Art is subjective, we talking hip hop than we talking about a genre of music which annexed influences and makes references to shyt rooted in other cultures, shyt that isn't predominantly/ uniquely AA... The whole culture of sampling would than be cultural appropriation ?? references to mob culture, kung fu movies etc...
Instead of arguing who should make/listen to hip hop, the argument should really be who should own it, and that's no doubt AA's......
nikkas don't claim to have made "half the kung fu movies/mob movies you love."
Please stop.
1. I'm a black, trini nikka, so take ur cac ish n suck ya momma.
cool
Well I'm Black. verified. Until i see them videos/pics, I'll just assume you're not Black until proven otherwise.
2. Music can be cultural, but doesn't mean the culture 'owns' it.
Please read this wiki entry on polka:
Polka - Wikipedia
By the way, look up the names of the people in the International Polka Association. See if any of them are not European (if not predominately Eastern European or straight up Polish)
Also, show up at a Polish party playing polka and see if they take you seriously.
Better yet, try to book a polka-playing gig at some Polish spot and see if they stay on the line longer than 1 minute
Music isn't a physical object, once it leaves the instrument, or speaker, mouth its free in the air for any1 to enjoy.
yes. Anyone can enjoy. But 'production' and 'ownership' is a different ball game.
It's actually weird as fukk for you to say this being that you're supposedly Trini.
Trinidad is the leader and practically the owner of "soca tourism." And best believe, the Trinidadian government and its people are very protective on who gets to lead soca. It's their main export. When the Soca Monarch competitions started, it wasn't even open to Soca musicans from around the world. It got changed later to allow competitors from around the world, and still it's run in Trinidad. The "Calypso Monarch" competition is still limited to Trini nationals.
You really think smart people give up their cultural products like that?
It has nothing to do with tangible vs intangible. Yes, intangibles are harder to control but best believe, people still control them shyts (or at least try to).
If you wanted to make champagne right now, you'd run into problems:
Champagne (French:
[ʃɑ̃.paɲ]) is a
sparkling wine produced from grapes grown in the
Champagne region of
France following rules that demand, among other things,
secondary fermentation of the wine in the bottle to create
carbonation, specific vineyard practices, sourcing of grapes exclusively from specific parcels in the Champagne
appellation and specific pressing regimes unique to the region.
[1] Some use the term Champagne as a generic term for sparkling wine,[2][3] but in many countries, it is illegal to officially label any product Champagne unless it both comes from the Champagne region and is produced under the rules of the appellation.[4]
Basically, if it aint made from the Champange region in France, it aint champagne. Anyone can enjoy champagne, but not everyone can make the shyt.
I hope that answers all your questions
