Hip Hop as a "Pop Explosion"

<Tab/>The criteria for a "pop explosion" are varied yet specific, remaining consistent throughout generational gaps. The qualities of a true pop explosion are subjective and may very depending on whom one asks. But Griel Marcus of Rolling Stone has cited the enduring qualities that define a pop explosion. Marcus states that a pop explosion creates a: cultural upheaval of class and race; distinguished youth subculture; change in the way people think and act; broad shift in sexual mores, political beliefs and economic aspirations; pervasive sense of chaos. Marcus continues to m…