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re: The lack of African Americans in Rock n Roll today
Posted on 2/28/16 at 7:50 am to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 2/28/16 at 7:50 am to SaintlyTiger88
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Why are most modern day African Americans sticking to just rap and hip/hop?
Do you even jazz, bro?
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Posted on 2/28/16 at 9:40 am to SaintlyTiger88
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The pioneers like Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Screamin Jay Hawkins, Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Albert King, Freddie King, Leadbelly,
Today, a lot of young blacks look at those guys as being minstrels, singing about being poor, down and out, etc.
Hip hop is 180 degrees from that--it's about being rich and powerful. That's what black kids want to hear today.
Posted on 2/28/16 at 10:06 am to Decatur
Jazz is an overwhelmingly white genre of music in 2016
Posted on 2/28/16 at 2:37 pm to Mars duMorgue
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Today, a lot of young blacks look at those guys as being minstrels, singing about being poor, down and out, etc. Hip hop is 180 degrees from that--it's about being rich and powerful. That's what black kids want to hear today.
Sometime in the 60s, to blacks, the blues became 'slave music', and decidedly unhip.
Posted on 2/28/16 at 3:46 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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Sometime in the 60s, to blacks, the blues became 'slave music', and decidedly unhip.
That's it, basically. And the hip hop generations of blacks aren't big Motown fans, either.
Using the examples of Hendrix, Sly Stone, Arthur Lee and the Chambers Brothers, all I can say is rock music would benefit enormously if some talented black musicians embraced it. Young black musicians who know how to rock would galvanize this musical genre, so desperately in need of a recharge.
Posted on 2/28/16 at 6:39 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Check out Leon Bridges. Kid is from Ft. Worth I believe. Great musician. Great classic sound.
Posted on 2/28/16 at 7:38 pm to Grandioso
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Check out Leon Bridges.
Way cool.
Posted on 2/28/16 at 7:40 pm to Dandy Lion
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Blacks can´t rock, whites can´t rap.
In case six of you can´t catch sarcasm, this was.....
Posted on 2/28/16 at 10:24 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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Sometime in the 60s, to blacks, the blues became 'slave music', and decidedly unhip.
I guess no one bothered to tell Jimi Hendrix.
Posted on 2/29/16 at 5:55 am to Treacherous Cretin
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Sometime in the 60s, to blacks, the blues became 'slave music', and decidedly unhip.
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I guess no one bothered to tell Jimi Hendrix.
Already mentioned as one of the very few exceptions.
Posted on 2/29/16 at 7:25 am to SaintlyTiger88
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Posted on 2/29/16 at 9:20 am to SaintlyTiger88
Because rock declined when rap grew. By the late 80s rock was grungy white guys singing sad songs while rap was speaking of injustice and hot girls. I prefer the latter.
Posted on 2/29/16 at 5:53 pm to DickWhitman
One of my favorite guitarists is Tony MacAlpine.
Pyrokinesis - Tony MacAlpine - YouTube
Also singer Howard Jones.
Pyrokinesis - Tony MacAlpine - YouTube
Also singer Howard Jones.
Posted on 2/29/16 at 5:56 pm to Treacherous Cretin
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I guess no one bothered to tell Jimi Hendrix.
The 60's was the last decade in which black blues musicians were mainstream. By the late 70's the only big blues musicians outside of BB King and a handful of others were all white. The coming generations of black kids shunned the blues in favor of a then emerging hip-hop scene.
Posted on 2/29/16 at 8:41 pm to Dandy Lion
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Blacks can´t rock, whites can´t rap.
Eminem and Living Colour proved that theory wrong.
Posted on 2/29/16 at 8:43 pm to Mars duMorgue
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And the hip hop generations of blacks aren't big Motown fans, either.
That's tragic. Some of the greatest music ever made in this country.
Posted on 2/29/16 at 10:24 pm to SaintlyTiger88
No mention of Lenny Kravitz in here??
I definitely agree that Rock music today is basically dead...and having another Hendrix-esque rocker to re-awaken the scene would be awesome.
I definitely agree that Rock music today is basically dead...and having another Hendrix-esque rocker to re-awaken the scene would be awesome.
This post was edited on 2/29/16 at 10:25 pm
Posted on 2/29/16 at 10:52 pm to ladytiger118
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No mention of Lenny Kravitz in here??
We're talking about black rock stars, not Jewish ones!
Posted on 3/1/16 at 8:43 am to genuineLSUtiger
You beat me to it.
Posted on 3/1/16 at 9:47 am to kingbob
He's half Black, half Jewish, but identifies as Christian.
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