How Black Music Lost Its Soul

[Blessings]

I want to hear the Black artist that people feel is at Bruno Mars's talent level that isn't getting a push that came out at around the same time

No one has yet to name them because they don’t exist (until someone post the artist)

 

[Budda]

They don't make similar music. Paak hasn't really delved into that pop realm heavily like Bruno. He certainly has/had the machine to do it but refused to do so. Look at the singles he's dropped solo since signing to Interscope.

I’m not saying he should be as big but he should be bigger than he is.

 

[feelosofer]

I’m not saying he should be as big but he should be bigger than he is.

Yea but I also feel Anderson is one of those artist you'll be listening to 30 years from now. Like he has a unique lane.

 

[Renegade47]

Unpopular opinion….I actually enjoy Bruno Mars little protégé Anderson Paak’s music maybe even more than his.

People prioritize entertainment over talent now. It’s also a streaming era. Outside of when I started a vinyl collection late last year I hadn’t bought an album in years.

We toss Spotify and Apple that little $15-$30 a month and stream everything.

fukking negged holy shyt

 

[Kooley_High]

So I watched the video, it was way too long imo, and it was mainly just a video essay on cultural appropriation and whether or not a handful of non-black artists should be considered culture vultures.

This has been touched on many times before in the past so we should all know white artists are going to get more fame doing black music. Other than that it doesnt really present any other new information other than a plea for blacks to support more soulful artists before it gets “massively appropriated”.

My whole take on it is, do we really need to? At this stage in music, as long as the history is documented on who created and innovated the sound/genre, I dont think it should matter on who gets the most fame for it. It can be irksome at most, especially on social media dealing with people who arent musically inclined, but the paper trail will always lead back to the black community. You cant really erase that. Rock music has been massively “appropriated” but its undeniable on where it started.

Also, non-black artists have been making our music even when its popular in our communities. Having more black musicians getting “back to the roots” isnt going to stop an Adele, Amy Winehouse or Justin Timberlake. I dont think thats ever going to go away.

 

[Amo Husserl]

 

[I Really Mean It]

So I watched the video, it was way too long imo, and it was mainly just a video essay on cultural appropriation and whether or not a handful of non-black artists should be considered culture vultures.

This has been touched on many times before in the past so we should all know white artists are going to get more fame doing black music. Other than that it doesnt really present any other new information other than a plea for blacks to support more soulful artists before it gets “massively appropriated”.

My whole take on it is, do we really need to? At this stage in music, as long as the history is documented on who created and innovated the sound/genre, I dont think it should matter on who gets the most fame for it. It can be irksome at most, especially on social media dealing with people who arent musically inclined, but the paper trail will always lead back to the black community. You cant really erase that. Rock music has been massively “appropriated” but its undeniable on where it started.

Also, non-black artists have been making our music even when its popular in our communities. Having more black musicians getting “back to the roots” isnt going to stop an Adele, Amy Winehouse or Justin Timberlake. I dont think thats ever going to go away.

the paper trail will always lead back to the black community? which kind of paper? money? that’s kind of the point, is it not? this cultural appropriation removes an avenue of wealth generation from black creatives, allowing white people to make money off the cultural products of the group they’re oppressing.

 

[Afrodroid]

I know a lot of people on here are #AtheistGang, but more black people embracing atheism means less black people in church which played a huge part in black music's soul.

You're damn right, you know?

 

[3rdWorld]

This was a constant argument throughout the 90s about going mainstream and the dangers it would bring.
you could see it too if you are

It lost its soul the closer White people got into it..
White folks used to leave Black music alone, enjoying it from a distance but not putting their paws on it.
Once Black artists started to chase White dollars it was over.

Who was it again that said he'd rather go Gold Black, than Platinum White??

 

[Heavy_Handz]

It started when Michael Jackson turnt white

 

[Kooley_High]

the paper trail will always lead back to the black community? which kind of paper? money? that’s kind of the point, is it not? this cultural appropriation removes an avenue of wealth generation from black creatives, allowing white people to make money off the cultural products of the group they’re oppressing.

But was that portion of wealth ever going to go to the black community to begin with? Is the same white crowd that listens to Adele, Eminem, and Justin Timberlake going to listen to black artists? They already dont.

I dont think eliminating non-black artists/creatives from participating will inversely lead to more attention to black art.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

no thats by design labels are not promoting black artist that make the same kind of music.

rip mtume he goes over how labels stopped signing talented black artists

Man I don’t know how I missed this but thanks for posting it. This is great

 

[ISO]

I can sample the melody of a former hit song and rhyme words over it conversationally and make a hit as long as I have a good image and clout in the hoods of my city and know how to work social media I can build a following and be a major label recording artist.

I don’t have to know how to sing and I don’t have to play instruments. I don’t even have to be super poetic or overly lyrically gifted. I can also learn to perform on the fly.