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Originally Posted by an evening with viewtiful
I'm dangerously on the verge of being that guy who doesn't listen to much hip hop lately... I don't want it to happen but that's just kind of how it's going.
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Don't worry. It's normal.
I've been that guy several times in my life, for long periods of time.
The first time it happened was around the time Wu-Tang Forever came out and I had my mind blown by how hard the clan still went, in spite of their own maturity and wisdom. To this day I think it's a better album than 36C, though not a more important one.
Every time I was "that guy", until maybe my mid 20's, I had no idea how to reconcile the fact that I was a little post punk scenester kid listening to, shit, Mary J. Blige and Method Man. It felt like it was unnatural in some way. But eventually I realized that my ego and my warped understanding of my identity were way too heavily wrapped up in what I felt I should be, and what I thought others thought I was.
Doesn't matter. Be that guy until you're another guy. I go months without listening to anything on dischord or SST, butI know where my roots are.
Plus, hip hop is the most interesting thing going on in music. It's just where the excitement is these days. I'm fine with that. Hop hop makes up at least 50% of what I listen to, and the rest is an amalgam of noise, drone, indie pop, punk, experimental and electronic shit.
And old favorites.
I'm carrying on a bit now aren't i? Yeah, I think I am. Anyway, be that guy if that's what's doing it for you right now.