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May 2, 2014
"Hip-hop is drifting toward 'oblivion'"
More: http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27131801
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"Hip-hop has taken over black music," writes Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, drummer for The Roots and band leader for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
The music's success, Thompson argues, isn't necessarily a good thing.
"Maybe domination isn't quite a victory," he writes for Vulture. "Maybe everpresence isn't quite a virtue."
The music's success, Thompson argues, isn't necessarily a good thing.
"Maybe domination isn't quite a victory," he writes for Vulture. "Maybe everpresence isn't quite a virtue."
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