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Date Posted: 10:28:38 06/22/02 Sat
Author: Dave
Subject: Re: Late 80s and early 90s music
In reply to: Peter Zoth 's message, "Re: Late 80s and early 90s music" on 23:26:40 06/20/02 Thu

Yes, I do consider "U Can't Touch This" a rap song as well as "The Humpty Dance", "Walk This Way" and even "Rapper's Delight". The fact that times have changed, doesn't change the fact that these are rap songs. I would say that hip hop is largely a 90s and current music trend, but rap did exist during the 80s.
For those of you who read Rob's book, the point was made time and again that the main reason that AT40 failed was that radio programmers were dismayed by the emergence of rap music and changed formats. The year rap became a fixture on AT40 was 1989. While I do agree that the show would become much more rap-oriented later on, the trend definately started in 1989.


>I also disagree that the countdowns were "heavy on
>rap" in the early 90s.
>Just remember "U Can't Touch This" by (MC) Hammer.
>Would you call this song a rap song today? Even "The
>Humpty Dance" by Digital Underground can't be
>considered a rap song as to today's definitions.
>Compared to today's CHR which is rather rock and rap
>driven, CHR of the early 90s was extremely
>conservative.
>
>C'ya
>
>Peter
>
>>>Interesting idea, but I doubt if many of the same
>>>listners would tune in for a 90s countdown, given
>that
>>>countdowns at that point in time were heavy on rap,
>>>which was nearly nonexistant in the Top 40 before
>>1989.
>>
>>I would disagree that the countdowns were "heavy on
>>rap." Yes, like you said, almost no rap hit the chart
>>before 89 so it may have SEEMED heavy by comparison,
>>but rap remained still a small minority of the chart
>>even well into the 90's.
>>
>>later,
>>
>>Jeffster :)

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