quoted 3 lines 2. they are *white* , this is a race issue , why has the music of black>2. they are *white* , this is a race issue , why has the music of black
> pioneers like carl craig , mike banks, derrick may , juan atkins been
> ignored in the us for the last 10 years , miles davis had the same problem
,
quoted 2 lines as longs as it is watered down , reconstituted and sold with a white face> as longs as it is watered down , reconstituted and sold with a white face
> america will by it
But Stuart, the American masses have recently had a massive love affair with
gangsta rap, which is clearly black music but have topped the charts many
times over and generated a ton of press. Many people have put forth the idea
that one of the reasons for gangsta rap's success is that suburban/city
non-black youths can listen to it and feel 'dangerous', like they're living on
the edge themselves.
Another point being that Ice Cube and Snoop have a much more up-front,
aggressive public image, a catchy "face" that would-be fans of the genre can
latch onto, where as the techno pioneers loved the idea of pseudonyms and
anonymity and having music speak for itself (as far as I can tell) - which
unfortunately won't exactly sell buckets of records in the US.
So I think it's more complex than you suggest. It is however amusing to think
about that alternate universe, where instead of NWA and Snoop and Death Row
Records et al, Carl Craig and Derrick May and Transmat et al. are topping
Billboard. A kinder, gentler America, groovin' to Detroit techno. :)
James Jung-Hoon Seo // Oracle New Media
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