Non-ADOS did y’all grow up not listening to.....

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

Grew up listening to music from my own country. Only time I would hear American music was on the radio, and most of it wasnt old school at the time. It was just 90s hiphop, R&B and pop music. My mom did fukk with a few American old school artists though but I never payed them any mind. In high school I started listening to a lot of American R&B and hip-hop that was out in the early to mid-2000. By College I had all the internet access to discover ALL types of hidden shyt from ALL eras . I aint looked back since

 

[Peak]

Last night me and my girls sipped some wine and was watching some old Katt Williams stand up and then watched kings of comedy(damn I miss Bernie mac)...

When Steve Harvey started playing Earth Wind and Fire and this Lenny Williams gem

We were all singing along except for my Haitian friend. She was like, “I don’t know this shyt. I didn’t grow up listening to it. I grew up listening to Haitian music” her mom played Haitian old school in her house.

Made me realize that there are probably many others like her that didn’t grow up listening to old school. She also said they didn’t grow up in her household talking about historic events in black
American history either.

For those of you on here that are African, Jamaican, Haitian, Dominican, etc, did y’all parents also not play ados old school?

*not to meant to be a divisive thread. I’m just genuinely curious.

Rarely....

ADOS extended strictly to Hendrix, Prince and Jackson (Michael & Millie)

Only other sounds outside of Hi-Life was

Jimmy Cliff
Bob Marley
Beatles
Rolling Stones
Paul Simon
Roxy Music

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Last night me and my girls sipped some wine and was watching some old Katt Williams stand up and then watched kings of comedy(damn I miss Bernie mac)...

When Steve Harvey started playing Earth Wind and Fire and this Lenny Williams gem

We were all singing along except for my Haitian friend. She was like, “I don’t know this shyt. I didn’t grow up listening to it. I grew up listening to Haitian music” her mom played Haitian old school in her house.

Made me realize that there are probably many others like her that didn’t grow up listening to old school. She also said they didn’t grow up in her household talking about historic events in black
American history either.

For those of you on here that are African, Jamaican, Haitian, Dominican, etc, did y’all parents also not play ados old school?

*not to meant to be a divisive thread. I’m just genuinely curious.

Depends where people grew up. My father and mother played more American than traditional music. People who grew up in the country would listen to more traditional music. City folks were hip.

 

[gangreen]

Hell nah, they had their own tunes during occassions. Its a different nostalgia to it. But it's the same feeling i assume. They did sprinkle in some of that Ados old school from time to time but it was more like michael Jackson's off the wall stuff like that.

But growing up if u had Ados friends or a girlfriend like I did, u are exposed to that ados old school so there is a reason to know it by the time u are an adult.

And since my parents were from Ghana, they really knew about Ados history since Ghana was a hub back then when they were growing up for Ados discovering their roots from W.E.B. Dubois, Malcolm x and Muhammad Ali.

 

[Low End Derrick]

I'm 27 and I never heard that song before, familiar w/ most of the music in this thread though.

 

[KENNY DA COOKER]

I'm 27 and I never heard that song before, familiar w/ most of the music in this thread though.

You claiming to be a REP FOR THE A.D.O.S movement and NEVER HEARD LENNY WILIAMS "CAUSE I LOVE YOU"!?!!!




What COLOR is your MOTHER??

Cause you are definitely NOT A BROTHER!

 

[ATownD19]

Last night me and my girls sipped some wine and was watching some old Katt Williams stand up and then watched kings of comedy(damn I miss Bernie mac)...

When Steve Harvey started playing Earth Wind and Fire and this Lenny Williams gem

We were all singing along except for my Haitian friend. She was like, “I don’t know this shyt. I didn’t grow up listening to it. I grew up listening to Haitian music” her mom played Haitian old school in her house.

Made me realize that there are probably many others like her that didn’t grow up listening to old school. She also said they didn’t grow up in her household talking about historic events in black
American history either.

For those of you on here that are African, Jamaican, Haitian, Dominican, etc, did y’all parents also not play black american old school?

*not to meant to be a divisive thread. I’m just genuinely curious.

It was 50/50 international music and american music. Michael Jackson particularly got major spins.
Black american music was introduced to us via our friends, parents co-workers, neighbors etc.

Black american history was touched on a little via my pops getting somewhat into Louis Farrakhan (who is a full blooded carribean immigrant speaking for black america. One of those "nipsey hussle" situations for some coli members i guess)

 

[teacher]

Last night me and my girls sipped some wine and was watching some old Katt Williams stand up and then watched kings of comedy(damn I miss Bernie mac)...

When Steve Harvey started playing Earth Wind and Fire and this Lenny Williams gem

We were all singing along except for my Haitian friend. She was like, “I don’t know this shyt. I didn’t grow up listening to it. I grew up listening to Haitian music” her mom played Haitian old school in her house.

Made me realize that there are probably many others like her that didn’t grow up listening to old school. She also said they didn’t grow up in her household talking about historic events in black
American history either.

For those of you on here that are African, Jamaican, Haitian, Dominican, etc, did y’all parents also not play ados old school?

*not to meant to be a divisive thread. I’m just genuinely curious.

This is exactly how it was for me. Did yall ados thank and talk about haiti being the first and only successful slave revolution because with out it blacks and latinos maybe enslaved to this very day? My parents did fukk with the Panthers and MLK/Malcolm though

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

Great thread.

It's great for us to understand how the rest of the diaspora experience ADOS music.

I never really thought about it.

I just assumed that all of y'all listened to our music (Stevie, Marvin, PFunk, James Brown, Michael Jackson)

It never really occured to me that some of y'all weren't raised on the same stuff we were.

It makes sense that the Black experience would be different in different places.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

My parents are Haitian. My uncles put me on to old school R&B. Plus in DC, the radio stations used to play them often. Haitian music was played normally during family gatherings. Otherwise, it was whatever was on the radio.

 

[King Khufu]

Yes. Love the soul RnB. #GlobalTalent

Many ADOS music comes from FOB's. Real shyt!

 

[GhostBreh]

My dad still has huge stacks of ADOS records from back in the day. Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin, MJ, Diana Ross etc.

ADOS music has been extremely popular in South Africa for a very long time, to the point where it's common to find people that mostly listen to American music over SA music, especially among young people.

 

[bewitched]

My mom mainly played Brazilian music (samba, forro, etc).

I really enjoy Samba music. Are there artists or albums that you can recommend that I listen too?

 

[Sex Luthor]

I slept ith the radio on as a kid so I'd go to sleep listening to funk Friday night. Wake up to old school cleaning up Saturday morning and go to sleep to Saturday night slow jams. Wake up Sunday morning to old school slow jams. It turned in to a weekend ritual.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Last night me and my girls sipped some wine and was watching some old Katt Williams stand up and then watched kings of comedy(damn I miss Bernie mac)...

When Steve Harvey started playing Earth Wind and Fire and this Lenny Williams gem

We were all singing along except for my Haitian friend. She was like, “I don’t know this shyt. I didn’t grow up listening to it. I grew up listening to Haitian music” her mom played Haitian old school in her house.

Made me realize that there are probably many others like her that didn’t grow up listening to old school. She also said they didn’t grow up in her household talking about historic events in black
American history either.

For those of you on here that are African, Jamaican, Haitian, Dominican, etc, did y’all parents also not play ados old school?

*not to meant to be a divisive thread. I’m just genuinely curious.

I was born in America so I listened to all this music on my own as a child.

Also there were only a selected few artist Haitian people knew.

For example most Haitians in Haiti were well aware of Michael Jackson and were big fans of his music.

Soul music, Blues are not music that Haitians are used to hearing and as far as Jazz goes it depends because of a lot of Haitians due to the church play at bands and a lot of the advanced instrument players listen to Jazz to get inspired to be better.