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Here in NYC there's a disease of loud hip hop and rap music blasted in innocuous places like expensive restaurants and wine bars, places where you'd expect to h
by mancerayder 8y ago
Here in NYC there's a disease of loud hip hop and rap music blasted in innocuous places like expensive restaurants and wine bars, places where you'd expect to have a conversation with someone that doesn't involve yelling. Since it's intended to be loud, the long bass beats drown out voices, and then comes a rapper voice in the form of an angry yell. So a guy is yelling at me when I'm trying to eat. Is this a political statement or routine Top 40s playlist playing?
It's played out loud on the subway as well on people's phones. Two problems:
My Sennheisers with noise canceling don't work on hip hop.
Even if they did, it'd be awkward to bring them on a date.
- crushcrashcrush 8y agoHip hop is increasingly influencing all aspects of American culture - the tipping point being my mother texting me if “I liked Cardi B” Just as haute-coture fashion houses have embraced streetwear trends, hip hop is the dominant force in American music. It ain’t going anywhere.
- mancerayder 8y agoIt's got the power of billions of dollars of media money pumping it, so of course a heavily marketed item will be purchased. But that's not the discussion, which is loud music being played in such places as restaurants. I mentioned hip hop because loud hip hop is more distracting to a conversation than loud, say flute music. The fact that I loathe it just adds to the pain.