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Subject: "Sooo...why can't yt people do R&B or other 'black' music?"

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JellyBean
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Thu Mar-03-16 10:25 AM

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"Sooo...why can't yt people do R&B or other 'black' music?"

If I see one more of my militant ass Facebook friends say something about appropriation or some other bullshit I may snap!

I'm sick of it.

Like I had a way more eloquent and fancy post to make...but shit just got real at work...yt can do shit that black people do...they aren't trying to steal our culture, I mean shit, they already did that when they brought us over here.

If I have time to edit, I'll come back with the more eloquent post

"Holier than thou never sits well with me."(c)janey

"OKP spends way too much time looking for ways to be offended." ~legsdiamond

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Sooo...why can't yt people do R&B or other 'black' music? [View all] , JellyBean, Thu Mar-03-16 10:25 AM

Subject	Author	Message Date	ID
https://youtu.be/Y-H9BOIYhgc	legsdiamond	Mar 03rd 2016	1
lets not get carried away	Trinity444	Mar 03rd 2016	2
please adjust your sarcasm meter	legsdiamond	Mar 03rd 2016	6
rolls eyes	Trinity444	Mar 03rd 2016	31
is this about Bruno?	T Reynolds	Mar 03rd 2016	3
They can and they do	DavidHasselhoff	Mar 03rd 2016	4
There will always be exceptions to the rule	Amritsar	Mar 03rd 2016	5
RE: Sooo...why can't yt people do R&B or other 'black' music?	murph71	Mar 03rd 2016	7
There are plenty of folks who make soulful music	Castro	Mar 03rd 2016	8
when Average White Band and Hall & Oates and nem were making soulful	BigJazz	Mar 03rd 2016	9
They called it "Blue Eyed Soul" back then	Castro	Mar 03rd 2016	14
https://youtu.be/bnVXIUyshng	GriftyMcgrift	Mar 05th 2016	103
they can attempt but its usually not as good as ours	mikediggz	Mar 03rd 2016	10
Ok now you're just lying	ScooterBug	Mar 03rd 2016	11
haha	tariqhu	Mar 03rd 2016	12
when white ppl try to make blk music its USUALLY not...	mikediggz	Mar 03rd 2016	13
do you also think white people are inherently better at white music?	T Reynolds	Mar 03rd 2016	21
What genre do you believe to be "white music"?	Boogie Stimuli	Mar 03rd 2016	22
monster question bro. maybe classical and bluegrass?	mikediggz	Mar 03rd 2016	23
Thing is, we can't even credit them with bluegrass.	Boogie Stimuli	Mar 03rd 2016	25
I was thinking specifically heavy metal, but yeah polka could work	T Reynolds	Mar 03rd 2016	26
we don't want it	KiloMcG	Mar 03rd 2016	30
this fucking post is getting confusing LOL	T Reynolds	Mar 03rd 2016	32
and we don't want Stacy Dash	legsdiamond	Mar 03rd 2016	38
damnit	KiloMcG	Mar 03rd 2016	40
cotdamn you. LOFL	astralblak	Mar 04th 2016	78
I do.	Teknontheou	Mar 03rd 2016	37
So experience leads to better music. I can dig that	T Reynolds	Mar 03rd 2016	39
Meanwhile, you rocking out to songs written by this guy	Buddy_Gilapagos	Mar 03rd 2016	65
Jelly bean, i hope you arent doing an MHP at the job over this shit	legsdiamond	Mar 03rd 2016	15
Nawl I'm good	JellyBean	Mar 03rd 2016	29
needs to be added to the okp lexcon stat	astralblak	Mar 04th 2016	79
RE: needs to be added to the okp lexcon stat	Tiggerific	Mar 06th 2016	105
These social justice warriors need to pick up a dictionary and take	Meadow	Mar 03rd 2016	16
It doesn't matter which one it is, because the result is the same.	Boogie Stimuli	Mar 03rd 2016	18
No. There's a difference between Teena Marie and Miley Cyrus	Meadow	Mar 03rd 2016	33
True. The trouble is....	Boogie Stimuli	Mar 04th 2016	75
good points	MiracleRic	Mar 04th 2016	80
fist bump	Boogie Stimuli	Mar 05th 2016	100
But you adopt the language of racists...	Hitokiri	Mar 03rd 2016	35
lol exactly	Brotha Sun	Mar 03rd 2016	42
And you get stuck on a sub-group's use of what is actually a neutral ter...	Meadow	Mar 03rd 2016	43
Social justice warrior is not a neutral term	Hitokiri	Mar 03rd 2016	45
^ this is correct.	SoWhat	Mar 03rd 2016	46
Sowhat wants to be correct	Meadow	Mar 03rd 2016	48
If their opponents hadn't gotten to the term first, they'd probably	Teknontheou	Mar 03rd 2016	50
sure, nigger.	SoWhat	Mar 03rd 2016	51
No one wants to go back in time and reclaim Nigger.	Teknontheou	Mar 03rd 2016	55
point: the term's origins matter.	SoWhat	Mar 03rd 2016	57
My point was that there's an ambivalence about the term	Teknontheou	Mar 03rd 2016	59
Yes that was your point.	SoWhat	Mar 03rd 2016	60
So white folks get our music and any other words they use as insults	Meadow	Mar 03rd 2016	61
RE: But you adopt the language of racists...	Meadow	Mar 03rd 2016	44
Why can't yt make "Gods of Egypt" with all white folk?	Boogie Stimuli	Mar 03rd 2016	17
those ppl are mad and wrong.	SoWhat	Mar 03rd 2016	19
To answer non-sarcastically, because it exists only in America.	Boogie Stimuli	Mar 03rd 2016	20
Also...	Boogie Stimuli	Mar 03rd 2016	24
RE: Also...	astroman71	Mar 03rd 2016	34
RE: Also...	Boogie Stimuli	Mar 04th 2016	74
Yup.	Brotha Sun	Mar 04th 2016	76
because of racial conditioning	Atillah Moor	Mar 03rd 2016	27
LoL, I agree w/your militant friends. White people are egregious	no_i_cant_dance	Mar 03rd 2016	28
Not an issue as long as it's praised on merit and not on white audiences...	Sarah_Bellum	Mar 03rd 2016	36
They can do it. But even though our generation wasn't there to see	-DJ R-Tistic-	Mar 03rd 2016	41
i just wish ppl would STFU whining about Adele's success.	SoWhat	Mar 03rd 2016	47
"the white woman is America's most treasured commodity" - me	atruhead	Mar 03rd 2016	52
that's so deep, bro.	SoWhat	Mar 03rd 2016	53
it isn't deep at all	atruhead	Mar 03rd 2016	56
you're right - it's not at all deep. not even a little bit.	SoWhat	Mar 03rd 2016	58
record labels, radio and media hone in on who's going to be a star	atruhead	Mar 03rd 2016	64
Then why did Madonna and Cyndi Lauper hit at the same time?	SoWhat	Mar 03rd 2016	66
Madonna and Cyndi Lauper were a different time	atruhead	Mar 03rd 2016	72
RE: Madonna and Cyndi Lauper were a different time	SoWhat	Mar 03rd 2016	73
RE: record labels, radio and media hone in on who's going to be a star	astroman71	Mar 04th 2016	84
this is incredibly random....	denny	Mar 04th 2016	86
no. it wasn't that.	SoWhat	Mar 04th 2016	87
Nope.	denny	Mar 04th 2016	88
i'll take Adele's word for it, thanks.	SoWhat	Mar 04th 2016	90
RE: i'll take Adele's word for it, thanks.	denny	Mar 04th 2016	91
cool.	SoWhat	Mar 04th 2016	93
I'm not mad at Adele's status. Beyoncé ain't moving people Musically	81 DUN	Mar 04th 2016	94
SMh part 2...	Jakob Hellberg	Mar 04th 2016	99
Joey Dosik says otherwise	atruhead	Mar 03rd 2016	49
no musical blackface allowed.	BrooklynWHAT	Mar 03rd 2016	54
The problem is the US is both racist and culturally hybrid	Mansa Musa	Mar 03rd 2016	62
Great answer. The post could just end here.	Meadow	Mar 03rd 2016	63
RE: The problem is the US is both racist and culturally hybrid	double 0	Mar 03rd 2016	67
And there it is...	Lardlad95	Mar 03rd 2016	70
RE: The problem is the US is both racist and culturally hybrid	SP1200	Mar 03rd 2016	71
is this the same Musa?!	Amritsar	Mar 04th 2016	77
i don't think it is	Ashy Achilles	Mar 04th 2016	81
Posting in the politics threads? Yes n/m	Mansa Musa	Mar 04th 2016	82
nah, there's another poster named Musa that's not so... articulate	Jay Doz	Mar 04th 2016	92
Got it. Yeah, different person.	Mansa Musa	Mar 04th 2016	96
RE: The problem is the US is both racist and culturally hybrid	murph71	Mar 04th 2016	85
Here is the thing, we all grew up on BET	Buddy_Gilapagos	Mar 03rd 2016	68
and we all grew up with Tina Marie, Hall & Oats, etc...	legsdiamond	Mar 04th 2016	83
SM...	Jakob Hellberg	Mar 04th 2016	97
It's this:	SoWhat	Mar 04th 2016	98
RE: SM...	murph71	Mar 05th 2016	101
Bobby Caldwell	Firecracker	Mar 03rd 2016	69
Teena Marie (RIP)	rawsouthpaw	Mar 04th 2016	89
there are a lot of White artists and producers making better	Warren Coolidge	Mar 04th 2016	95
Lmao	Firecracker	Mar 05th 2016	102
You identified the problem but didn't recognize it.	Boogie Stimuli	Mar 06th 2016	107
RE: You identified the problem but didn't recognize it.	Warren Coolidge	Mar 07th 2016	109
i was here for maxx's reply	GriftyMcgrift	Mar 05th 2016	104
I guess a lot of people don't know about Muscle Shoals	exactopposite	Mar 06th 2016	106
when did okpers become so dense about the history of the US?	Brotha Sun	Mar 07th 2016	108

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