dryad-66 wrote:CharlesRandolph wrote:If we want to be technical, Hiphop music is Electronic Music, just a Derivative style. No different then techno, noise, house, new wave and so on.
Well of course.Especially the electro styles of the 80s.But during and after that period there was quite a divergence from the 'space' electronic music in hiphop.Running parallel to each other hiphop and house and techno ect.And the mid 80s electronic reggae ie-'slang teng riddims ectect.For instance there's a huge culture difference between BDP/stetsasonic and Juan Atkins/detroit techno.I was into all of it.But the tribes were divided generally.
Many of the DJ and producer of hiphop and Detroit Techno, were the same. They just used different names. I have family in Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles, Mississippi, etc. We use to travel and visit them, we all listened to the same things because of the touring dj's and artist. Also many of the military guys would bring music tapes and that would spread everywhere.
Most of our parents listened to Soul, Funk, Gospel, Blues, R&B which was still the dominate Black Music of 70 & 80"s. However us kids would listen to house, freestyle, Disco Rap (hip hop), and eletro. Mainly because of the dance styles. It was hard to pop and robot to blues music. Plus I was not old enough to go the main street clubs or the underground clubs aka (The gay clubs).
However, later on I was lucky to get involved in music, and talked to many of the DJ's like Frankie Knuckles (RIP) and Kevin Saunderson. Those guys had crates on top of crates.
