Hip hop fell off when CD's became popular

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

Circa 1997 - 2003.

Prior to that, artists took time to create quality albums because they wasn't going gold or platinum. When you went to a record store, you bought a tape with confidence. When CD's took off and the sales increased, it became more about the first 2 or 3 singles. Labels and radio would push them to death, and by the time the album came out, it was full of filler. Double CD's made shyt worse.

Every album was hyped by the singles that were pushed, and when it dropped, disappointment. When MP3's took of it changed the game for good.

I remember when Midnight Marauders and 93'Til infinity dropped. Me and my brother bought one and dubbed the other. With only listening to the lead singles, we knew the albums were going to be dope. Same with Gang Starr "Hard to Earn".

 

[BK The Great]

It fell way harder when the ringtone era came. The early 2000’s was the beginning of the end and the mainstream stuff got more popular than actual skill.

 

[Solomon Lurke]

So now it’s the CD era that killed Hip Hop

A majority of my all time favorite albums are from that era and later

 

[VegetasHairline]

Please stop making threads!

 

[Pressure]

Ain't no way you picked the goat era of hip hop of being when it fell of.

 

[mson]

This is a new one for me.

 

[JustCKing]

He has a point and I've been saying it for years. It isn't just hip Hop though, but music in general. Yes, music was still incredible during that era, but it gradually declined. CD's made us lazy listeners. We no longer had to listen to an album front to back. We just went straight to the songs we liked. We didn't even know song titles, just track numbers. With a cassette, it was a different experience because we were listening to whole albums.

 

[Chris Cool]

 

[Iverson_64]

The funny thing is: Back in the early 90's, MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, and Arrested Development were the biggest multi-plat selling rappers and they were credited for helping hip hop become a more mainstream genre back then before the Death Row takeover.

So, what are we even talking about here? That the top selling rappers don't always make the best hip hop? Cause, if so, then that's been the case forever. Sugarhill Gang wasn't on some raw hip hop stuff. In fact, Grandmaster Caz accused them of being biters and thieves a long time ago.

At least in the "CD era" you're talking about, we still had tons of good hip hop both mainstream and underground. Is it on the level of 1990-1996 hip hop? Probably not but there's still tons of timeless hip hop music that came out of that stretch.

Even 2004 and 2005 had some really classic hip hop and 2005 was a strong year that I'd dare say was better than the late 90's.

Hip hop had slump periods during 2006-2009 as well as 2019 and onward but the "Renaissance Era" of 2011-2016 is not to be overlooked either. That was a great time for hip hop quality and creativity wise.

 

[Brandsdale]

horrible thread lmao

 

[VegetasHairline]

horrible thread lmao

That's all OP makes.

 

[Yecht]

We have some stupid fukking posters on this site

 

[Mr. Negative]

 

[Space Cowboy]

You stupid as hell

 

[Jesus H. Christ]

OP with a bronny stat line ass thread