Imagine it's the year 2300, and your descendants are watching a History channel special or reading about hip hop's history/notable moments in school, what's being discussed?

long ass thread titles and emoticons ftw

This is a broad topic, if a non-bias source was explaining hip-hop music, what notable artist, songs, events should be/would be mentioned? Would the overall genre be viewed negatively or positvely?

they would talk about how great of an artist 2pac was, how ringtone rap almost ruined hip hop, and how Nas is still taking losses from the grave

THe Planet mignt not exist by then....lol

HST wrote:THe Planet mignt not exist by then....lol

this guy...

i'm assuming obviously

StoneCold (F.P.C.) wrote:they would talk about how great of an artist 2pac was, how ringtone rap almost ruined hip hop, and how Nas is still taking losses from the grave

lmao... you know he gonna have descendants taking all the lawses for him

Professor Knowledge wrote:

HST wrote:THe Planet mignt not exist by then....lol

this guy...

i'm assuming obviously

Ok well by then all of this music would be golden oldies. In more recent future we are going to see some strange things we've never seen before......like 70 year old rappers....lol

Will Hip-Hop be relevant enough to have a special about that far in the future?
If it will be, Kool Herc, Rakim, BDK, G Rap, 2Pac, Biggie, Dr. Dre and NWA, Jay, Nas, Kanye West, Public Enemy and Outkast will be mentioned as far as impact and influence on the culture, the art form, and it's commercial success.

Professor Knowledge wrote:long ass thread titles and emoticons ftw

This is a broad topic, if a non-bias source was explaining hip-hop music, what notable artist, songs, events should be/would be mentioned? Would the overall genre be viewed negatively or positvely?

lmao you stay making these long titled threads

Public Enemy will always be showed. The images of hundreds of blacks marching in the streets is just too powerful. Hip Hop was on some OTHER stuff (trying to refrain from cursing) back then. They would talk about It Takes A Nation and Yo! Bum Rush the Show...I can see them talking about The Roots...Nas and Illmatic (like thats his only great album smh), Jay-Z and Nas...I'm sure its some others but I don't feel like doing no titangraphs lol.

Now as far as whether the portrayal of Hip Hop is positive or not, I really think it depends on who does it. I would like to think that Hip Hop would be shown in a positive light.

They would talk about how the first rapper was Rock singer Blondie and how the Beastie Boys and Rick Rubin was the first to kick off the movement with success. How Vanilla Ice was a beast and sold more than anyone else up until Eminem came on the scene and became the greatest Hip Hop artist of all-time.

The true origins of Hip-Hop

Run DMC, Sugar Hill Gang, and Grandmaster Flash & the furious five

1988 (BDK, Krs-One, Rakim, etc.)

Yo MTV Raps

NWA (censorship/parental advisory and makin Gangsta Rap well known)

Ice Cube goin solo

The rise of Deathrow

The rise of Bad Boy

1994 (debuts of Nas, Biggie, etc.)

The Golden Age (takin a look at other artists who contributed in that era)

Deathrow/Bad Boy clash

Death Of 2Pac & Biggie

The Rise Of Jay Z & The "Shiny Suit Era"

Cash Money/No Limit

1998 (DMX, Pun, Jay Z etc.)

Nas vs Jay Z

The Rise Of Eminem/Dr.Dre & Aftermath

50 Cent & G Unit

The South takes over


and there u have it...

Pac's verse's would be studied in church as the New New Testiment

9th Ave. (Til_Infinity) wrote:The true origins of Hip-Hop

Run DMC, Sugar Hill Gang, and Grandmaster Flash & the furious five

1988 (BDK, Krs-One, Rakim, etc.)

Yo MTV Raps

NWA (censorship/parental advisory and makin Gangsta Rap well known)

Ice Cube goin solo

The rise of Deathrow

The rise of Bad Boy

1994 (debuts of Nas, Biggie, etc.)

The Golden Age (takin a look at other artists who contributed in that era)

Deathrow/Bad Boy clash

Death Of 2Pac & Biggie

The Rise Of Jay Z & The "Shiny Suit Era"

Cash Money/No Limit

1998 (DMX, Pun, Jay Z etc.)

Nas vs Jay Z

The Rise Of Eminem/Dr.Dre & Aftermath

50 Cent & G Unit

The South takes over


and there u have it...

add in the effects of commercialization and a couple of minor things and this is damn near the textbook