re: The end of an era, DJ Michael Watts died yesterday

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crap on generations of youth, making them miss out on the joy of real music.

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People said the same thing about Elvis who ended up being the greatest entertainer this world will ever see.

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Obviously the cia isn’t gonna admit they invented rap music to sell crack but anybody with a brain knows they did

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If you HONESTLY believe this, you're the brainless one.

You really think the CIA went to the Bronx in the 1970's and created a style of music to sell crack on the West coast in the 1990s? Crack wasn't even INVENTED in the 1970s.

This is the first rap song and it’s about mk ultra

The internet says there was a rolling stone article about crack in 1980

You're confusing people freebasing powder cocaine with smoking crack. Crack may have existed in the early 80s, but it wasn't prevalent. Don't believe me? Look at mentions in mainstream media of the time (tv film) for example, Miami vice 84-89 doesn't really talk about crack. It talks mainly about powder cocaine. In contrast by the time the 90s roll around we have Chris Rock playing Pookie in New Jack City (1991).

Musically White lines by Grandmaster flash was released in 83 along with White Horse” by Laid Back in the same year. Both talking about powder cocaine. It's not til 3-4 years later when groups started talking about crack NWA - Dopeman (86) and Public enemy- Night of the living baseheads (88).

Eta: I was a teenager and young adult in the 80s but was never exposed to the illicit substances we're talking about. However one of my best friends in high school became a victim of the crack epidemic when he died making a drug run in 1989.

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No they weren;t. they were bottoms getting Rap shoved up their asses by major corporations & oncoming diversity culture.

They listened to it because that's all they were exposed to, just like you.

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Actually data would prove you wrong.

1990 (Top 10 Year-End sales)
1 Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
2 M.C. Hammer - Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em
3 Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
4 Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl
5 Michael Bolton - Soul Provider
6 Aerosmith - Pump
7 Bonnie Raitt - Nick of Time
8 Phil Collins - ...But Seriously
9 Wilson Phillips - Wilson Phillips
10 Vanilla Ice - To The Extreme

1991
1 Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey
2 Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind
3 Michael Jackson - Dangerous
4 Metallica - Metallica
5 Nirvana - Nevermind
6 C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat
7 Natalie Cole - Unforgettable... with Love
8 Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw
9 Boyz II Men - Cooleyhighharmony
10 Amy Grant - Heart in Motion

1992
1 Billy Ray Cyrus - Some Gave All
2 Various Artists - The Bodyguard Soundtrack
3 Garth Brooks - Ropin' the Wind
4 Kris Kross - Totally Krossed Out
5 Def Leppard - Adrenalize
6 Sir Mix-a-Lot - Mack Daddy
7 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
8 U2 - Achtung Baby
9 En Vogue - Funky Divas
10 Metallica - Metallica

1993
1 Whitney Houston/Soundtrack - The Bodyguard
2 Mariah Carey - Music Box
3 Janet Jackson - Janet
4 Garth Brooks - In Pieces
5 Dr. Dre - The Chronic
6 Billy Joel - River of Dreams
7 Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell
8 Blind Melon - Blind Melon
9 Spin Doctors - Pocket Full of Kryptonite
10 Stone Temple Pilots - Core

1994
1 Various Artists - The Lion King Soundtrack
2 Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
3 Boyz II Men - II
4 Mariah Carey - Music Box
5 Ace of Base - The Sign
6 Green Day - Dookie
7 Counting Crows - August and Everything After
8 Tim McGraw - Not a Moment Too Soon
9 Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
10 Soundgarden - Superunknown

1995
1 Hootie & the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
2 Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill
3 Michael Jackson - HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
4 TLC - CrazySexyCool
5 Shania Twain - The Woman in Me
6 Green Day - Dookie
7 Boyz II Men - II
8 The Beatles - Live at the BBC
9 Eagles - Hell Freezes Over
10 Shania Twain - The Woman in Me

MTV Top 10 Most-Played Videos

1990
Madonna – Vogue
MC Hammer – U Can’t Touch This
Sinéad O’Connor – Nothing Compares 2 U
Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby
Roxette – It Must Have Been Love
Wilson Phillips – Hold On
Phil Collins – Another Day in Paradise
Bell Biv DeVoe – Poison
Janet Jackson – Escapade
Technotronic – Pump Up the Jam

1991
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
Michael Jackson – Black or White
Bryan Adams – Everything I Do (I Do It for You)
Metallica – Enter Sandman
R.E.M. – Losing My Religion
Paula Abdul – Rush Rush
Right Said Fred – I’m Too Sexy
Marky Mark – Good Vibrations
Guns N’ Roses – November Rain
Boyz II Men – Motownphilly

1992
Kris Kross – Jump
Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You
Dr. Dre – Nuthin’ but a “G” Thang
TLC – Baby-Baby
Michael Jackson – Remember the Time
Sir Mix-A-Lot – Baby Got Back
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under the Bridge
Eric Clapton – Tears in Heaven
En Vogue – My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)
Boyz II Men – End of the Road

1993
Snoop Doggy Dogg – Who Am I? (What’s My Name?)
Dr. Dre – Let Me Ride
Nirvana – Heart-Shaped Box
Janet Jackson – That’s the Way Love Goes
Salt-N-Pepa – Shoop
Spin Doctors – Two Princes
SWV – Weak
Pearl Jam – Jeremy
Tag Team – Whoomp! (There It Is)
Ice Cube – It Was a Good Day

1994
Ace of Base – The Sign
TLC – Waterfalls
Warren G & Nate Dogg – Regulate
Boyz II Men – I’ll Make Love to You
Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy
Green Day – Basket Case
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – Thuggish Ruggish Bone
Mariah Carey – Fantasy
Beck – Loser
Soundgarden – Black Hole Sun

1995
Coolio – Gangsta’s Paradise
TLC – Waterfalls
Alanis Morissette – You Oughta Know
Mariah Carey – Fantasy (Remix)
Seal – Kiss From a Rose
Boyz II Men – One Sweet Day
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – 1st of tha Month
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Aeroplane
Montell Jordan – This Is How We Do It
Foo Fighters – This Is a Call

This thread is filled with dudes that hate rap, but unironically listen to bro country

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I notice you overlooked posting this simple Google search:

Yo! MTV Raps: Premiering in 1988, this show became the first national television program dedicated entirely to hip-hop, featuring music videos and interviews that provided context and personality to artists.

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You're making his point for him and don't realize it

Yo MTV raps was on 1 hour a day. The other 23 hours a day MTV played pop and rock videos. I know because I watched it when I could....

Why don't you try being there, instead of just relying on Google.

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Yo MTV raps was on hour a day. The other 23 hours a day MTV played pop and rock videos. I know because I watched it when I could....

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As I said. He proved himself wrong