Field Marshall Bradley
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nikkaz don't like that shyt
Nah.... The Who, Highway to Hell and Back in Black, Hall and Oates, Doobie Brothers, and some more white groups got play in my Uncles crib... he was a musician tho......
Why are some Blacks quick to rock AC/DC and Guns & Roses shirts?
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Nah.... The Who, Highway to Hell and Back in Black, Hall and Oates, Doobie Brothers, and some more white groups got play in my Uncles crib... he was a musician tho......
For the sake of this thread, I will pretend that I didn't see these pieces of gear thousands of times from people of all cultures while out here in LA more than I saw any band shirt....
...if the music is popular and the logo is simple and dope, without the actual artist on it, people will rock it. Wait until the Jay-Z 4:44 tour starts...
...if the music is popular and the logo is simple and dope, without the actual artist on it, people will rock it. Wait until the Jay-Z 4:44 tour starts...
Why can't black people like rock music when we invented rock music? shyt even Beethoven was of negro descent and you see the effect he had on classical music.
If we keep trying to stifle each other's personalities to fit this one mold, we stifle the black man's legacy to the world......our creativity.
Black people who question why another black person is into something, have fallen victim to the white media narrative of how black people should act.
You should read Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness
Oh and......
If we keep trying to stifle each other's personalities to fit this one mold, we stifle the black man's legacy to the world......our creativity.
Black people who question why another black person is into something, have fallen victim to the white media narrative of how black people should act.
You should read Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness
Oh and......
I just purchased this Deftones t-shirt 
is he adopted? that mexican is still stealing culture because he is still being raised with mexican culture at home unless his mom is some trailer trash whore
Oceanicpuppy
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I have a Prince shirt because I'm a fan.
This thread is spot on though.
This thread is spot on though.
Oceanicpuppy
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They are wearing them in America because those are usually the only bands that have tee shirts in stores.This thread is such an embarrassment.
Black people aren't wearing these t-shirts cos they wanna be white or some other bullshyt, it's purely because these type of tees on trend.
Some might actually like the band on the t-shirt they're wearing, but on the whole, most are wearing them because it's fashionable.
Basically the stores cater to white requests. White people request the hip hop shirts too.
That's why you don't see certain artists that are popular within the black community on these shirts. You only see "generic" universal hip hop stuff like Tupac and biggie because they know who they are.
Oceanicpuppy
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You are free to like it but let's not pretend it's not a market catered to white buyers.Why can't black people like rock music when we invented rock music? shyt even Beethoven was of negro descent and you see the effect he had on classical music.
If we keep trying to stifle each other's personalities to fit this one mold, we stifle the black man's legacy to the world......our creativity.
Black people who question why another black person is into something, have fallen victim to the white media narrative of how black people should act.
You should read Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness
Oh and......
I just purchased this Deftones t-shirt
All the artist on tees in stores are artist white people identify with.
They didn't put that shirt in the stores for your black ass.
BmoreGorilla
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Yea we invented it but long gone are the days of Chuck Berry and Little RichardWhy can't black people like rock music when we invented rock music? shyt even Beethoven was of negro descent and you see the effect he had on classical music.
If we keep trying to stifle each other's personalities to fit this one mold, we stifle the black man's legacy to the world......our creativity.
Black people who question why another black person is into something, have fallen victim to the white media narrative of how black people should act.
You should read Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness
Oh and......
I just purchased this Deftones t-shirt
Why can't black people like rock music when we invented rock music? shyt even Beethoven was of negro descent and you see the effect he had on classical music.
If we keep trying to stifle each other's personalities to fit this one mold, we stifle the black man's legacy to the world......our creativity.
Black people who question why another black person is into something, have fallen victim to the white media narrative of how black people should act.
You should read Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness
Oh and......
I just purchased this Deftones t-shirt
You are free to like it but let's not pretend it's not a market catered to white buyers.
All the artist on tees in stores are artist white people identify with.
They didn't put that shirt in the stores for your black ass.
Are we gonna act like hip hop is not catered to white buyers?
If we use that line of thinking, most of the products and brands that have been coopted and synonymous with hip hop/urban culture were not made for black folks and neither did business owners want their products associated with black/urban culture.
Versace, Chanel, Louboutins, Crystal, Range Rovers, Ralph Lauren, Topsiders.
Negroes walking around with polos and boat shoes and not one of these nikkas own a sail boat or belong to a yacht club? What lifestyle are we coopting because the brandmakers certainly didn't have negroes in mind when creating products that have been traditionally marketed to a northeastern generational nautical elite?
Crystal didn't want Jay Z and other hip hop artist using their products in their videos.
Range Rover, a brand associated with the landowning Downton Abbey English Aristocracy, didn't want nikkas riding around and promoting their cars.
I've even seen brehs in Englewood wearing Hunter Wellies (that shyt blew my mind.)
The fact of the matter, most products that are popular within urban communities are not made for black buyers, if that is your only argument?
As to the bolded statement, I'm not exactly sure if that's true. Led Zeppelin and Rod Stewart are pretty soulful and anyone who knows their music will not deny the influence black musicians had on them. A black person, who had never heard Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin would easily be able to identify the usuage of black vocal techniques and identify with the song.
However, black folks are scared to venture outside of their lane for fear of being shamed by their own brethren in the community, so we would never know how many black folks would identify with an artist like Led Zeppelin.
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This mindset that blacks shouldn't enjoy rock is so trash. We created rock. Plenty of bands acknowledge that.
Also alot of punk rock bands like The Clash were anti-racist and built solidarity with black youth in London
Also alot of punk rock bands like The Clash were anti-racist and built solidarity with black youth in London
@jackson35 White people sell white nationalism in schools, in government, in business and every other aspect of American life. What is your point?
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my point is start paying attention to what black artist do lyrically and musically. buy their tshirts
MacNCheese
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Probably because rock tees are actually trendy right now, and because most people under 50 black or otherwise don't have much of a concept of Earth Wind and Fire or Jeffery Osborne. I can't think of any stores where you could walk in and buy a shirt like that.
Or maybe they just like rock bands.
Anyway, the only band shirt I own is for Rage Against the Machine and I wish somebody would come up to me talking some nonsense like this about it.
Or maybe they just like rock bands.
Anyway, the only band shirt I own is for Rage Against the Machine and I wish somebody would come up to me talking some nonsense like this about it.