Your top 5 all-time Most musically gifted black cities

Most musically gifted Black folk

  • Bmore

    Votes: 1 1.3%

  • New York

    Votes: 54 68.4%

  • Chicago

    Votes: 33 41.8%

  • Memphis

    Votes: 39 49.4%

  • Philly

    Votes: 21 26.6%

  • DC

    Votes: 6 7.6%

  • LA/Compton

    Votes: 23 29.1%

  • ATL

    Votes: 20 25.3%

  • New Orleans

    Votes: 38 48.1%

  • Houston

    Votes: 5 6.3%

  • Dallas

    Votes: 1 1.3%

  • Cleveland

    Votes: 4 5.1%

  • Detroit

    Votes: 53 67.1%

  • Indianapolis/Gary

    Votes: 5 6.3%

  • Other

    Votes: 5 6.3%
  • Total voters
    79
  • Poll closed .
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How Sway? said:
@keon no love for the crib? Lol

The whole world stole its sauce from the city and they continue to do so lol. (Mick jagger and the beetles and all them stole from buddy guy and howling wolf. House r)

Quincy jones
Herbie hancock
Kanye
R kelly
Curtis Mayfield
Twista
Earth wind & fire
Lionel Richie grew up in joliet for a little bit( even though he's really from Alabama)
The Jackson's (I'm reaching but Gary is technically part of the Chicagoland area)
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The Jackons being claimed by Chicago isn't a reach. Anyone from the region knows that the 219 is way more Chicago than Indiana. That's why Chicago sports teams consider it part of their "local market" and not the Indy teams.

Not to mention that chocago gave birth to the style that made Bone Thugs famous.
 
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Wow, you have Ohio to thank for most of the most popular funk music and we can't even get on the poll?
edit: nevermind i see at least cleveland up there. dayton needs a spot though
 
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Black Magisterialness said:
In my mind it goes (in no order)

Detroit - Not just Motown, but also create Techno which eventually evolved into house, EDM and other genres. Not to mention one of the only cities that still sounds unique when it comes to rap/hip-hop.

Memphis - Blues...period.

NYC - The birthplace of rap and jazz arguably the two most important musical genres in the diaspora.

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All of these cities innovated on genres created by the three above but didn't really create anything new. One could say ATL's invention of trap changed the face of pop music, but ultimately its NYC that should get the credit for rap.

LA
Atlanta
Houston
New Orleans
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Again, the work their are known for is mostly derivative.

Chicago
Philly

It's shocking with how many black folks is in Alabama that Birmingham/Montgomery are just non-factors when it comes to our artistic culture.
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Jazz originated in New Orleans.
 
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I mean if Gary gets a nod for the Jacksons then Minneapolis gotta get a nod for Prince/Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (crafted basically all of 80s/early 90s R&B and Pop)Morris Day/Mint Condition/ Alexander Oneal/Sounds of Blackness. We aint done a damn thing since the 90s though other than weird underground rappers smh
 
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Anybody leaving Atlanta off is crazy.

ATL been mainstream relevant now for 30 years, nonstop.

No other city has that, not even new york
 
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