His comment comes after 9th Wonder suggested an "Adult Contemporary Hip-Hop" category Q-Tip has commented on whether hip-hop needs another subgenre after fellow legend 9th Wonder says there needs to be. Recently, 9th Wonder said on X/Twitter that he had been telling “folks for at least 20 years now” that hip-hop needs a new subgenre. The esteemed DJ-producer cited the albums Common and Pete Rock respectively released this year, and said they should file into a category called “Adult Contemporary Hip-Hop”.
“Tell that to the moment in music history when they created the term ‘Neo-Soul’,” the North Carolina star said, comparing his suggestion to the creation of the R&B subgenre. “It not only separated it from other R&B styles, but it damn came with a starter kit.” This Common and Pete Rock album begs the conversation I’ve been having with folks for at least 20 years now.
Adult Contemporary Hip-Hop needs its own category. Word to DO IT ALL from Lords of The Underground..
..we’ve been said this homie!!! — 9th Wonder (@9thwonder) July 12, 2024 Tell that to the moment in music history when they created the term “Neo-Soul”.
It not only separated it from other R&B styles, but it damn came with a starter kit. https://t.co/70b1q2LnXi — 9th Wonder (@9thwonder) July 13, 2024 Q-Tip opined that there isn’t necessarily a need for more subgenres in hip-hop: “Adding [the] ‘ADULT CONTEMPORARY’ category [to] hip-hop programming is divisive.
It would be nice.