The main difference I notice is that the music was actually pretty damn good. Now it barely qualifies as music.
We went from Louis Armstrong and Lionel Hampton and James Brown and Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder to ... at best, some pop singer with a decent voice and a lot of autotune, but mostly garbage rap with repetitive "sprinkler" beats that isn't even interesting rhythmically.
Hell, even early hip hop wasn't completely terrible.
Note: modern mainstream white musicians aren't much better.
Hell, even early hip hop wasn't completely terrible.
I recently discovered electro hip-hop (i.e., the original hip hop) from the 80s and was amazed at the fact that virtually none of the lyrics were about being a G, dry-byes, having lots of money and bitches, or the rest of the degenerate shit that came in in the early 90s. The last 3 songs from this genre I listened to, the lyrics' themes were about: 1. appreciating the fact that you're alive 2. the malign influence of TV 3. anhedonia after loss of love.
The main difference I notice is that the music was actually pretty damn good. Now it barely qualifies as music.
We went from Louis Armstrong and Lionel Hampton and James Brown and Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder to ... at best, some pop singer with a decent voice and a lot of autotune, but mostly garbage rap with repetitive "sprinkler" beats that isn't even interesting rhythmically.
Hell, even early hip hop wasn't completely terrible.
Note: modern mainstream white musicians aren't much better.
I recently discovered electro hip-hop (i.e., the original hip hop) from the 80s and was amazed at the fact that virtually none of the lyrics were about being a G, dry-byes, having lots of money and bitches, or the rest of the degenerate shit that came in in the early 90s. The last 3 songs from this genre I listened to, the lyrics' themes were about: 1. appreciating the fact that you're alive 2. the malign influence of TV 3. anhedonia after loss of love.
If anyone is curious, the songs are: