From Oblique Hostility Sent Tue, Feb 10th 1998, 16:40
From Oblique Hostility Sent Tue, Feb 10th 1998, 16:40
On Tue, 10 Feb 1998 xxxxxx_xxxxxxxxx@xx-xxxxxx-xxx.xx.xx.xxx wrote: > > From: wells <xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx.xxx> > > > why do people try to MC over jungle? it sounds so lame. more specifically, > > why do stupid white kids who can't really say anything more intelligent > > than "drum and bass in 98" try to mc? l-a-m-e. > > Why "stupid white kids" ? Why not just "stupid kids" ? > Stupid people on the mike, regardless of their race, religion, or orientation, suck. But I don't think political correctness is the issue here. Drum and Bass in particular grew as a grass roots thing with black working class kids in England. Many (if not all) of the originators are black, and the Jungle MC'ing is usually in a UK Urban Black patois. White kids trying to sound like UK black MC's are going to be pretty bad, and it doesn't have anything to do with racism -- the white kids don't have the cultural context and connection to pull it off. They're just aping what they've heard. On the other hand, anyone who can find a unique voice should step up. Suburban white kids singin the blues sounds pretty lame too. The 'lame' line isn't a color line. It's a matter of originators vs. imitators. Originators have their own thing going, and imitators are, to use the technical term, "sucka MCs."