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Originally Posted by Sheriff Rhys Chatham
I noticed people that mostly listen to hip hop are usually close minded about music. More people like hip hop that listen to other stuff than people like otehr stuff that listen to hip hop.
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Your two sentences contradict a little, but I think I know what you mean. Your first sentence is a blanket statement about hip hop fans with no relation to fans of other music, but that they simply are less open-minded. Your second sentence is more about their mindset versus that of the fans of other music, and I think that was more what you were trying to say. While I can see how you could come to that conclusion, I also have to say that I don't agree.
If you are looking at it from the viewpoint of real music fans (such as can be found at SYG, as opposed to say, Best Buy) then I think that whether they are more into hip hop or rock (I am using only these two genres; obviously there are more options), they are going to appreciate and most likely like some of the other. They can see the influences that each have had on each other, and they realize that both come from the same background; blues and jazz have had a huge role in forming both of these types of music.
Now if you look at it from the viewpoint of your more mainstream music aficionado (the Best Buy shopper), even if they are really into music, their taste in music is more likely to be streamlined. Even so, I would still venture to say that the rap and hip-hop fans would be the ones to branch out toward rock, rather than the fans of rock to hip-hop. I base this on personal experience, seeing people I know who fit both categories. It seems that most fans of rock are
really into rock, and many have an aversion to hip-hop.