Go back to previous topic
Forum nameGeneral Discussion
Topic subject I don't get the "would he get the same dap if his name was Bruno Black"?
Topic URLhttp://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=4&topic_id=13230295&mesg_id=13230759
13230759, I don't get the "would he get the same dap if his name was Bruno Black"?
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Tue Jan-30-18 10:04 AM
argument for one reason and one reason alone.

The biggest pop star of all time was a black man. His name was Michael Jackson. So I don't understand the argument that a black artist doing the type of music Bruno Mars is doing would never blow up as large as Bruno when in fact a black artist blew up to levels that Bruno has not reached.

You can also point to Prince. Or Lionel Richie in the 80s.

This goes back to my argument in the lesson, there doesn't seem to be black male artists trying to make crossover cross-generational kid and grandma friendly records the way that Bruno Mars is (kind of like the "black people gave up on black music" argument made in here).


**********
"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"