thread is ill breh
i’m typing this while i pump this…
they dont know about cold grits on the stove and bobby womack playing on the radio.
it aint IN them
this shyt is in coded in our dna. it was in us before the segregated buses. it was in us before the hot ass cotton fields. it was in us before we fought back on slave ships. it was in us before we were held captive in the dungeons in west africa. it was in us before our sacred tribal rituals as the dogon, the maasai, the asante.
this shyt is cosmic with us breh
they aint got in them. they can appreciate it. but it aint in them
a few white boys would be brave enough to walk into a cipher and spit but would be TERRIFIED to walk into a back pentecostal church on sunday and sing.
the church was primarily the pipeline to get into soul. and you couldn’t just have talent because so many ppl in the church can sing. you had to be something SPECIAL. with soul…you just couldnt sing….you had to SAANGGHH. and as we know, white folks are soulless people anyway, they just purely aint got it in them. lol
damn near all of us got aunties or cousins that can sing they ASS off but aint good enough to get a record deal. most was just satisfied being the best singer in their church
sam cooke, whitney, jodeci, dangelo, etc came out of the secular world and to me thats the hardest crowd to make it in bc you’re dealing with generational songs that people hold dear to their heart from. church folks don’t play around with them songs. the standard for talent was too fukkin high. they were the gatekeepers.
timberlake or beiber cant emulate that shyt. but what tanner or brent from billings montana CAN do is ride a beat a little, throw on some j’s, some gold chains and get a little bop in their walk and say they drippy now and turn into g eazy or post malone.
but to get on stage and belt out “his eyes are are on the sparrow” in a hot ass church and have damn near everybody moved to tears is true talent. thats some otherworldly shyt. robin thicke cant do that shyt
a lot of white artists are homogenized to me. its like a kit…like its cosmetic. add in one cup of swag. splash in some tatts and some gold chains, be able to ride a beat, get a ghostwriter and have a “respected” black artist cosign u and u in there.
but theres always something missing from their music. it seems empty. and that’s what soul is about…the heart….the depth….the authenticity.
its kryptonite bc not only cant they emulate that shyt….they can’t even really FEEL it
like Mtume said...."they dont even have the palette for it"
