Hip-Hop Turning 50 Was More of A Eulogy Than An Anniversary
Collective reminiscence of objectively better music.
5 min readAug 31, 2023
What we have now is the antithesis of yesterday’s sacred genre.
What we have now (as echoed a million times over) is a pedestaled popularity contest of artists who are incentivized to promote degeneracy, hedonism, and the commodification of the hood.
