The most Popular Music this Decade?
 

Since this Generation, there is more than just one dominant Music Genre,it's hard to really tell which Genre is most dominant.

I thought it was rap at first but then I remembered Rock Music was also very Popular. Then I thought, there's Good Deal of people who Love Pop Music.

What would be the most popular Music of this Decade? I'm going to say Rap Music. This is probably going to be called the Rap generation.

Why the hell do people like you insist upon placing largely meaningless labels on whatever you can?

Were the 90's the "alternative" generation? I guess nobody did anything else other than alt/indie music then. Not much of an "alternative", huh?

Oh, right. The 80s were the "New Wave" generation, except that nobody calls it that anymore; the term has left the vernacular. Now 80's music is "80s music", a seemingly all-inclusive title that is anything but.

Give it a fucking rest. If future generations are going to look back upon this decade's music and assign it any title at all, I sincerely hope they choose to call it "the time music went to complete shit and people forgot what the fuck melody is."

Well, I was just talking about the most popular Music of this Generation. Every Decade has one. I guess you'll have to ask society why we got everybody and everything into categories.

I wouldn't call it meaningless though. It's more like finding out what was hot in each generation based on Popular Music.

I do get what you mean though. When you clasify a generation's music on one category, you usually miss out on the other music that was still an influental part of the decade.

why don't you wait for the decade to actually be over before you jump in with a gross overgeneralization for its music. It's only 2006, we've got 4 more years. The so-called "dominant" sound of the 10's may be yet to be heard.

Just out of dumb curiosity, what would you consider to be the dominant musical genre of the 90's?

Of the 90's? I'd say Hip-Hop. Only because that's what most of the people around me were listening to.

Why so? I dunno, maybe I'm retarded and don't know what good music is (ten out of ten Iwatas agree), but there are still a lot of contemporary bands that I like. Sure, there's a lot of depressing R&B shit in the charts, and such, but it seems like an overstatement to say that this is the decade music went to shit.

Hey, ''soniclover'', what's the difference betwen hip-hop and rap (aside from hip-hop not being a genre of music per se)? And what's with the random capitalization of words?

so i guess the whole hugely popular grunge movement (Nirvana and all the others) really had no impact on 90's music. just so you know, most of the people around you are dumb.

Well, I guess everyone has their own meaning of what differs between both genres.

I consider Hip-Hop to rely more on words and Rap to rely more on the music and beat. Over the years, I personally, have seen it rely more on beat now then the actual words.

As for the random capitalization of words. It's always something I do by habit. I try not to but it's like something I do every so often with random words. My English Teacher got on me a lot for doing that in High School. I guess she didn't really help me out in the long run. :doh:

In Bronx, Every Day is Hip-hop Decade.

To be fair, though, the first half of the nineties probably can be considered the golden age of hip-hop.

as well as the birth of grunge/alternative rock.

i guess it really just depends on what had more commercial success, or was more of a lasting influence on the future.

I said personally, I'd remember the 90's for Hip-Hop, I didn't say it was the most popular music of the 90's.

I love how you called the people around me dumb though. We all know the music you listen to measures your intelligence, right?

yes it does. the music a person listens to is a direct result of their intelligence. there has never been a statment on these forums with more truth. :biggrin:

Well my point is that when we consider the "popular" opinion, we only have to look so far as the most highly purchased albums of the past several years to understand what the largest trends were and, subsequently, what will most likely define this decade. Statistically, emo-rock, rap, R&B and country-crossovers will make the largest showing.

My personal opinion that none of this music actually constitutes "music," in its more aesthetic sense, prompts me to call it "shit". If the "popular" music charts were more representative of a widened demographic, I'd be far more forgiving.

I don't blame the public entirely, since record labels focus advertising and airplay toward a select few artists and people can't easily enjoy and purchase what they don't know exists. But it's this same stranglehold on the industry-at-large that will ultimately define what the 00's were all about. This definition will not be a representation of what people truly liked, but rather, what the masses were told to like, pretty much by virtue of all other options being denied adequate forums.

Oh, there are and always will be high quality songs which defy the most common precepts of each respective era - I understand some magnificent work is emerging from Scandinavia lately; it's not my type of sound but I concede its brilliance - but these are the exceptions which serve to define the rule: most people are lazy and will accept whatever drivel they're given.

I trust that this is the same silent majority that also figures all politicians are crooked so they'll just vote for the one with the best hair.

It is my overall resentment over the recording industry's smug grip on what becomes popular that causes me to become upset whenever someone tries to pin a musical label on any era. Doing so is conceding victory to those scumbags by omitting all the other excellent stuff that happened as well.

From what I feel, 80s were Rock, 90s were Pop/Hip-hop, and today is a mix of everything, which includes Punk, Rap, Hip-Hop..

Crash Landon, you are very right. We won't really get a real good reading since of all of these advertisements are fudging it.

But since the typical crowd follows whatever is given to them, technically, what the advertisements say is still the most popular. Crash, you seem to have a bigger issue with people accepting what's given to them, like music. (Correct me if I'm wrong)

I feel the exact same way Devolicious. A lot of times people look at me like I'm crazy when I say I like VGM music. A part of me feels sad that they basically give into the mainstream music (I say this because the music they listen too is strictly mainstream). Then, another part of me is glad less people care/know about VGM music so less people can pollute it.

I don't listen to "mainstream" music, but I still think you're crazy for listening to videogame music. To me, it all seems like second rate orchestral stuff or vastly overdone progressive metal. It's just another way to wrap yourself up in an isolated, womanless world of buzzing electronics. But hey, whatever floats your boat is fine by me.

So, why are you on a VGM site?

And I barely even listen to the Mainstream VGM music (Since of course there's Mainstream VGM music too). Sometimes I get bored with the orchestral stuff. VGM can be anything. That's why I love it. It isn't just one specific genre, it can have so many different feelings. (Which I can't get in one specific genre of music). Everything you listen too is probably like something on a VGM album. Most people don't know this so they are turned off by VGM.

Since when is this strictly a videogame music site?

Since I commanded it. :lolsign:

Mainstream VGM? That's just licensed music featured in video games (ie Crazy Taxi, Grand Theft Auto).

My guess as to why people dislike VGM so much is that 1: They don't get much opportunity to sample it since it's barely in the market, or they don't play video games, or 2: People simply don't like instrumental tunes. VGM has gotten progressively better since the N64 era though.

To answer the original question of this topic: that's a tough one. I hear pop and rock all the time on the radio and hardly any rap - so it's a tie between pop and rap IMO.

I consider Mainstream music the music that is very popular with the VGM crowd, not the licensed music. Like Soul Calibur III's soundtrack as well as Final Fantasy's music. Many of these mainstream albums bore me. Like Shadow of the Colossus. I understand why many people believe it's all orchestral or Techno, because when you find out about the VGM scene, it's all everyone is talking about. (I'm talking about you Castlevania). I tend to enjoy the VGM music less VGM fans know about/care about.

So Yes, you are right Blue_Kirby as to why people dislike VGM music so much.

I'll listen to pretty much anything. I don't dislike videogame music because it's from videogames, but because it doesn't seem very well made to me. The only reason anyone seems to listen to videogame music is that they're incredibly into videogames, not on the merit of the music itself. But, enough about this. It's off topic.