One of the great veterans of hip hop history, Dogg has a point of public criticism of his own musical style.
For many, hip-hop has displaced rock when it comes to rebelliousness in music – and also when it comes to high sales. However, according to Snoop Doggthere’s still one aspect in particular that rap lags behind.
In an interview with Rolling Stone USA, dogg stated that old school rappers don’t get the same respect as old school rockstars. He, who is one of the greatest hip hop stars of all time, feels that his style audience prefers to value only the artists of the moment, younger ones, while rockers know how to exalt those who helped build history.
Snoop, who is now 51, initially pointed out that there aren’t as many veteran rappers because the style is relatively new. Although it was created in the early 1970s, hip hop as music only started to be seen as a genre from the 1980s onwards. Tupac Shakur It is The Notorious BIGdied already.
For all that, now that some hip hop stars are getting older and still want to stay active, many fans don’t know how to react to that. Veteran rapper is something “new” – unlike rock, which deals with “dinosaurs” since practically the 1970s, when icons of the 1950s were already a little older.
“People don’t limit the Rolling Stones, nor other bands that choose to move on outside of our genre. Until the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame there are veteran rappers, but there are no rockers in the rap hall of fame. So, take it easy, respect us for being who we are. Do not put an expiration date on us, or say who we are.”
Snoop Dogg and the veterans of rock and rap
In the view of Snoop Doggthe way rock audiences deal with their veterans is superior to the way it happens in hip hop.
“We don’t keep talking about rockers: ‘man, now he’s gray, before his hair was black’. People love their music. We love them, we respect them, we sing their songs, we are fans. It should be the same in hip hop, because we created something that will last forever, it’s a generation.”
Rappers in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Out of curiosity, all the rappers introduced to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:
- – Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (joined 2007)
- – Run-DMC (joined in 2009)
- – Beastie Boys (joined in 2012)
- – Public Enemy (joined in 2013)
- – NWA (joined in 2016)
- – Tupac Shakur (joined in 2017)
- – The Notorious BIG (joined 2020)
- – Jay-Z (joined in 2021)
- – LL Cool J (joined in 2021)
Source: Rollingstone
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