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cgod · 3609 days ago · link · · parent · post: Which music artists from our time (if any) will be looked back on and revered by future generations?
The Message wouldn't have been written if Gill Scott or The Last Poets hadn't plowed the field ahead of time. "The New Sound" had a lot of socially conscious stuff that came before it. Afrika Bambaataa, Kurtis Blow and The Furious Five are all good examples. And surly the whole political consciousness stuff didn't hit it's full blossom until, I'd say, Public Enemy hit the the scene but it was foundational right from the start.