Blog: Loft And Lost

The first section of The Pitchfork 500 was entitled "Year Zero", as this was time when rock music effectively started again, as punk exploded into a million shards which spread through the music world. But the next section starts with another almost entirely new musical form - hip-hop (or rap, if you prefer. I'm not even sure what the distinction is myself, frankly). Whilst the likes of Gil Scott-Heron and The Last Poets had made spoken-word soul back in the late '60's and early '70's, the impact had been limited. This is the music that would [...]

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