I was very happy with myself around 2009 when I predicted that the next "Era" in Hip-Hop would be one where artist collaborated with other hip-hop artists and artists from different genres.....and I was right! But. This collaborative era has full exhausted itself to the point I do not listen to much of it anymore.
As I researched the different styles in Hip-Hop and mapped the eras it was hard to give exact dates when the eras changed they seemed to begin evolving every 10 years. And that 10 year mark is slowly approaching.
In the last two months I've noticed something new in the genre developing, and that is the re-emergence of the original Hip-Hop creators. I noticed it first with Macklemore's single "Downtown" which featured Melle Mell, Kool Mo Dee, and Grandmaster Caz; my husband and I thoroughly geeked out when they performed on The Tonight Show as well. The excitement continued a few weeks ago when my husband found Missy Elliot's new music video which was just as wacky as I remember them from middle and high school and instantly contagious. Tribe Called Quest and Talib Kweli performed on The Tonight Show most recently tonight on The Tonight Show, Kool Keith was sitting in with The Roots!
What is going on!?! I absolutely love this new trend and hope it keeps up. The production is innovative yet stays true to what that artist or group was all about, the lyrical delivery is leaps and bounds from of the monotone broken fluency younger rappers deliver their lyrics with.
If this has been happening for a while and is just now gaining momentum I really, really hope it keeps up!
About 3 more years to the 10 year mark I noted, so we shall see....
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