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Hip-hop is commercial music. It's the number 1 genre in pretty much every country today. Less commercial hiphop such a a Tribe Called Quest aren't remotely as p
by rchaud 4y ago
Hip-hop is commercial music. It's the number 1 genre in pretty much every country today. Less commercial hiphop such a a Tribe Called Quest aren't remotely as popular, despite eschewing samples in favour of live instrumentation.
Things are changing. Remember when you could read every newspaper in the world online without a paywall?
Dr. Dre wouldn't have made a cent from The Chronic today, half of the songs feature melodies lifted directly from '60s and '70s soul and funk.
- williamcotton 4y agoTribe sampled lots of music. Maybe you’re thinking of The Roots?
- coldtea 4y agoParent does say it's not, and this is not what his argument based on anyway. He says they shouldn't mix it "with OTHER commercial music" not as in "because hip hop is not commercial music", but because hip-hop, while still commercial music, has its own rules regarding copying or sampling parts of songs.