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Subject: "good points"
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MiracleRic
Member since Oct 21st 2002
45200 posts
Fri Mar-04-16 10:49 AM
80. "good points"
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In response to 75
Let me sport my Air Hyperbole 2010s in peace. (c) ansomble
Building repetoires (c) spm since 1983
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Sooo...why can't yt people do R&B or other 'black' music?
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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
*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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