From david turgeon Sent Fri, Jul 16th 1999, 20:42
From david turgeon Sent Fri, Jul 16th 1999, 20:42
> He probably thought, when making the comment, U know, I have to be honest to > myself and drop my racial and National pride, its funny how American > commercialism and Capitalism has engulfed cultural movements Like Reggae, > Jazz, Blues and now hip-hop! is there a cultural movement that they did _not_ engulf (or that they aren't going to)? at this point it's not even a matter of 'capitalist pigs whitening black music' -- the industry's selling point is that they can use _anything_ that shows potential high sales figures, & with a few exceptions, 'political hip-hop' isn't high on that list. however, hip-hop in general has a _huge_ appeal nowadays, & guess what, the industry noticed. by owning the media who distribute such fabrications & limiting the amount of different musical genres that are accessible through such media, they (perhaps not even intentionally -- corporatism isn't known to have much intent other than self-interest) mislead everybody into thinking that, yes, if these are so high in our charts, it's because they have 'talent' or 'skill' or that they make 'good songs'. this isn't to say that the problem with hip-hop being recuperated by people without a clue where it comes from is a bening one -- but the fact of the matter is, this happens with every genre that shows an iota of potential popularity; thanks to the 'system' (or rather, lack of it) which allowed such corporate monstrosities as universal, sony, bmg, emi... -- david turgeon at http://www.notype.com