Max Goonberg
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I’m a Haitian nikka n my pops ( Haitian Brooklyn nikka) put me on to oldies n his fav rapper was Pac.
Non-ADOS did y’all grow up not listening to.....
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MacNCheese
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Nigerian/Jamaican, and I listened to everything growing up. Marley, Peter Tosh, Yellowman, Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, Earth Wind and Fire, Funkadelic, Luther, Dianna Ross, Cameo etc.
My pops was a musician though, and those guys listen to all types of music, so I might be an outlier.
My pops was a musician though, and those guys listen to all types of music, so I might be an outlier.
I listened to most music that played on the radio and TV from 86 to 97(birth until I left) in the Virgin Islands. I would say it was 60/40 Caribbean music/American Music for me. My Mom said she listened to American Music growing up in Dominica(commonwealth) and was a big fan on Earth Wind and fire. It's weird that this thread is made because I would ask a lot of my American friends about radio songs or classic Black american movies and some weren't aware of them
Now were these songs being played at functions and carnivals, No, not really but people would listen to them.
We found a breh from Dominica.
Not the Dominican Republic, but the Island of Dominica that is in the Lesser Antilles. That island has a very interesting history and shows up on a lot of people ancestry from the slave trade. Impressive. Good stuff.
I realize that the question is for non African Americans, but fwiw, as an African American I heard some Caribbean music growing up, especially Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff, but of course I heard mostly African American Blues, Soul, Pop, etc. But I am really becoming a big fan of traditional Mande music (kora, banjo and balafon) and modern Sahelian music. The guitar work in modern Sahelian music is just ridiculous and it reminds me very much of American Blues before White people tone deaf asses fugged it up. Those muddafuggas don't realize that playing loud is not playing good.
LiveFromLondon
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Haitian are French and have no connection to Anglos so they wouldn't have played old school music. As for myself, my Mum played Tracy Chapman in the car all the time
I grew up on everything.
Me and my older brother grew up classic 90s hip hop. Kriss Kross was the first tape we ever had, followed by Midnight Marauders and Craig Mack Project Funk da World. Pops arrived in the US in the 60s, he grew up on Stevie, Marvin, all the classics. Has an insane vinyl collection. Believe it or not, he kicked it with Stevie in NY back in the day (him and my uncles got pics with him in the studio). Mom arrived later and brought more of the traditional african artist influence, but she also loved pop shyt like Michael Jackson, Prince, Paul Simon, Celine Dion.
As an adult my palette is very eclectic. Alot of afrobeat/SA/african music, classic hip hop & R&B (and the new stuff that ain't trap/trash), but I listen to stuff in all genres except country tbh. Music is the shyt. Don't even matter if I understand the language they're speaking or share the same background, if it hits it hits
A lot of African Americans might not be aware of this, but Stevie Wonder and Earth, Wind and Fire had a phase where they introduced a lot of African and Caribbean influences into their sounds.
Good thread.
Kyle C. Barker
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shyt, my dad been here since the early 70s and throughout that time, he was buying and collecting vinyls of alot of famous artist. I pretty much grow up listening to alot of them by default. I don't know what he did with all those cassettes and vinyls when he retired and moved back to Africa.
I don't know anything about no Lenny Williams and all those other dudes though
I don't know anything about no Lenny Williams and all those other dudes though
YoungMoneyCashMoneyBoy
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Haitian/Ethiopian
My dad played all the old school R&B classics. It's because of him, that's the majority of music I listen to (outside of rap). Stylistics, Teddy, Curtis, O Jays, Gap band, etc. Got that Lenny Williams song on my playlist right now after "I Miss You" by Teddy.
My best friend is Haitian. He came here when he was like 13 and I remember in high school he showed me his dad's record collection and he had crates and crates of old school R&B records. So yea, everyone has a different experience.
My dad played all the old school R&B classics. It's because of him, that's the majority of music I listen to (outside of rap). Stylistics, Teddy, Curtis, O Jays, Gap band, etc. Got that Lenny Williams song on my playlist right now after "I Miss You" by Teddy.
My best friend is Haitian. He came here when he was like 13 and I remember in high school he showed me his dad's record collection and he had crates and crates of old school R&B records. So yea, everyone has a different experience.
A lot of older English Caribbeans (especially jamaicans and trini) listen to classic rock, soul and r&b.
My uncle's an elvis stan. It's all you hear from his house all day
Yep I don't know any jamaicans and trini folks who don't listen to american R&B. shyt has a huge influence on them.
Come to think of it, I was out to dinner with my parents for my bday at an Ethiopian restaurant the other day. My pop know the owner so her and the waitresses came out blasting Stevie’s Bday song with a cake for me.
A non native Black persons knowledge of AA and other diaspora music is really on a case by case basis. If they know, they know and let us know too.
A non native Black persons knowledge of AA and other diaspora music is really on a case by case basis. If they know, they know and let us know too.
My Haitian daddy sure did love some earth wind and fire and stevie wonder
LiveFromLondon
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My dad played some Grace Jones. My mom liked Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan, etc.
My Uncle was really big into hip-hop and rap. He had all the classics. Doggystyle, The Chronic, 36 Chambers, Illmatic etc
My Uncle was really big into hip-hop and rap. He had all the classics. Doggystyle, The Chronic, 36 Chambers, Illmatic etc