I'm thinking that rap will be replaced as mainstream urban music, alot of fellow posters probably agree with this. It will probably go underground c. 2010 and be big as "alt rap" from 2012-2014, but I'm thinking something else will either replace it as "urban mainstream" music or most urban music of the 2010s will be underground. I think it's quite possible some beatbox music, as Chris MegatronTHX referred to it, and "freestyle" like Jodi Wattley or even soul, funk, and disco will be revived, along with late '80s/early '90s hip-hop pop and R&B.

I agree. I think there will be an "alt hip hop" revolution around 2011/'12-2014, and then rap in general will become "alternative".  Then either rock will dominate again (late Yers seem to love classic rock) or there won't be a dominating genre.

trip hop,broken beat, or nu jazz, neo-soul. Most of these are in the electronic music genre.

I agree. I think there will be an "alt hip hop" revolution around 2011/'12-2014, and then rap in general will become "alternative".  Then either rock will dominate again (late Yers seem to love classic rock) or there won't be a dominating genre.


'Alt-hip hop' is a burgeoing trend (I hesitate to use the word 'fad') here in Australia. Australian hip-hop seems extremely divisive/polarising; you either love it, or hate it. Apart from a few examples, I lean closer to the 'hate' side. I think the urban sound will actually become less electronic and artificial, grittier and more rock-orientated. A new, distinctly 'urban' sort of post-modernistic rock genre will emerged in the vein of the Strokes.

I agree. I think there will be an "alt hip hop" revolution around 2011/'12-2014, and then rap in general will become "alternative".  Then either rock will dominate again (late Yers seem to love classic rock) or there won't be a dominating genre.


I think that all these late Yers who seem to love classic rock is sort of an omen of Z, who will probably love it even more.

I think that all these late Yers who seem to love classic rock is sort of an omen of Z, who will probably love it even more.


Which will be, to an extent, a good thing.

When did the backlash to Classic Rock really begin? The 70s with the prog-rock movement? Or New-Wave or even Grunge?

Which will be, to an extent, a good thing.

When did the backlash to Classic Rock really begin? The 70s with the prog-rock movement? Or New-Wave or even Grunge?


"Prog rock" IS classic rock, at this point...stuff like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, anyway. It began c. 1979 with new wave, probably. Classic rock at this point I think is anything from like the British Invasion until new wave started.

I've always considered Classic Rock the pre-synthesizer era (or at least before synthesizers became prominent)...albums like Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' which was synth-heavy were at the cross-roads. That's the definition that works best for me.

I've always considered Classic Rock the pre-synthesizer era (or at least before synthesizers became prominent)...albums like Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' which was synth-heavy were at the cross-roads. That's the definition that works best for me.


I think, though, the public's definition of classic rock is roughly 1964-1979.

I think, though, the public's definition of classic rock is roughly 1964-1979.


Yeah, I gues it's a pretty varied 'genre.' Usually classic rock is simply referred to as 'Rock'. Classic rock is used to differentiate it from 'Modern Rock' or true 'Rock 'n' Roll.'