On Tue, 10 Feb 1998 WALTER_MACKEIGAN@HP-Canada-om1.om.hp.com wrote:
quoted 9 lines From: wells <s0ewoliv@titan.vcu.edu>>
> From: wells <s0ewoliv@titan.vcu.edu>
>
> > why do people try to MC over jungle? it sounds so lame. more specifically,
> > why do stupid white kids who can't really say anything more intelligent
> > than "drum and bass in 98" try to mc? l-a-m-e.
>
> Why "stupid white kids" ? Why not just "stupid kids" ?
>
Stupid people on the mike, regardless of their race, religion, or orientation,
suck. But I don't think political correctness is the issue here.
Drum and Bass in particular grew as a grass roots thing with black working
class kids in England. Many (if not all) of the originators are black, and
the Jungle MC'ing is usually in a UK Urban Black patois.
White kids trying to sound like UK black MC's are going to be pretty
bad, and it doesn't have anything to do with racism -- the white kids
don't have the cultural context and connection to pull it off. They're
just aping what they've heard.
On the other hand, anyone who can find a unique voice should step up.
Suburban white kids singin the blues sounds pretty lame too.
The 'lame' line isn't a color line. It's a matter of originators vs.
imitators. Originators have their own thing going, and imitators are,
to use the technical term, "sucka MCs."