Originally Posted by Paul
They are a hip-hop purist's dream, constantly touring and constantly praised. But behind the scenes, the Roots have a fight on their hands. Angus Batey joins them on the road
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Cheers for that. Really interesting read, particularly the aspect about his audience. Mainstream Hip Hop has changed unrecognisably for the worst, unfortunately. I still have videos from Yo MTV Raps from the early 90's and the style we were fed as the mainstream then is now seen as a forgotten classic. Obviously there's still good stuff being made but if it's not got a mass marketable style it's obviously not given a chance.
Also interesting what was said about the death of labels which is something Thom Yorke said about the release of Rainbows; something about it being an archaic business model run by dinosaurs. I don't profess to know what that means, however, but presumably big things are afoot and change is on the horizon. Hopefully not too many of the good guys will suffer in the fall-out.