Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Recognized...19 years later.

After a period of only 19 years, the Missoula Public Library has officially recognized rap/hip-hop as a legitimate musical genre. Hip-hop music as an artform is much older, of course; 19 years is the length of time since the first mainstream hip-hop single.

In the past, rap and hip-hop cds were scattered between soul, blues, contemporary rock and countless other genres in perhaps an ode to the fact hip-hop borrows from all genres of music. But now, under the dewey classification 781.649, you'll find all of our rap and/or hip-hop in one place.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Now then: what is the difference between Rap and Hip-hop, exactly?

Alright,
Mitch.

Ben Miller said...

How many times do I have to tell you: Rap is something you do, Hip-hop is something you live.

Anonymous said...

a pretty rude response, don't you think?