{"id":36,"date":"2008-03-21T01:17:30","date_gmt":"2008-03-21T06:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thestormypresent.com\/ocean\/2008\/03\/21\/on-the-subject-of-music-and-race\/"},"modified":"2008-03-21T08:56:23","modified_gmt":"2008-03-21T13:56:23","slug":"on-the-subject-of-music-and-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thestormypresent.com\/ocean\/2008\/03\/21\/on-the-subject-of-music-and-race\/","title":{"rendered":"On The Subject of Music and Race"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quarrel not at all. – Abraham Lincoln<\/span><\/p>\n

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let’s talk about race…\u00a0<\/p>\n

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I mean…, music.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Rap tells a story, of where the singer is\u00a0coming\u00a0from, what they have lived thru and experienced, and the feelings they have, along with the circumstances that surround their lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Country tells a story, of where the singer is\u00a0coming\u00a0from, what they have lived thru and experienced, and the feelings they have, along with the circumstances that surround their lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Oh, there is more.<\/p>\n

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Pop is sugar, usually songs about love or loss or mistakes. \u00a0 Tells a story: yes.<\/p>\n

R&B (urban) is sugar, usually songs about love or loss or mistakes. Tells a story: yes.<\/p>\n

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Rock is loud but it’s for throwing up a fist and partying in the street.\u00a0 Rock is to be enjoyed and finally it is expressive, but often, the lyrics are basically “wtf?” are they singing about , and you say this as you laugh.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hip-hop is loud but it’s for throwing up a fist and partying in the street. \u00a0Hip-hop is to be enjoyed and finally it is expressive, but often, the lyrics are basically “wtf?” are they singing about, and you say this as you mimic the dance.<\/p>\n

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Hard core Rap is basic angry music, not always, but it has more violence and anger speaking of the darker sides of life that we all may not so want to hear. Often times it expresses\u00a0frustration\u00a0with situations, people and culture.<\/p>\n

(Heavy) Metal is basic angry music, not always, but it has more violence and anger speaking of the darker sides of life that we all may not so want to hear. Often times it\u00a0expresses\u00a0frustration\u00a0with situations, people and culture.<\/p>\n

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We could go into alternative, jazz, new age, et. al.\u00a0 But I think you’re getting our point.\u00a0 Here in america, even our music is separated by race and rage, yet\u00a0 we’ve managed to develop a culture of similarities even so, holding on to our independence and celebrating our differences.\u00a0 I would rather think of it as celebrating our differences, instead of any other alternative. So, open up a bit and enjoy music, I mean it’s called pop because it’s popular, not cause we are racially divided.\u00a0 Last I checked, popular transcends a single culture, it has to pull a little of the people who like country, a little of the people who like new age, and et. al: aka, popular.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Now, let’s talk about …. bling vs goth\u00a0piercings,\u00a0and the need to differentiate yourself from your own culture with shiny objects.<\/p>\n


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