Comments on: #116 Black Music that Black People Don’t Listen to Anymore

By: hollywood

hollywood — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:59:27 +0000

chopper thanks for the recommendation…you guys should check out http://jusjivin.com

By: Greg

Greg — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:15:43 +0000

They probably are enjoying themselves. I know I like to kick liberals around.

By: MarkB

MarkB — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:14:07 +0000

yes… this site is holarious..enjoy it folks!

By: Dixen

Dixen — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:45:42 +0000

I resonate with the above. Lighten up people!

By: A really happy black person

A really happy black person — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:59:19 +0000

This article is accurate.
African American music like the Blues became popular only in the 1930s and lasted only a decade as the mainstream culture (i.e. white folk) and other black folk found the race records of Blues to be too sad. Then came Jazz which had an upbeat tune in comparison to the Blues. None the less it was the mainstream culture which imitated Blues and Jazz and actually stealing black folks songs and then remaking these songs to please a white audience.
For people to say that Elvis Presley was a great artist and then to not investigate his roots in Nashville and the black culture that was there, is a denial of the talent of black Americans.
In any case, here at my university I find that the students here enjoy all types of rap. I personally do no like rap although I understand it to be the blues of the urban ghettos of New York City. I respect the rap of the 80s and the 90s. Mainstream rap does nothing to uplift people’s moods and really exploits the horrors of the ghetto for the enjoyment of mass consumption. As a result, my white peers here at school think that it is okay to have black face parties, dress up like gorillas, write slanderous things about Obama, etc. Here at my school they rather believe rap artist’s lyrics about black women and men than to actually be friends with the community here.
Either way, this is a great article.
And anyone who says that they are colorblind in America is a liar, regardless of race. Racism and all of the other -isms are inherent in our constitution and to the structure of our society (i.e. our form of democracy, capitalism, and structural power).

By: Lorax

Lorax — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:07:00 +0000

This blog is absurd – hip hop music, and all popular music, was better in the 90s. I think it could be scientifically proven. Anybody (Black, White, or Brown) with any taste in music knows that Wu Tang is objectively superior to Soulja Boy… cmon. This cat can vouch:

http://www.vimeo.com/7620071

By: Thomas Korn

Thomas Korn — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:13:49 +0000

Wow, people still taking the articles on this site seriously?

Grow up, its taking a light jab at some peoples ridiculous behaviors.

Personally, I think the people who protests too much very likely, are afraid that psych 101 dropouts are right; those who protest too much often are the very persons they rally against.

By: Just

Just — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:49:01 +0000

Um, can’t you just listen to Jazz just because you like it? I don’t really give a damn about the color of the trumpet player’s skin, I just enjoy the changing sounds, rhythms, and feelings of Jazz. I didn’t get into it because it was “black” or “ex-black”, and no one else in my small town knew nor gave a shit about Jazz, and I didn’t talk about my experience listening to it, or owning records. I think this article is correct in the sense that pretentious hippies want to show that they can relate to the “hardships of the black man and how he expressed them at the Savoy”, or whatever, but believe it or not, there are some white people who just enjoy it because it’s good. That’s it.

By: beige race

beige race — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:56:11 +0000

Music changes over the ages, it’s just the sophisicated and upper-class began to appreciate hip-hop in recent years. Anyone recall from their parents or grandparents on many well-to-do white people disliked jazz or rock-a-billy music? Moralists or conservatives may object to a new music form for “shock” factor and being “noise”, but what gives is the music genre is associated with a minority group/race of people in the 1920s, ’50s and even the ’80s they were stereotyped for having a sub-culture of their own, not of moneyed background and a symbol of historic oppression.

By: Chopper

Chopper — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:36:30 +0000

you guys need to check out http://www.jusjivin.com for a black perspective, the guy is hilarious