tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post5259479652893464757..comments2024-03-14T23:42:44.959+01:00Comments on AFRO-EUROPE: There is Black British Music. But what about the rest of black Europe?Afro-Europehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09824302981015575893noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-15316046034679759892012-05-30T21:25:41.819+02:002012-05-30T21:25:41.819+02:00ps. while we're on the topic of world African ...ps. while we're on the topic of world African Music check out the following link. <br />http://blackmediamine.blogspot.ca/2012/05/26th-edition-of-festival-international.htmlProspectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10827221267107048612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-51606170229127058502012-05-30T21:19:58.007+02:002012-05-30T21:19:58.007+02:00As an African American I'd have to say that a ...As an African American I'd have to say that a lot of the crap that passes for hip hop today is created with the sole purpose of reaching the largest market possible. As such, it is necessesarily made for white tastes. While the genre may be the fruit of African American culture, the flavor it's being presented in today, is often at cross purposes with the intentions of the originators.<br /> That said, chatnoir, when soul was created and was our music of choice, only the most adventurous of whites would openly listen to it. The same goes for hip hop before white corporations got involved. I shouldn't have to tell this to anyone. Everything African was discovered and re-invented by the white man. <br />This includes the Judeo-Christian religion, modern medecine and the list goes on. This happened before they kidnapped the Africans and brought us to the new world in the 15th and 16th centuries. It was essentially our labor and in many cases the skills we brought with us that gave them the wealth they hold today. Our music was one of the few things they left us with, even then they originally put restrictions on the language and instruments we used. They couldn't however take away the rythm nor could they curtail our creativity.Prospectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10827221267107048612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-91729254616034285842012-04-13T22:17:37.787+02:002012-04-13T22:17:37.787+02:00"What black americans will never admit is tha..."What black americans will never admit is that hip hop and soul a product of white cultured with a blend of black heritage and the current stars are all catering to the white audience. Read Beyonce etc... "<br /><br />Uhm, African-American history 101 or common knowledge among AFrican Americans is "African American culture" is indeed American culture. Thre wasn't any American culture before the arrival and emancipation of slaves. Before then it was european music to which the old gray Americans still try to hold fast to in regards to great music. Sad, since the first great American music was Jazz. Too bad they can't see past their well past. <br /><br />Our music and culture is an African adaptation to puritan English economic culture and instruments. It is not simply sprinkled with black heritage nor is it a product of white culture.Hanifahhttp://suckaforlife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-86529136650546890422010-11-18T16:40:26.499+01:002010-11-18T16:40:26.499+01:00Blacks in Europe should stop hating African americ...Blacks in Europe should stop hating African americans...Read Franz Fanon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7595398753131290281.post-39668199682831034672009-01-18T16:40:00.000+01:002009-01-18T16:40:00.000+01:00If anything we are catering to whites. I can see w...If anything we are catering to whites. I can see why both Zouk and various african flavoured music are watered down version of the originals. French zouk in the west indies is raw and sung in the local patois. This will never sell in europe, coversely raw african pop as opposed to actual african folklore will never sell either.<BR/><BR/>What black americans will never admit is that hip hop and soul a product of white cultured with a blend of black heritage and the current stars are all catering to the white audience. Read Beyonce etc... <BR/><BR/>I am not sure we black europeans we will have a clear cut ethnic tagged music that caters to everyone because unlike our american counterparts the laws in europe do not allow us to create separate entities like in the US. they have countless of historical black outlets and it is legal there. Over anything tagged with black is controversial .chatnoirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03766077149805777767noreply@blogger.com