That period for hip hop was brief - roughly 1989 to 1993, when acts like Tribe Called Quest, the Black Sheep and De La Soul had a window of exposure before grunge rock sucked all the air out of radio.
just like rap seems, at least to me, to be easier to create than the solid rock song. Not talking about worth, just the diffuculty of performance and execution.
It isn't so much difficulty of performance and execution I would say, as of the ease of recording.
In 1975, when everybody and his brother wanted to be the next Peter Frampton, only a handful of people could afford to record and press master-quality recordings. Many, many terrible rock bands and singer/songwriters existed but almost none made it to tape.
In 2012, everybody wants to be Young Jeezy but this time everybody has a smartphone that can digitally record anything that comes into their head and lay it over a downloaded backing track.
“In 2012, everybody wants to be Young Jeezy but this time everybody has a smartphone that can digitally record anything that comes into their head and lay it over a downloaded backing track.”
Not sure about Young Jeezy, but yeah, I think I agree. There surely were a lot of unskilled rock acts banging away in gargages, but I like a lot of it.
Here’s another thing, I think a lot of folks are resentful of hip hop because it sucked all the air out of potential black rock acts. Part of this might the ease in which acceptable rap can be made.
Freegards