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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
i think question of how long it will take to be as prominent as hip-hop and rock-and-roll takes a backseat to question of whether it will ever become popular at all. even though we often look the same as the people across the oceans... our cultures are very different in many ways. to think: it's popular there... so it's only a matter of time before it's popular here is to gloss over a lot of cultural implications of why some music is popular and other genres are not.
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Very true. I remember about 10 years ago when I used to go to hip-hop nights (usually Wednesday) at a big club in Newcastle and there would be the same 10-20 people turn up every week. Off the top of my head I remember seeing Jazzy Jeff, Gangstarr and many DMC mixing champions on tour.
On Fridays and Saturdays the same venue would be packed with 1000 sweaty ravers with another 500 locked outside.
Over the last few years the trends are changing as house clubs (and e) become less popular. Now I can go to one of many different clubs and hear any sort music I like.