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Why I Like Hip-Hop

RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
edited February 2006 in Strut Central
Unlike many of the bitter "old school" record dealers/collectors in the world I recognize and admit one simple fact. "IF IT WASN'T FOR HIP-HOP AND THE CRATE DIGGERS IT HAS SPAWNED MOST(IF NOT ALL) OF THE RECORD STORES IN THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE OUT OF BUSINESS"[/b] This genre has single-handedly kept Record Stores from becoming extinct and for that alone I thank you all!!!Rich

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  • crossingscrossings 946 Posts
    so true... it saddened me this year to see 3 of my favorite digging spots go out of business... the most important one being Aron's Records... then this tiny spot next to my old place called "uponshop"... and then the children hospital thrift store (which isnt exactly a record store, but man i found the occasional $30 record for $1 there)...

    Aron's was a great store... had been for years... only thing that took them outta business was having AMOEBA open their location so close to them.

    i have issues with amoeba... anythign ive ever bought there sealed has been warped... i just stick to their dollar bins now.

    i need to thank hip-hop for getting me into digging in the first place... i've always been a collector, but i used to do the CD thing.
  • BrianBrian 7,618 Posts
    i thought this was going to be a link to an ebay auction
  • sticky_dojahsticky_dojah New York City. 2,136 Posts
    "IF IT WASN'T FOR HIP-HOP AND THE CRATE DIGGERS IT HAS SPAWNED MOST(IF NOT ALL) OF THE RECORD STORES IN THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE OUT OF BUSINESS"[/b]

    what about all those greasy haired dudes with no female compagnon that hibernate in front of shops just to be the first to get all those zappa raers not givin a shit if you find some breakbeat next to them. shops could live from those dudes alone i guess...i see so many of them...
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    "IF IT WASN'T FOR HIP-HOP AND THE CRATE DIGGERS IT HAS SPAWNED MOST(IF NOT ALL) OF THE RECORD STORES IN THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE OUT OF BUSINESS"[/b]

    what about all those greasy haired dudes with no female compagnon that hibernate in front of shops just to be the first to get all those zappa raers not givin a shit if you find some breakbeat next to them. shops could live from those dudes alone i guess...i see so many of them...

    A) They don't spend much money

    B) No store is going to sustain itself just selling Zappa Crappa

    C) On-Line Pay Porn sites now reap in all the old school Zappa money
  • sticky_dojahsticky_dojah New York City. 2,136 Posts

    A) They don't spend much money

    B) No store is going to sustain itself just selling Zappa Crappa

    C) On-Line Pay Porn sites now reap in all the old school Zappa money

    ok, i see...
  • tonyphronetonyphrone 1,500 Posts
    DOUBLE TRUE! These places are going out fast!

  • PEKPEK 735 Posts
    Unlike many of the bitter "old school" record dealers/collectors in the world I recognize and admit one simple fact.

    "IF IT WASN'T FOR HIP-HOP AND THE CRATE DIGGERS IT HAS SPAWNED MOST(IF NOT ALL) OF THE RECORD STORES IN THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE OUT OF BUSINESS"[/b]

    This genre has single-handedly kept Record Stores from becoming extinct and for that alone I thank you all!!!

    Reaffirming Daddy-O's line in 'Talkin' All That Jazz'...
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    "IF IT WASN'T FOR HIP-HOP AND THE CRATE DIGGERS IT HAS SPAWNED MOST(IF NOT ALL) OF THE [color:green] CULTURE[/b] [/color]IN THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE OUT OF BUSINESS"[/b]
  • FlomotionFlomotion 2,390 Posts
    Unlike many of the bitter "old school" record dealers/collectors in the world I recognize and admit one simple fact.

    "IF IT WASN'T FOR HIP-HOP AND THE CRATE DIGGERS IT HAS SPAWNED MOST(IF NOT ALL) OF THE RECORD STORES IN THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE OUT OF BUSINESS"[/b]

    This genre has single-handedly kept Record Stores from becoming extinct and for that alone I thank you all!!!

    Rich

    The whole major label music industry lives off hip hop: global music sales are something like $3bn with hip hop and related 'urban' contributing $2bn of that.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    So Rock, If had to join a "rapp" group, what would your name be?
  • mylatencymylatency 10,475 Posts
    I think the market for records is now: 1/2 digger timmy rappalot, and 1/2 rock hipster guy or girl or old hipster crusty goldmine BO dude
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    You forgot the 1/2 that has a day job but "flips records on the side, yo."
  • crossingscrossings 946 Posts
    wow...that was kinda random to bring this one back to life... this thread is from the week j dilla died.
  • mylatencymylatency 10,475 Posts
    You forgot the 1/2 that has a day job but "flips records on the side, yo."

    yes
  • djbrigidopedjbrigidope 166 Posts
    DOUBLE TRUE! These places are going out fast!



    serat.0 wonder why.
  • yuichiyuichi Urban sprawl 11,332 Posts
    I like Hip-Hop cuz you can Get Mad HO'S.
  • SyminSymin 999 Posts
    Thread hijack
    its hip hop honeys appretiation tyme.
    HOEs......kill em or turn em into a house wife?
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