Macklemore on Ebro in the Morning : The Great Race Debate

[Prince.Skeletor]

the whole white ppl stealing black culture should be shut down or at least delayed
this iggy thing brings to light that it's not that she stealing culture but that there is no culture to steal anymore!
that should be the topic at hand

 

[Jimmy ValenTime]

I love when cats say "hip hop was birthed out of the civil rights movement"

when it clearly wasn't. Hip Hop (actually rapping) was birthed out of the Jamaican party scene and brought over and utilized in the NY party scene. "THe message" was probably the first political/social/fight against the powers that be hiphop record in America and that was at least 4 years after rappers delight and almost 10 years after Herc came up with the 2 turntables and mixer setup at house parties. Just because the innovations in music -hiphop - happened at the tail end of the civil rights movements doesn't mean it was birthed from it - it almost makes it seem like the civil rights movement caused hiphop or helped create it, when the music had nothing to do with it.

People like rewriting hiphops history to fit into what we want it to be - almost in a way to ostracize others from the art.

the thing is the selectah - and the soundbowy in dance hall = the emcee and the DJ in rap ...

FUNK + DISCO X Dancehall = Rap

the first rap Dj is Jamaican ...

 

[The Ruler 09]

Don't need to know someone's whole story, if the song is dope play it. Too much politics, not enough dope music...

 

[FS4LFE]

 

[blackslash]

Meh Im not gon watch the interview

He's still makes cac music that the hood dnt fck wit

Same Love and all that other trash sht took that nikka out my radar...black ppl aint bumping cracka ass cracka rap like dat so

 

[JohnStarksMiddleFinger]

hot97 > that other show

I love the shift, nikkas was hating on me for rocking with Hot 97.

That Revolt bullshyt at Power 105 is corny

 

[Hyperion]

Meh Im not gon watch the interview

He's still makes cac music that the hood dnt fck wit

Same Love and all that other trash sht took that nikka out my radar...black ppl aint bumping cracka ass cracka rap like dat so

So, you only listen to music that a bunch of people will listen to, like the hood? No beef and not trying to start an argument, but I wanted to ask since I found this interesting. (I do agree that his music ain't getting play in places like that tho.)

 

[Bickin Back Being Bool]

still think that kendrick song is garbage, but i do agree if macklemore made "i" it would have been a top 10 song right now

 

[W.I.Z.E.]

the whole white ppl stealing black culture should be shut down or at least delayed
this iggy thing brings to light that it's not that she stealing culture but that there is no culture to steal anymore!
that should be the topic at hand

Wtf??? Granted, hip hop culture ain't what it used to be...but it's arguably a bigger culture than ever. It's so big you look past major advertisers, marketers, writers, producers, etc incorporating hip hop into their work.

Trust me...hip hop culture is being borrowed and stolen on a regular basis but right now it is STILL majority owned by us.

 

[Alexander The Great]

You have a short attention span, IQ of a squirrel :woww2:

this fukking smiley legit made me LOL

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

influence came from jamaica, yes but not the whole fukking movement and..shyt was all meshed and created here in New York..

 

[Mac Casper]

So it's not apparent to us that yet that there's a concentrated effort to renew racial tension and bitterness the same way a disgruntled ex would be better at their significant other?

 

[scorpino]

Honestly this was kind of boring and put me to sleep. I'll try to listen to it again later. Why are people making such a big deal about this like its some groundbreaking interview. Since when did Macklemore become the spokesman for white people?

 

[POPHOLITDOWN]

still think that kendrick song is garbage, but i do agree if macklemore made "i" it would have been a top 10 song right now

i was kinda wack tho...

if macklemore made it it might have been more catchy....i aint really have that dope of a melody tbh

 

[MouseTeeth]

He handled himself well and made a lot of good points I can't hate.