Who would disagree? Most uniquely American music is either black or black-influenced.Pinko Marx said:Just throwin a bone out there, but white people stole rock from blacks.
Yeah.
Himuro said:Why would you do this.
Possibly because while not completely true, the statement holds some truth?Himuro said:Why would you do this.
Yeah I'd like to know this too.-Eddman- said:I would like to ask black people: How do you feel towards your place in music nowadays? If you like rock, can you recommend me some contemporary good bands and artists with black members?
Pinko Marx said:Just throwin a bone out there, but white people stole rock from blacks.
-Eddman- said:? If you like rock, can you recommend me some contemporary good bands and artists with black members?
-Eddman- said:I would like to ask black people: How do you feel towards your place in music nowadays? If you like rock, can you recommend me some contemporary good bands and artists with black members?
-Eddman- said:If you like rock, can you recommend me some contemporary good bands and artists with black members?
I want to like them. Its just a pain because once you've seen one it feels like you've seen them all. I can only watch one strong black intelligent beautiful independent black woman get held down by a selfish, unloving man so many times before it gets old. He's got a formula and it works. Can't get mad at that really though...RustyNails said:What does black GAF think of tyler perry movies? I went to watch the movie The Town when the trailer for For Colored Girls showed. It looked good. Its gonna have an ensemble cast (whoopi and Janet jackson? yes plz). And the song that plays during the trailer is a remixed version of Nina Simone's Four Women.
DY_nasty said:Anyways...
I'm headed to Atlanta later on next week (Home of the Freaknik). On the way back, I'll be driving through South Carolina with some frat to islands out there. That... thats completely new to me. I think its called 'Geetchi' or something close? I'm not really all that familiar with it, but the accent isn't easily forgotten.
- Where you're from Durham, NC (by way of Anchorage, AK)
- Where you live DC (Moving soon, pop bottles)
- Your cultural heritage, lineage and genealogy Honestly... I don't know. My dad was a bastard and I've got a crazy unique last name. I wish I knew more. I've got a blood disease thats common with people from Northern Africa/Mediterranean. Thats all I got :/
- Your Age 23
- Favorite musical genre Hip-Hop, but I'm finally getting out my shell and moving on to other genres. All I knew from 12 was rap and r&b. Need to stretch my legs.
- Your profession/major/career interest Army, Human Intel. Had fun playing ball for 3 years in college first though. I always wanted to join the military though
- Your religious affiliation Raised Baptist, now I'm agnostic.... sort of
- Hobbies sports, science, branching out. I've been moving around my whole life so now that I've got the chance to really choose my own direction I've just been taking in as much as I can
Yeah I'd like to know this too.
Shaolin Represent!!The Frankman said:- Where you're from: Staten Island, New York
- Where you live: currently same as above
- Your cultural heritage, lineage and genealogy: Parents Ghanian, I'm American
- Your Age: 30
- Favorite musical genre: Will listen to anything except most forms of Country
- Your profession/major/career interest: Computer Operations, dabble in "Journalism"
- Your religious affiliation: Raised Jehovah Witness, now Agnostic.
- Hobbies: Gaming, Reading, Writing on my Blog, Sports, and card games
Mecha_Infantry said:- Favorite musical genre Hip-Hop, read: not Rap
Pinko Marx said:They're the same thing!
Pinko Marx said:They're the same thing!
Mecha_Infantry said:Wellllllll
Rap is an element of Hi....ahh fuck it, yeah you're right!
What in the hell actually happened to the other Black thread? I was going to create the whole Black British post for there, but it looks gone?
Paul Mooney was right.Boombloxer said:I missed what happened to the last thread, I know they got merged, but exactly what happened?
yeah it's a bit like how people throw around the "emo" term.Pinko Marx said:As far as music genres, they're the same thing. If you wanna get all technamalogical, Hip-Hop is the culture, rap one of the 4 elements, etc. w/e.
TO clarify, I just hate it when people say YEAH I LIKE HIP-HOP, BUT NOT RAP. Like some would say Kanye is hip-hop and 50 cent is rap. Its the same shit, just two different sub-genres under the Hip-Hop umbrella.
Pinko Marx said:As far as music genres, they're the same thing. If you wanna get all technamalogical, Hip-Hop is the culture, rap one of the 4 elements, etc. w/e.
TO clarify, I just hate it when people say YEAH I LIKE HIP-HOP, BUT NOT RAP. Like some would say Kanye is hip-hop and 50 cent is rap. Its the same shit, just two different sub-genres under the Hip-Hop umbrella.
polyh3dron said:yeah it's a bit like how people throw around the "emo" term.
DY_nasty said:Paul Mooney was right.
Himuro said:- Where you're from
- Where you live-British Columbia, Canada.
- Your cultural heritage, lineage and genealogy-Northern Nigerian. Fulani mixed with something else.
- Do you know your roots?-I can trace our family as far back as what is now known as senegal, and also we may have some arab further back.
- Your Age-19
- Favorite musical genre-I don't really have a favorite to be honest, but I mostly listen to orchestral soundtracks as of late.
- Your profession/major/career interest-English/political science, hopefully will get a masters when I'm done and a bachelor's degree in sociology
- Your religious affiliation-Was raised as a catholic. But my maternal grandfather is only sort of a loose believer as he has multiple wives.
- Hobbies-Posting on GAF, Watching TV, listening to audiobooks, working out and more recently taking long ass walks
Since we're on a gaming forum, it could be conclusive that you're more on the geeky side so let's start with a more general question:
- Do you feel ostracized as a black nerd/dork? Charles Barkley once said that "there's nothing sadder than a black nerd". What do you think about those words, and while we're on the issue, what is gaf's opinion on the whole "act white" thing?
With all due respect mr. Barkley: Suck it.
I love videogames, I love anime, and more recently comic books and factual novels. It is possible to be educated and still be much in touch with black culture. I watch some television shows with black characters, huge fan of bill cosby and will smith. I listen to black hip hop artists, read literature by black people and because I was born in Africa I keep in touch with my relatives and keep up with what is going on there. Just because I enunciate my words and avoid tyler perry doesn't make me less black. If anything, it makes me more black because I avoid doing things that would classify me as a negative stereotype.
get the fuck out of here. what part?DominoKid said:- Where you're from NC
- Where you live: NC
:lolDominoKid said:- Your cultural heritage, lineage and genealogy: black w/ a splash of indian from my dad
black nc gaf is deepBad_Boy said:get the fuck out of here. what part?
This I did not know. I'm in Greensboro.DY_nasty said:black nc gaf is deep
Hopefully I don't get looked down upon. But Africa is probably the last on my list to check out. I want to visit Europe, South America or even Canada first.lightless_shado said:One question that I want answered is how do blacks in america feel about Africa? how many here have actually visited the place? I've been too low on funds to visit, but I have been keeping up somewhat by perusing newspapers and talking to relatives in Nigeria. For the blacks living in the US that have managed to trace their roots, have you ever thought of visiting the area your ancestors might have come from?
Or better yet, who has actually decided to go on vacation there?
lightless_shado said:Or better yet, who has actually decided to go on vacation there?
Ahahahaha.DY_nasty said:Paul Mooney was right.