Compare and contrast the [economic, cultural] viability of live bands to electronic based music starting in the 80’s.

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Compare and contrast the [economic, cultural] viability of live bands to electronic based music starting in the 80’s.
Compare and contrast musicality/production of the past w/ current trends in production (be specific regarding bands, band leaders/producers and song titles)
• Does predictability sale? • Does sound quality sell? • Do stereotypes sell?
Or
Should we realistically expect solutions to complex world problems from teens and twenty-something rappers and musician of today?
Or
As for the future of rap, are performers still able to authentically rap about the ’hood, when some of the conditions that created rap have changed?
(Ex. Ice Cube, Dr. Dre and others have become multimillionaires) Or
1. Can hip-hop be viewed as a global-learning-experience?
• If so, how/why?
• If not, why not?
• Is the “commercialization” of hip-hop a positive or negative phenomenon? • Is hip-hop, as an art form, separate from the industry of hip hop?

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