We all know the internet is taking away album sales and all of that but is it taking away another element of Hip-Hop, which is the element of the radio and videos. Think back to before the internet became a staple in even the poorest American household. Remember sitting next to your radio waiting to press record or watching Video Music Box or Yo MTV raps waiting with that fresh VHS to tape your favorite video. I know I don’t remember but I remember watching my sister tape stuff and I even began in the period right before the internet became poppin. With the invention of file sharing programs in the early turn of the millennium and now with sites like youtube you don’t have to record your favorite songs. It takes away from the essence of the song. Now you can hear it whenever you feel like it, thus making the radio and channels like BET or MTV2 irrelevant. I remember when i wanted to hear the hot new joints I had to listen to Funkmaster Flex. I remember goin home and watchin rapcity because I heard Busta had a video for Pass the Courvoisier wit Puff and Pharrell. The last time I listened to the radio and watched rapcity I was in utter disgust. I heard the same songs twice an hour and the music video show were southern dominated (I wont front right now im bumpin that Ross, and Shawty Lo). The only time I consider listening to the radio is when I’m in a car, or when there is a mixshow on like Mr. Cee’s Old school at noon. These once popular mediums are pretty wack to me and people with similar taste in music (us people who love that 93-2001 hip-hop). The only people who watch these shows are teeny boopers(i just left my teens last year) who want to pop lock and drop. In the world of music in general, TV and radio are obsolete and theres probably no coming back for them.
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