thelonious21
I like my women tall
Sax is the instrument that seems to have gone extinct.. in the 80's EVERY song had a Saxophone solo
Why don't more black folks play guitar now adays?
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Sax is the instrument that seems to have gone extinct.. in the 80's EVERY song had a Saxophone solo
thelonious21
I like my women tall
Facts!
Wear My Dawg's Hat
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Hip hop's over popularity killed off other ways of making Black music
The irony is that the commercial rap music industry, which is a byproduct of the original, deejay-based Hip Hop scene, was basically launched off of the groove of two guitarists, Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards.
This is a fact. People dont have the discipline to learn the guitar propermy anymore.
Wear My Dawg's Hat
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There is no rap music industry without the musical ingenuity of guitarists Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards.
JUNE 14, 2019 BY DJ ROB
Chic’s “Good Times – the classic that bridged disco and hip-hop – turns 40!
"In New York City, the nascent rap scene was taking hold on street corners, in high schools and in “hip-hop” clubs – mostly with DJs playing the latest disco records while rappers spit rhymes over them. As the most popular choice, DJs would have 12” vinyl singles of “Good Times” queued on two turntables – mixing them to make that classic instrumental break even longer while innovative youngsters rapped freestyle over Chic’s hit. As Nile Rodgers has recalled in interviews since, he even hung out at some of these hip-hop events (notably with Blondie’s Debbie Harry and the legendary DJ Fab Five Freddie) before rap made its big debut on the charts later that year.
That debut would come by way of two important singles: one by the R&B/funk band Fatback (formerly the Fatback Band) and the other by a new trio out of Englewood, NJ known as the Sugar Hill Gang.
Fatback’s “King Tim III” beat Sugar Hill’s “Rapper’s Delight” by one week on Billboard’s Soul singles chart in October 1979, just as “Good Times” was leaving the charts. But it was “Rapper’s Delight” that largely gets the credit as being rap’s first commercial hit – mainly because it was the first to reach the pop chart a month later.
The huge success of “Rapper’s Delight” – a top-five soul and crossover top-40 pop hit by January 1980 – is owed to “Good Times,” the song whose rhythm section it borrowed. The producers of “Rapper’s Delight” did not use the original “Good Times” track, rather they had musicians recreate it in the studio for the Sugar Hill Gang’s record."
Chic’s “Good Times – the classic that bridged disco and hip-hop – turns 40!
JUNE 14, 2019 BY DJ ROB
Chic’s “Good Times – the classic that bridged disco and hip-hop – turns 40!
"In New York City, the nascent rap scene was taking hold on street corners, in high schools and in “hip-hop” clubs – mostly with DJs playing the latest disco records while rappers spit rhymes over them. As the most popular choice, DJs would have 12” vinyl singles of “Good Times” queued on two turntables – mixing them to make that classic instrumental break even longer while innovative youngsters rapped freestyle over Chic’s hit. As Nile Rodgers has recalled in interviews since, he even hung out at some of these hip-hop events (notably with Blondie’s Debbie Harry and the legendary DJ Fab Five Freddie) before rap made its big debut on the charts later that year.
That debut would come by way of two important singles: one by the R&B/funk band Fatback (formerly the Fatback Band) and the other by a new trio out of Englewood, NJ known as the Sugar Hill Gang.
Fatback’s “King Tim III” beat Sugar Hill’s “Rapper’s Delight” by one week on Billboard’s Soul singles chart in October 1979, just as “Good Times” was leaving the charts. But it was “Rapper’s Delight” that largely gets the credit as being rap’s first commercial hit – mainly because it was the first to reach the pop chart a month later.
The huge success of “Rapper’s Delight” – a top-five soul and crossover top-40 pop hit by January 1980 – is owed to “Good Times,” the song whose rhythm section it borrowed. The producers of “Rapper’s Delight” did not use the original “Good Times” track, rather they had musicians recreate it in the studio for the Sugar Hill Gang’s record."
Chic’s “Good Times – the classic that bridged disco and hip-hop – turns 40!
Low End Derrick
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Sax is the instrument that seems to have gone extinct.. in the 80's EVERY song had a Saxophone solo
Crayola Coyote
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I would like to learn how to play the harmonica though 
Trot LaRoc
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I been playing guitar n bass for 20 yrs now....there are a solid amount of blac guitarists...mostly in the church
But theres Gary Clark Jr, Michael Kiwaunuka, Steve Lacy, Daniel Ceasar(c00n but still blac)
Guitar was considered white boy shyt ince hiphop took firm hold in the mid80s
Shame cuz the best players were brehs...
Jimi
Eddie Hazel
Ernie Isley
Drac from Slave
Lenny
Prince
Ernie C
Mike Hampton
Dez Dikkerson
Vernon Reid
Dr Know from Bad Brains
But theres Gary Clark Jr, Michael Kiwaunuka, Steve Lacy, Daniel Ceasar(c00n but still blac)
Guitar was considered white boy shyt ince hiphop took firm hold in the mid80s
Shame cuz the best players were brehs...
Jimi
Eddie Hazel
Ernie Isley
Drac from Slave
Lenny
Prince
Ernie C
Mike Hampton
Dez Dikkerson
Vernon Reid
Dr Know from Bad Brains
Lootha VanDraws
'The Night I Fell in Love' is the GOAT R&B album
I agree on most, but would replace Lenny with Jesse Johnson...
Trot LaRoc
Superstar
This is what I'm saying. We're guitar Gods regularly.
Wear My Dawg's Hat
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MajesticLion
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How do you list all those names and forget Kingfish?
And for all those saying that hip-hop is responsible...nah. Turntablism can coexist with live instrumentation, easily. Most modern "artists" just want the lazy route to the money, that's to be expected. If anything blame the fans who don't go to the live shows that help support the experimentation. It's not just Jazzy Jeff or The Roots that are up on their live performances. You have to go find the gems, they won't just fall into your lap.
Lootha VanDraws
'The Night I Fell in Love' is the GOAT R&B album
How do you list all those names and forget Kingfish?
And for all those saying that hip-hop is responsible...nah. Turntablism can coexist with live instrumentation, easily. Most modern "artists" just want the lazy route to the money, that's to be expected. If anything blame the fans who don't go to the live shows that help support the experimentation. It's not just Jazzy Jeff or The Roots that are up on their live performances. You have to go find the gems, they won't just fall into your lap.
That young breh is the truth vocally and on guitar. I just hope he can drop some weight so he can live a long, healthy life (and keep making dope records). We can't forget about guys like Eric Gales and Tony MacAlpine either, they've been holding it down for years.