hip-hop tastemakers in the US

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who would you say are the most influential as far as tastemakers in US hip-hop go? why? what tastes have they helped shape, what influences have they had?

and a followup: who programs clear channel's hip-hop stations? would you consider that person to be on the same level of the tastemakers cited in the answer to question 1?

― maura (maura), Monday, 28 October 2002 00:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Well, define tastemakers, I guess...are you talking about commentators like Greg Tate, label bosses like Russell Simmons, producers or all of the above and more or...?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 28 October 2002 01:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Hot 97 and BET

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 28 October 2002 01:46 (twenty-three years ago)

whose tastes have they helped shape: mine, heh

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 28 October 2002 01:47 (twenty-three years ago)

dr. dre & ed lover

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 28 October 2002 01:55 (twenty-three years ago)

(when i was a kid, i used to think that the two dr. dre's were brothers or something)

― dave k, Monday, 28 October 2002 02:15 (twenty-three years ago)

I saw that one guy (goddamn, forget his name) who djed on "Yo MTV Raps" on Sixth Ave. the other day.

― hstencil, Monday, 28 October 2002 02:21 (twenty-three years ago)

fab five freddy? (or ed lover. obv not dr dre since i dont think he can get around under his own power anymore. also, rip big pun.)

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 28 October 2002 02:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Naw, the one guy who used to hang out with Ed Lover and Dr. Dre. Goddamn, wish I could remember his name (of course if I had at the time, it would've been less awkward than "Hey...you're...that guy!").

― hstencil, Monday, 28 October 2002 02:30 (twenty-three years ago)

ooh! ooh! yeah, him. goddamn. this is gonna drive me nuts now.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 28 October 2002 02:31 (twenty-three years ago)

T Something? T Money? Money Something or Other?

Confounded hip-hoppa names!

― hstencil, Monday, 28 October 2002 02:33 (twenty-three years ago)

there is surprisingly little information on the web about yo mtv raps. (yes, i am just that bored.)

― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 28 October 2002 02:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Until this very moment i thought "D.O.C. and the Doctor" was produced by the guy on MTV.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 28 October 2002 02:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Miguel Indurain

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 28 October 2002 10:01 (twenty-three years ago)

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