when did black nationalism lose its seat at the black table?
- Thread starter Booker T Garvey
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this movement lost it's appeal for a number of reasons. 1 black men failing in taking an charge in what goes on in their hood. 2 black woman failing to show support for black man. 3 black artist failing to uphold a value system that make black music, art, film, and literature a threat to white supremacy 4 black politicians refusing to leads us out of the plantation. 5 the black church inability to heal our sick spirts. 6 black teachers refusing to teach us a relevant curriculum. 7 black social workers turning blind to the abuses that prevails in our black household. 8 black buppies refusing to invest in the hood. 8 black folks refusing to support cultural events.
ThatTruth777
Superstar
2pac was murdered then
Indiglow Meta (R$G)
Ultra.
Crack era was BEFORE the "black nationalist" hip hop era. Crack era started around 1984...my birth year.
Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
Indiglow Meta (R$G)
Ultra.
Nah, I'd say it ended around 95 when brehs started getting 3 strikes (Cali) and Project Exile (NY)
Indiglow Meta (R$G)
Ultra.
Pills and other drugs became more marketable around 1997. The rave era hit white people, the script game started blowing up, which in turn led to the new heroin wave...The most popular Stim is meth, and that never hit black folks. They're trying with molly.
Lean = Boy.
molly = Meth...
We'll see what happens in 5 years...
OH, and gentrification has a hidden issue: A great deal of those young middle class white folks moving in are nursing dope habits. They ain't just moving to the city for real estate.
Red Shield
Global Domination
I would say the crack era was done by the mid-late 90s
It lasted past 2000
When I was in HS, you had people my age doing football numbers selling that, to get quick $ and to impress thots.
Yep. Lyor Cohen said that the likes of Public Enemy and De La Soul were going to have a rough time with his way of super thug street rap
Red Shield
Global Domination
It lasted past 2000
When I was in HS, you had people my age doing football numbers selling that, to get quick $ and to impress thots.
You are always gonna have people doing crack, heroin, coke, etc
But the crack era was over the mid-late 90s
Dressing in Costume didnt protect people from Gangs, Police Brutality, and we were still broke, which is why Shiny Suit/Champagne rap took off because people saw the material things, and rocking Cross Colors and rapping about Egypt and Allah was not getting you a benz.
man, i literally remember KRS1 and REDMAN and ANGIE had a video on BET called "a friend" and that was the last i saw of that era. it was all downhill from there.
but it literally seems like it happened overnight, almost like the grunge era. that glam rock shyt was dead.
the difference is that glam rock dudes have said they're glad that era was done, it needed to die
they KILLED black nationalism in our music, it FELT orchestrated if that makes sense