Genre Bending: How Hip Hop Became Kind of Hip Pop
Nasir Jones, aka Nas, or, to those of us unwilling to let go of the past, Nasty Nas, may have actually been right. Hip Hop, the music that most of the dot-com generation has grown up with, might very well be dying — if it’s not already dead. Why? Well DJ Shadow may have answered that question almost 13 years ago on “Why Hip Hop Sucks in ‘96.” A quiet yet echoing voice speaks after 25 seconds on the gimmicky interlude, only 41 seconds long, and says one thing — “It’s the money.” Regarding the topic at hand, that response couldn’t come from a better source.
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