[Illimit]

I remember it like it was yesterday.
It was late October, 2003. A friend and I went to The Gothic Theatre in South Denver to see Tha Pharcyde. It had been years since they broke up officially, but two members of the group remained and were doing a short north American tour. As they began their set, running through all the classics, I looked around me. In every direction, smiles on the faces of my peers. 500 people jumping up and down to the rhythm of "Ya Mama." I glanced to the left, where some b-boys had started breaking in a circle near by. I looked to the stage and saw the DJ, hands in the air, contrasted by the intricate graffiti backdrop which depicted the name of one of my favorite hip hop actss of all time. It was then that I knew. I didn't want to believe it,but the truth was right in front of me. To my utter dismay, these people were being entertained.

It was that fateful day in late October that I realized hip hop was dead.

[Illimit]

I remember it like it was yesterday.
It was late October, 2003. A friend and I went to The Gothic Theatre in South Denver to see Tha Pharcyde. It had been years since they broke up officially, but two members of the group remained and were doing a short north American tour. As they began their set, running through all the classics, I looked around me. In every direction, smiles on the faces of my peers. 500 people jumping up and down to the rhythm of "Ya Mama." I glanced to the left, where some b-boys had started breaking in a circle near by. I looked to the stage and saw the DJ, hands in the air, contrasted by the intricate graffiti backdrop which depicted the name of one of my favorite hip hop actss of all time. It was then that I knew. I didn't want to believe it,but the truth was right in front of me. To my utter dismay, these people were being entertained.

It was that fateful day in late October that I realized hip hop was dead.