Most influential American city on the music scene by decade (beach, California)
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not really i mean yea they putting out artist no doubt but give the city some time before you put them up there with music cities such as memphis/blues cleveland/seattle and especially detroit it hasn't been a decade yet
When I think of cities and their role in music I think nyc memphis cleveland/seattle chicago countless numbers of timeless legends have come from these places and through mississippi in there I know its a state but still
honestly that couldnt be further from the truth..no disrespect..we arent talking about personal likes and tastes in music...we are talking about cities that have in some form or fashion shaped music as we know it
The 60's was probably the best era for music and Detroit was the most influential city. Please lets not talk about the 2000's a disgrace to everything that we call muisc.
1960's - Detroit (Motown)
1970's - Philadelphia PA/Ohio ( Intruders, Teddy Pendergrass, Blue Magic, The Stylistics, The Three Degrees, Dee Dee Sharp, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Zapp & Roger Troutman, Slave)
1980's - Minneapolis ( THE MPLS SOUND RULED THE 80's - Prince Morris Day and The Time, Alexander O' Neal, Cherrelle, Sheila E., Vanity 6, SOS Band, Janet Jackson(Control & Rhythm Nation Albums Produced By Jam & Lewis) NEED I SAY MORE?
1990's - NY/CHI/MPLS/VA/MD/ATL/NO (YES! ALL SEVEN CITIES HAD IT POPPIN IN THE 90's - Mariah Carey (NY), Mary J Blige (NY), LL Cool J (NY), SWV(NY), De La Soul (NY), A Tribe Called Quest (NY), Wu-Tang Clan (NY), Bad Boy(NY), Nas (NY), AZ (NY), Jay Z (NY), Mint Condition (MPLS), Next (MPLS), R.Kelly (CHI), Crucial Conflict (CHI), Twista (CHI), Public Annoucemnt (CHI), Toni Braxton (MD), Missy Elliot (VA), Ginuwine (MD), Timbaland & Magoo (VA), Master P and No Limit Records (NO), LaFace Records (ATL), Outkast (ATL), Goodie Mob (ATL), Xscape (ATL).
2000's - MUSIC IS TERRIBLE NOW!!!
I think Chicago is one of the most influential cities for their music in this past decade because of Kanye West and their famous house music that never stops.
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1960s: San Francisco - Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin
1970s: Los Angeles - The Eagles, Joni Mitchell, The Byrds (later era)
1980s: Boston
1990s: Seattle
2000s: New York
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