get Michael's synapse firing with something other than involving music of the 60's and 70': Are The Beastie Boys considered "Rap"? How about Limp Bizkit? Kid Rock? Eminem? Blondie?
It seems like the implication in this thread is "Rap Music" equals black/urban rap artists.
Am I wrong?
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WKQC, which claims to be AC, plays "Fight for Your Right".
 
Mediafrog+ said:
The British refer to spoken word over a music background as a “patter” tune. A well known classic example is Rex Harrison’s “songs” as Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady.
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Rex himself referred to that as "Speaking in pitch," and his example is "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face."
 
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