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>Speaking for my self ( I happen <BR>>to be white) loving the Roots <BR>>music has nothing to do with <BR>>black culture being "hip", and has <BR>>everything to do with the fact <BR>>that they are awsome musicians. That <BR>>comment is disrespectful, I would hope <BR>>that people (especailly people on this <BR>>board) would know that the music <BR>>is why we are here. Not <BR>>because it's a fad. Give me <BR>>a break. <P>the history of music, black music, belies your point a thousand times over. That is exactly what has happened time and time again. Can you say The Motown Sound, Doo-Wop music, big-band music, the jitterbug (and any number of dance carzes in the 40s and 50s, the multitude of white artists like Pat Boone who covered popular R&B songs, New kids on The Block (New Edition clones), The Osmonds (Jackson 5 Clones), etc. Does that apply to The Roots who knows, but I doubt it because they have such a core following. <P>A lot of the white folks that are down with puffy now (And I don't just mean young folks, I'm talking like Danny Devito too.) will jump ship when he's no longer hip and when he's not sitting courtside at knicks games and he's not all over Entertainment tonight, they'll be done with him. The folks on this board would travel half way across the country on two buses to get a glimpse of The Roots (Yeah Ya-Ya!!!). The Puffies of the world don't have that type of following.<P>"Okayplayer like Stress!" - Black Thought<P>"Young, gifted and black. We must begin to tell our young.<BR>There's a world waiting for you. This is a ?uest that's just begun.<BR>When you feel really low. Yeah, there's a great truth you should know.<BR>When you're young, gifted and black. Your soul's intact!" - N.Simone/W. Irvine<P>
*** "I think Brett Favre basically is a selfish guy, Brett Favre goes out there with his gray hair, his Wranglers and gets up when he gets hit. I understand why people like that. But there's another side. He's a selfish guy." - Teddy Atlas
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