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Our local station's tag line is 'old school and today's hip hop and r & b' and my understanding is the cut off is before the year 2000. I would call Salt N Pepa, KC and Jojo, Babyface, ATCQ 'old skool' but 50 Cent and Kanye I would not call Throwback/old school. It's funny that you mention OutKast, because I think they straddle that line. They were around in the mid 90s and were still popular in the early 2000s with songs like Hey Ya. As a matter of fact they popped into my head as I was considering the cut off year.
My idea of throwback goes back earlier than the 90s though. Fun fact - the first song my son heard, at three days of age, was The Message, since the young ladies who worked graveyard shift in the newborn room at the hospital where I had him had it cranked up to drown out the sound of the infants' cries. Even then, he slept right through the whole thing with a little smile on his face.
If you think about it, Miss Jackson is nearing 20 years old. Damn.
I kinda disagree. 50 Cent "Get Rich Or Die Tryin" (2003 release, radio airplay alllllllll 2002) is what I would call the newest Old School. Its also his best album. The Massacre is not old school. Back when the 50 Cent/Jay-Z thing was going on.
I can see Throwback Hip Hoo ftom early 1990s and late 80s but songs like "Miss Jackson" from 2001 "throwback"?
15 years ago is a long time. 15 years before 2000 was 1985. Back in 2000, most of us would have said "Like a Virgin" and "Money for Nothing" were throwbacks.
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Originally Posted by DontH8Me
Our local station's tag line is 'old school and today's hip hop and r & b' and my understanding is the cut off is before the year 2000. I would call Salt N Pepa, KC and Jojo, Babyface, ATCQ 'old skool' but 50 Cent and Kanye I would not call Throwback/old school. It's funny that you mention OutKast, because I think they straddle that line. They were around in the mid 90s and were still popular in the early 2000s with songs like Hey Ya. As a matter of fact they popped into my head as I was considering the cut off year.
My idea of throwback goes back earlier than the 90s though. Fun fact - the first song my son heard, at three days of age, was The Message, since the young ladies who worked graveyard shift in the newborn room at the hospital where I had him had it cranked up to drown out the sound of the infants' cries. Even then, he slept right through the whole thing with a little smile on his face.
If you think about it, Miss Jackson is nearing 20 years old. Damn.
Acts with longevity aren't, per se throwback or not. Take Outkast: "Rosa Parks" is clearly a throwback today, "Hey Ya" & other Speakrboxx/The Love Below releases are less clear (but I would probably still call that album a throwback today).
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