Yeah, and humanity originated in Africa so we’re all Africans. The Guitar was developed by Moors from North Africa. But it doesn’t really matter because styles are not determined by the instrument. Is folk the same as flamenco the same as blues because they all use the guitar? The blues can be played on any…

Hehehe! When did you first listen to hip hop? You must be young. Assonance, internal rhyme, self-parody has been done and done a million times before Em even started rapping. You mention Rakim: He mastered every type of rhyme scheme back when Em was still a child living in a trailer. It’s amazing to me how we…

NO! Twist is NOT speaking gibberish. He tells stories and spins gangster yarns and sex tales. Are you serious? Have you ever listened to any of his songs? You could argue that his songs are far more comprehensive than Em’s. You think this is gibberish? And this came out 16 years before Rap God and this is one of his…

She’s not speaking for all black people, but given that we interact with the black community we know which artists get respect and which do not.

Those who created the music and listened to it from the womb can tell the difference between real and fake.

That’s not even comparable! You’re talking about products created by companies for consumption, not art that’s grounded in the meaningful experiences of people.

At the end of day, black people complain because talented white artists doing black styles of music were/are embraced by the black community but the reverse is not always true. Very few black artists are wholeheartedly embraced by a broad spectrum of white people. (You basically have MJ, Chuck, Diana, Tina, Ray…

Slug from Atmosphere is half-black. Just saying.

Wrong on most points. Black PEOPLE did invent all these genres but yes they did draw from other influences and made it their own. As far as melody, are you kidding? Have you never heard West African music? Ever heard of the Blues scale? The blue note? Jazz chords? Really?

Right, because punk doesn’t have roots in Rock n Roll and Ska? White skinheads weren’t trying to imitate the yardies in their dress and music?

That’s only because white commercial society has so completely appropriated black music styles, you don’t even know anything else. The Brits are def the worst offenders. It’s such a kick in the teeth mainly because blues and soul were created in part as responses to racism and oppression. The blues was at bottom about…

Oh puhleeze! Adopting a cleaner more produced sound does not equal, trying to “appeal to whites”.

That’s only because the white’s have so completely appropriated black music styles, you don’t even know anything else. The Brits are def the worst offenders.

You act as if the 2004 olympics in Athens was not almost a total disaster itself. How would have in the olympics in Athens be in anyway a good thing?

Blues started as a vocal style with hands and feet as the instrument. Early blues used the banjo which comes from Africa. And while the guitar may have origins in Europe it ultimately comes from North Africa.

Yeah, but he didn’t grow up around black people. He still adopted the culture.

Not to mention two of the hardest working musicians ever. And most Prince albums didn’t go platinum.

Eminem is the most overrated rapper of our generation. His whole style is rooted in late 90's underground hiphop and there were many (including white emcee’s)who did/do it better. He blew up because of his novelty, Dr. Dre and whiteness. How may hip hop artists got play on rock radio other than Eminem?

Because whiteness sells.

Music is NOT free flowing, universal and completely open. It is rooted in the cultural and religious traditions and practices of people. Many styles of singing are based in the dialects of the people and experiences of particular ethnicities. If you are raised in the cultural environment any imitation sounds fake.…