I remember when MTV began on August 1, 1981....it was SO cool! I enjoyed it through the 80's...until YO! MTV Raps started....and then they started to play less music and more crap...they were better in the early days....IMHO ;)

Good until 1998  8)

I remember when MTV began on August 1, 1981....it was SO cool! I enjoyed it through the 80's...until YO! MTV Raps started....and then they started to play less music and more crap...they were better in the early days....IMHO ;)


What's wron with Yo! MTV Raps!.  :(


Hip hop was great until 1996.

MTV S-U-C-K-S!!!!

I liked MTV when it was a radio station with pictures, I'd say from 1981-1986.  Those years happened to coincide with the years in which I also liked a lot of the pop music MTV played.  MTV was never a wholesome institution,*  but now it's sheer thuggery and quasi-pornographic swill.

*this video is worth checking out if you ever get the chance: http://www.mediaed.org/videos/MediaGenderAndDiversity/Dreamworlds2

Sut Jhally is a Communications professor at UMass, and an overall awesome guy.
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Sut Jhally

What's wron with Yo! MTV Raps!.  :(


Hip hop was great until 1996.
Nothing, just not my choice....but also I believe that is around the time they started having "Shows" and were phasing out videos :-\\

i've must have watched about 15 minutes of MTV in my whole life. sorry, i'm canadian. we have much music, a far superior pop culture station. well, at least it used to be... :\'(