Is Bruno Mars Guilty of Cultural Appropriation?

[DoubleClutch]

Just logged on twitter and saw this

Is Bruno Mars guilty of cultural appropriation?

Looks like the jig is up

 

[dish lowry]

he's kinda like that 80s group The Jets. except they made g rated pop music that only toed the line w/ r&b...he straight up jacks old school r&b but he's talented though

 

[swerve]

The term cultural appropriation is the worst thing that happened to human kind in a long time

 

[threattonature]

1. that wasnt his song.

2. BOB was about as pop as as it gets back then for a rapper.

And features on rap songs don't matter. All Bruno's early solo songs/hits weren't like uptown funk or the music he's consistently been creating since 2015.

Could it be that now that he built his name up so he has the power to make the kind of music he truly wants to make?

 

[NvrCMyNut]

if dude was a female everyone would be calling him black

 

[DoubleClutch]

Could it be that now that he built his name up so he has the power to make the kind of music he truly wants to make?

I think you got it the other way around. He makes the music he does because it builds his name up.

He could be successful doing anything but if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. I think the deeper he got himself into his current r&b/funk/rap/new jack swing sound/soul brother imagine the harder it is to get out.

He kinda dug his own grave and he knows it that’s why he started shouting out black artists/producers he copied

 

[DoubleClutch]

if dude was a female everyone would be calling him black

Yea kinda like kerruche or Cassie

 

[threattonature]

I think you got it the other way around. He makes the music he does because it builds his name up.

He could be successful doing anything but if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. I think the deeper he got himself into his current r&b/funk/rap/new jack swing sound/soul brother imagine the harder it is to get out.

He kinda dug his own grave and he knows it that’s why he started shouting out black artists/producers he copied

That makes no sense though. Dude was already selling huge records before he started having more of a black sound to his music. And since when is it more beneficial to a career to chase a black sound versus going more the pop route? I would be much harsher on Bruno if he was a struggling artist and just trying to find a lane to become relevant. But when they're already extremely successful and get more power and then decide to go that route that leads me to believe that's the kind of music they've always wanted to make. We all know to get put on most artists have to bend to whatever their record label demands so it's way more like that his original music was done to satisfy the label to get them to release his music.

 

[Terrance Curtis Beasley]

Yes but he's actually talented unlike drake

 

[DoubleClutch]

That makes no sense though. Dude was already selling huge records before he started having more of a black sound to his music. And since when is it more beneficial to a career to chase a black sound versus going more the pop route? I would be much harsher on Bruno if he was a struggling artist and just trying to find a lane to become relevant. But when they're already extremely successful and get more power and then decide to go that route that leads me to believe that's the kind of music they've always wanted to make. We all know to get put on most artists have to bend to whatever their record label demands so it's way more like that his original music was done to satisfy the label to get them to release his music.

No man you’re repeating the same points I’m making

Yea he was selling huge records before. Yea he could’ve kept making that type of music and been successful

BUT his career really took off when he started the FUNK/SOUL karaoke.

Ever since he took that style and ran with it and hasn’t looked back.

Now here we are and he CANT go back cause everyone will be like “so that whole r&b soul hip hop funk BRUNO was just an act?

He’s in too deep.

Plenty artists change their whole style up cause they need to do what sells vs what they really want to do

Only thing is Bruno is way bigger than your average artist now. He can do anything he wants

He could’ve been making Puerto Rican Fillipino music years ago but he CANT

because to do that he’s have to abandon his BLACK MUSIC meal ticket and his Black identity.

Bruno knows what he’s doing. Didnt he tell us years ago he wanted to be a Billionaire so freakin bad

At this point it’s all about the money, fame, and riding the wave he’s currently on. there’s no room for artistic integrity left

 

[BO BARON]

He's 1 of 1 nikka just fits in to so many styles & genres next he'll get on some MJ smooth criminal type shyt

He's a legend

fukk all these angry black people

 

[MarcP]

I don't wanna hear it. If he was making them same records and not selling these same nikkas would love him for showing love to largely neglected genres of r&b. Bruno getting to the bag and got nikkas tight.

Those records are hot.It aint Bruno fault the rest of these r&b artists are too busy trying to rap. shyt got so bad Musiq god damn Soulchild was trying to rap.

Mack Wilds was on that retro wave for a minute and nobody gave a fukk but I'm supposed to be mad at Bruno? FOH

 

[sporticus]

Of course he is. It's just a matter of how mad you want to be about it.

I'm just happy dude is brown. He says some corny shyt sometimes so you know he's missing a swag chip, but the music is kinda good.

 

[ILLMMORTAL]

I fukks with Bruno,that boy shyt is on hit, period! Sounds like some 80’s shyt! RESPECT

 

[Dboy41]

Bruno already said he learned the game from black artists

And his whole band is black (employing black people)

I dont see a problem. The real foe is post malone, miley cyrus, etc.