>>17755623It seems like mainstream/pop musicians had more ambition back then. They wanted to be taken somewhat seriously. For example, the first track from the synthpop band Propaganda's debut album is a 9-minute song based on an Edgar Allen Poe poem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4E1zMLghhYSome modern zoomer rapper is not going to be able to do that. They lack the basic cultural education required to even conceive of something on that scale.
