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Why do people always ditch the old stuff?

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Trauma-san:
I've never understood this, but why do people stop liking old things?  For instance, some of the NWA stuff is better than anything anybody on the radio is doing today... and hardly any of the young kids who are growing up just starting to get into rap now have heard much NWA, so how come they aren't even interested in it?

For instance, my brother's friend is 15, he'll wait in LINE to get whoever the new hot artist is, to get their CD, but yet he's never even heard most of the old rap that laid the foundation for this stuff, and doesn't even want to pick the CD's up.  why? It's still as dope as it was then.

Same thing for other types of music, people post all the time about how much they like Andre3000's CD, for instance, but nobody's interested in going back and getting old Funk albums or P.M. Dawn albums or whatever that laid the foundation for what he's doing, even though the old stuff is probably better.  

I thik maybe it's because people like current things, because they'll have people to talk to about it with.  I could go buy the first earth wind and fire album, but I wouldn't have anybody to share it with, because nobody else would be interested in it.  If I go buy the new Obie Trice album, everybody else is out buying it right now so I guess it's a commonality thing?

Personally, I could give a fuck if other people are onto some album, I listen to ancient stuff all day long, and the new stuff, I'd just as soon go spend money on some Quincy Jones album I never heard from 1972 then buy the new Obie Trice album.  There's 1000's of good albums that were released in the past I've never heard, I'm more excited about hearing them then hearing the new stuff sometimes.

We Fly High:
i second that. the days of old..

Kaidy:
Good point. I think its a maturity thing. I know as I've grown older my musical tastes have expanded tremendously. Now its common for me to have Pac, Billie Holiday and Stevie Wonder all in my player at the same time. Plus, I cant stand most music that comes out now.

I think once you come away from listening to what the industry is telling you to listen to, you can sort of really find out what you like or not, and i guess thats part of growing up. I know all the older hip hoppers i know wouldnt dream of listening to say, Chingy over some old Cube or something.

Don Breezio:
i agree entirely...i used to be into nelly, ja rule, all the cash money & no limit bullshit...all that kinda shit...then i started to mature and started listening to the lyrics more and realizing i wanted more out of music...its like we grow up and music has lost some of its maturity...not saying NWA was exactly mature...but they were one of the greatest groups of all time...whereas nelly...should be shot.

eS El Duque:
well...some ppl just don't like old shit

me on the other hand still listen to all my old albums all the time

i started to listen to rap like around 1999-2000...but my second rap album i ever bought was Nas - Illmatic ;D (first was Eminem - The SLim Shady Lp)

my third album was Dr Dre's - The Chronic i think....

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