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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Other Librarian" data-source="post: 1949943" data-attributes="member: 23655">Much as modern rap/hip-hop artists may want to distance themselves from it, rap shares a lot in common with the blues that  their grandparents (or great GP's) may have listened to.  All the "thug lifestyle" elements were already there in the 20's and 30's.  Objectifying women, bragging about your own virility or skills, celebrating getting high and life by the gun etc.  The music was similar too, with an emphasis on rhythmic variation oner melodic.  And like todays artists, some of the blues guys lived that lifestyle (Skip James, for example, was a pretty hardcore guy), and some just adopted a persona for good PR.I guess the big difference is the depth of media penetration.  In the early days of Blues, it was confined to "race records"  and marketed only to blacks.  It wasn't until the 50's (and really the 60's as a mass phenom) that white audiences payed any attention.  Today's marketing blitzes mean that every other suburban white kid thinks he's Tupac.  I think that whie both genres are pretty stale, Rap/hip hop still has some life in it.  I doubt anything really "new" or innovative will come along in the blues genre.  Not to say that talented musicians won't come along, but the genre conventions are pretty set and staid.  Rap still has a pulse, is still evolving new styles.  The next revolutionary act could be around the next corner.  Just gotta be able to hear them above the din of mass marketed crap.</blockquote>

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