Tyrese Protesting In Front Of A White Radio Station For Not Playing Black Artist Music

[Insensitive]

Not gonna solve the problem he's addressing. He's asking why is it black stations can play Robin Thicke, Timberlake and Sam Cooke, but white stations won't play any black musicians. Having more black stations just means those white acts will receive more exposure because we already play their music.

I think we need to be real here for a second.
There is no "we" here in this situation, most of radio is controlled by the monied few
who can dictate who get spins, how many spins they get and where they get play in the country.


I've mentioned it before but Clear Channel fukked Radio, HARD.

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What he's really challenging is the status-quo we've come to accept as American's, when
it comes to Major Labels and how they disseminate music to the public.
Media consolidation has had a damning effect on music because it completely shuts out just about
anything outside of the handful of artists that get any sort of promotion.

The cac of cacs Ryan Seacrest top songs on his station are


Tayor ft Kendrick
Guetta ft Nicki & Afro Jack
Omi
The weekend
Fifth harmony ft Kid ink
Walk the moon
Wiz
Andry Grammar
Skrillex
Major Lazer
Jason Derulo

Black artists in bold
Black R&B in bold italics

Jason Derulo ? Major Lazer ? These guys hardly constitute
"R&B" at least from what I listened to.
They're damn near indistinguishable from other pop artists.

 

[RichYung]

The cac of cacs Ryan Seacrest top songs on his station are


Tayor ft Kendrick
Guetta ft Nicki & Afro Jack
Omi
The weekend
Fifth harmony ft Kid ink
Walk the moon
Wiz
Andry Grammar
Skrillex
Major Lazer
Jason Derulo

Black artists in bold
Black R&B in bold italics

People just love ignoring shyt lol. They play what's COPPED.

 

[Insensitive]

People can't cop what they've never heard.

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

The cac of cacs Ryan Seacrest top songs on his station are


Tayor ft Kendrick
Guetta ft Nicki & Afro Jack
Omi
The weekend
Fifth harmony ft Kid ink
Walk the moon
Wiz
Andry Grammar
Skrillex
Major Lazer
Jason Derulo

Black artists in bold
Black R&B in bold italics

Major Lazer are not black.

 

[Harry B]

Major Lazer are not black.

Two black dudes and one white?
Two Carribean dudes and Diplo

Alright one dude might be mulatto.

 

[KOohbt]

Not gonna solve the problem he's addressing. He's asking why is it black stations can play Robin Thicke, Timberlake and Sam Cooke, but white stations won't play any black musicians. Having more black stations just means those white acts will receive more exposure because we already play their music.

sounds like we are forgetting they don't consider us the same as them.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

sounds like we are forgetting they don't consider us the same as them.

I already know that. But black owned stations aint gonna fix white stations not playing our music.

Personally I say fukk em. Don't play cac music on r&b stations and black people should just stick to ourselves. Whenever we're left alone musically we change the world. Jazz, Blues, Rap, soul, Rock, the list goes on and on.

 

[KOohbt]

I already know that. But black owned stations aint gonna fix white stations not playing our music.

Personally I say fukk em. Don't play cac music on r&b stations and black people should just stick to ourselves. Whenever we're left alone musically we change the world. Jazz, Blues, Rap, soul, Rock, the list goes on and on.

yeah we shouldn't play any cac music and replace the cac song on the play list with indie acts.

 

[Cynic]

Off rip, a rich dude protesting about not getting help to get richer just doesnt have a moral argument for me.

So basically if you want to get straight soul ballad played on top 40 US radio, best bet is to get it popping in the UK and then transplant it here...

This was poppin in the UK but got no love in the U.S.

Anyway Tyrese needs to fall back with this faux activism

You're on an independent label going against majors

 

[Master Teacher]

I'm for it if he has a case.

1. He's independent, show me these white independent R&B artists getting play cause some of my favourite artists are two white independent R&B artists (Autre ne vet and How to dress well) and they are not moving a single unit. Usher, John Legend, Weeknd, Derulo and these cats get play. They are even playing that Jamaican cat Omni. It's that super slow, crying type of R&B that sounds like it could be from the late early 2000s that isn't getting played.

2. I don't know if that slow butter shyt is played on those stations, tell him to make "Poppier" music and sign to a major and we can take it from there.

3. His specific case was him having a song called "Stay", which is an standard butter soft love song which was released independently. While Sam Smith released his on a major and was played everywhere with ASAP Rocky remixes and all that. If he can't hear the difference between his and Sam Smith, I can't trust his musical sense.





Sam Smith's joint has that energy, that happy feeling, that modern base and dope ass production.
Just like


Which got play as well.

The first hit Sam Smith stay with me first and got him, you argument is retarded

we're talking about R&B

Chris Brown had to become a goddam rapper damn near because if made normal R&B it wouldn't get played

That's what tyrese is talking about, it's blue-eyed soul all over again, learn from history or it will repeat itself

 

[Harry B]

The first hit Sam Smith stay with me first and got him, you argument is retarded

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[malc]

Rico Love said this same exact thing in my interview with him

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[Big Boss]

 

[Big Boss]

Not gonna solve the problem he's addressing. He's asking why is it black stations can play Robin Thicke, Timberlake and Sam Cooke, but white stations won't play any black musicians. Having more black stations just means those white acts will receive more exposure because we already play their music.

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Its the SOUND they chase...cause Jason Derulo and Flo-Rida have no problem getting on those stations.

Nah, Tyrese is right about the double standard. If a black person made this same song it would never get played on white pop radio



..basically, white people can make the "blackest" r&b-soul songs and it will get played on white pop radio but "black" can't. They have to go the "cheesy" Derulo route.