Why aren’t Black men more represented in the present day pop/rock scene?

[Sad Bunny]

Y’all laugh when they try.

Wayne did it and influenced a generation though.

 

[King Sun]

Y’all laugh when they try.

Wayne did it and influenced a generation though.

 

[Brandsdale]

 

[CrimsonTider]

Black people clowned guys like Flo-Rida and Jason Derulo for years.

Well deserved

 

[CrimsonTider]

I wouldn’t describe myself as a music historian but I do have a pretty expansive taste of music

One thing I’ve noticed is that there aren’t a lot of black men who operate in the modern day pop/rock scene.

Rock and Jazz are genres created by black people and even the “King of Rock” is someone who got lots of his style and influence from black culture

Back in the 80s there were many to choose from such as MJ, Hendrix, Prince etc.

In modern day music, I’d say Bruno Mars, The Weeknd, and Anderson Paak (more or less)

Would be the best example, I don’t feel like I’m mis-categorizing the past but I’d like to hear wat y’all think

This is a weird thread, rap is the biggest music Genre

artist were going into those lanes to appeal to a different,larger demo. That’s not needed anymore

 

[Dave24]

Subbed

 

[JuvenileHell]

Rap is where it's at

 

[Apprentice]

This is a weird thread, rap is the biggest music Genre

artist were going into those lanes to appeal to a different,larger demo. That’s not needed anymore

Ain’t nothin weird it’s a question

 

[IllmaticDelta]

The pop-rock scene (these are actually code words for "music marketed for white people") was designed to keep black men/people out; they only give room to a few cats (This is why Hendrix and Prince are thought of as the only "black rock" acts while Ernie Isley is never grouped with them while essentially being a rock guitarist) while the rest are forced to stay in their "black" lanes, even if the music is pretty much the same.

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but this was marketed as blues (freddie king)





while this was marketed as rock while Clapton did his best Freddie King impression lol

 

[Born Rich]

Y’all laugh when they try.

Wayne did it and influenced a generation though.

Trying is the bare minimum, breh…the music has to actually be good.

The issue with Wayne, Cudi, etc. is that they’re not actual musicians. They may have learned to play guitar, but they’re not proficient. We need legit black musicians in that space.

The brehs/brehettes that are in that space are generally doing Punk, which is aesthetically right up our alley, but sonically there’s no groove to it. I prefer my rock psychedelic.

Gambino’s Awaken, My Love was a masterpiece because it captured the sounds of Funkadelic so well.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Trying is the bare minimum, breh…the music has to actually be good.

The issue with Wayne, Cudi, etc. is that they’re not actual musicians. They may have learned to play guitar, but they’re not proficient. We need legit black musicians in that space.

The brehs/brehettes that are in that space are generally doing Punk, which is aesthetically right up our alley, but sonically there’s no groove to it. I prefer my rock psychedelic.

Gambino’s Awaken, My Love was a masterpiece because it captured the sounds of Funkadelic so well.

Masterpiece

 

[Zero]

I can't get jiggy to none of this shyt

And it's really that simple

 

[Born Rich]

Masterpiece

I said what I said, breh

 

[the elastic]

We gotta be the change we want to see

 

[CHICAGOrilla]

XXX, Trippie, and Uzi are low key pop rock artists. They got songs that sound like whole ass Blink-182/ Greenday songs. I get what you saying though. I feel like we haven’t had a black artist dominate that lane since Lenny Kravitz.