Why was hip hop so successful?There are two main reasons. Firstly, it's cheapand easy - you just need two turntables and amicrophone. Anyone can be an MC, using songswhich have already been recorded.Secondly, people were bored with the pop musicof the day - disco music and rock music wereboth in decline in the mid- 1970s. However, discomusic had a strong beat, and it was easy to danceto. Hip hop took advantage of that and provideda kind of disco music for people who hated disco!