First, there are the sales figures: Hip-hop and R&B accounted for 25 percent of music consumption in 2017, with rock trailing at 23 percent. Theoretically, the move has been gradual, though 2017 marked a quantifiable shift leaning in hip-hop and R&B's favor. Now, four and a half decades since hip-hop's inception, the genre has seemingly taken the music industry over along with R&B, beating rock at its own game. Combined, the two genres became unstoppable, eclipsing a flimsy stigma of being confined to an "urban" box. 1 smash, "Good Times."īut hip-hop persevered and brought with it an evolution of the R&B genre as well. Hip-hop was presumably following in its footsteps, especially when so many break records were layered with disco samples to create the early framework of hip-hop's sound - think the Sugarhill Gang's 1979 hit "Rapper's Delight" ( GRAMMY Hall Of Fame, 2014), which sampledChic's 1979 No. A flash in the pan genre defined by its hyperbolic expression of sound and style, disco fizzled out in the early '80s once the fashion and sonic trends attached to it expired. There was a time in the not so distant past when hip-hop was likened to disco. “This mission has guided us for decades and it makes our festival distinctly different from other events."įull lineup information, schedule and ticket information are available via the festival's website. exists to promote the performing arts, showcase the diversity of our community and promote Milwaukee as a destination,” said Don Smiley, president and CEO of the organization.
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As the movie Black Panther and Kendrick Lamar's curated Black Panther: The Album continue to make inroads, more tracks have hit the Billboard Hot 100, while Black Panther: The Album hit No.