Quote Originally Posted by dirty_bass
I`ve got plenty of hip hop. Mostly the more intelligent, and less "I`m a gansgter and I`ve sold a lot of drugs" stuff
But for the most part, it is based around the bling and bang in terms of commerciality anyway.
Only the more underground stuff is really more diverse.
Why substitute underground techno for underground hip hop, when what you are talking about is commerciality?
I`m totally unsure about your point?
I'm not talking about substituting techno or hip-hop with anything. I'm talking about doing something completely new. In a nutshell, techno has isolated itself as a style of music. The techno artists who have not isolated themselves are branded as sell-outs. Hip-hop has become such a cliche that it has lost a number of listeners. Not so much that the industry would notice. But, it's a number of listeners that could and would get back into it again if the message and music was right. In my backyard, the techno I enjoy and the only is of both the street and the mind, just like the hip-hop I enjoy. Therefore, I don't see how you have any substitution going on when artists who had more influence/interest in one sound start working on another. What would happen, if done right, is a completely new sound that would be appealing. Leave it to the marketers to figure out what to call it. I couldn't care less. But, generally, I do get tired of watching techno, or any other style of music I've enjoyed,
shoot itself in the foot by holding up self-created prison walls, often established and supported under the concept of remaining "pure," "true," "underground," etc. I couldn't care less how people say other music scenes are and what their about. When that talk starts being taken seriously, it's when you see the dreaded lack of progression that so many people seem to bitch about here.