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by Bonedry on December 3rd, 2006

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Music's modern era has been led by African American Culture. Rag-time, jazz, rock, R&B all mainstreemed, & was accepted. Rap/Hip Hop are so culture mandated, yet so many whites grab & talk it, though obviously not theirs nor could truly understand, why?

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  • by jstranaut on February 1st, 2007

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    i might add that although all of the mentioned music forms were innovated and heavily influenced by african culture, they did not develop in a vacuum. other forms of music and other cultures helped in their inception. the non-traditional tuning of the blues guitar was adopted form the chinese tuning standard for instance. many white people contributed gretly to the development of jazz, while many latinos played a major role in the early stages of the hip-hop culture. of course, i don't discredit or invalidate the major role that black people have played, and continue to play, in all of these music forms.

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    • Yes. I have myself reiterated your points in my other comments at many places here. Your points are noted, and remember though the key words are adapted, and influanced by, in those art forms that were truly CREATED by the African American Cultures.

      I guess your synopsis can be understood, kinda like SONY, in that they cant take credit for inventing the T.V. especially when one's starting point comes from something already invented. Mind you, it's still a great product, and has it's great merits to the history of product, and just as those that followed the genere's outlined in my question, they can't take credit for it being around. Thanks, and peace!

      Bonedry

      by Bonedry on February 3rd, 2007

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