I believe when the people who ARE the creators of the art reflect and study, innovation WILL happen...but when people from outside the culture study the culture without immersion it becomes our favorite okp buzzword "revisionist history"...I already have seen it happen with the flood of hiphop docs that have been out in recent years (imo)...how you gonna tell me about the South Bronx from Princeton?
I feel what you're saying...I was actually an anthropology major before I decided to switch to music so we're eye to eye on most of this...