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Where are the black bands? Don't get me wrong, I know the answer to that intellectually. But it just hit me that artists like Jamiroquai and !!! are funking out, and the once diverse crop of black talent has been whittled down to crap-hop. I mean, even Ready For the World was a band! It seems the synths and sequencers totally took over that side of the music industry.
We miss you: Earth Wind & Fire Mint Condition Chic Living Color Not that they don't ever perform, but could they have another hit? Hell no. | |
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There was that one guy in Hootie..... | |
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Mainstream radio looks down on black musicians now a day in favor of samples,samples,samples  | |
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Who needs a band? [Edited 3/7/05 18:29pm] | |
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everything now is all 'gangsta' . today's black music is so full of shit. even mariah want's to be black again!!
but seriously where are the good black bands indeed. "ready for the world, shalamar, The Revolution and that other guy, The Time, cameo. now that waz music compare those acts to what we have today 50 cent & g- unit , Lil john & East Side Boyz , The Ying Yang Twins... oh brother no comparison "Americans consume the most fast food than any nation on Earth and the stupid motherfuckers wonder why they are so fat? " - Oprah Winfrey | |
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No more bands, but some how black artist still find a way to get about 30 people on stage. | |
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lilgish said: No more bands, but some how black artist still find a way to get about 30 people on stage.
Blame MC Hammer for that one.  | |
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Well, Soulive is 2/3 black and Kraz (guitar) is all the way down. They definitely jam! 
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Black bands don't and won't sell because hip-hop has bullied the market. It is presumably cheaper to produce. These acts hittin' the charts basically scare their audience into listening to their music. Until the audiences get tired of the facade, black musicians will have to toil in the underground or hook up with other rock bands. Or hit the adult contemporary/jazz markets. Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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namepeace said: Or hit the adult contemporary/jazz markets.
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lilgish said:
Who needs a band? [Edited 3/7/05 18:29pm] That's very true. This is today's band. It's rediculous. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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lilgish said: No more bands, but some how black artist still find a way to get about 30 people on stage. That's to fill up the stage and take the place of where a band used to be set up. Concerts don't look like concerts anymore, they look like thugged out Broadway musicals. [Edited 3/7/05 22:13pm] Andy is a four letter word. | |
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WhamBamGlamSlam said: lilgish said: No more bands, but some how black artist still find a way to get about 30 people on stage.
Blame MC Hammer for that one. CORRECTION: Blame the laptop computers!  | |
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lilgish said:
Who needs a band? [Edited 3/7/05 18:29pm] What about the electronic bands? | |
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TonyVanDam said: lilgish said:
Who needs a band? [Edited 3/7/05 18:29pm] What about the electronic bands? Do you mean like house or techno? At least they come up with an original groove or melody, even if it is overly repititive. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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It's a shame we don't have bands in are music anymore, I miss them. | |
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TonyVanDam said: WhamBamGlamSlam said: Blame MC Hammer for that one. CORRECTION: Blame the laptop computers! You can't really blame the laptop. It at least allows innovation to a generation that grew up without music. No music in school and unless they listened to Rock, there was almost as little on the radio. Besides if there were no Laptop, there would be no Moby. Where would the world be without that one? Why do you like playing around with my narrow scope of reality? - Stupify | |
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Without laptop there wouldn't be Laptop. | |
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Mint Condition's new joint will be out on April 26th. The single is being played already | |
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WhamBamGlamSlam said: Don't get me wrong, I know the answer to that intellectually. But it just hit me that artists like Jamiroquai and !!! are funking out, and the once diverse crop of black talent has been whittled down to crap-hop. I mean, even Ready For the World was a band! It seems the synths and sequencers totally took over that side of the music industry.
We miss you: Earth Wind & Fire Mint Condition Chic Living Color Not that they don't ever perform, but could they have another hit? Hell no. Don't 4get Parliament Funkadelic!  "It's not what they call you, it's what you respond to." - Mabel "Madea" Simmons | |
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Supply and demand basic ecomonics. Black consumers do not demand quality in their music and as a result major record companies supply blacks with inferior products as long as it is cheap to manufacture and there exist a demand. Stop buying it and demand live bands again!!! | |
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While there are a few orgers on this site who know good music and have a respect for live music, most are too young to know the difference and so don't care. You can tell this by their interest in artists. "Who thinks Usher is cute?" "Do you like Beyonce's dress she wore at the awards?" | |
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jw1914 said: While there are a few orgers on this site who know good music and have a respect for live music, most are too young to know the difference and so don't care. You can tell this by their interest in artists. "Who thinks Usher is cute?" "Do you like Beyonce's dress she wore at the awards?"
Everyone around here hates Usher - what are you talking about? And bitching about Bayawnsay's dress has NOTHING to do with musical taste. | |
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jw1914 said: While there are a few orgers on this site who know good music and have a respect for live music, most are too young to know the difference and so don't care. You can tell this by their interest in artists. "Who thinks Usher is cute?" "Do you like Beyonce's dress she wore at the awards?"
You got that right my friend! | |
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VoicesCarry said: jw1914 said: While there are a few orgers on this site who know good music and have a respect for live music, most are too young to know the difference and so don't care. You can tell this by their interest in artists. "Who thinks Usher is cute?" "Do you like Beyonce's dress she wore at the awards?"
Everyone around here hates Usher - what are you talking about? And bitching about Bayawnsay's dress has NOTHING to do with musical taste. Have you taken a look at thread topics lately? [Edited 3/8/05 7:56am] | |
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jw1914 said: VoicesCarry said: Everyone around here hates Usher - what are you talking about? And bitching about Bayawnsay's dress has NOTHING to do with musical taste. Have you taken a look at thread topics lately? [Edited 3/8/05 7:56am] | |
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jw1914 said: VoicesCarry said: Everyone around here hates Usher - what are you talking about? And bitching about Bayawnsay's dress has NOTHING to do with musical taste. Have you taken a look at thread topics lately? [Edited 3/8/05 7:56am] Oh my bad, I forgot listening to anything not being played on the radio won't win you any "cool" points. | |
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Xavier23 said: everything now is all 'gangsta' . today's black music is so full of shit. even mariah want's to be black again!!
but seriously where are the good black bands indeed. whole bunch of bands named... including ".... The Revolution and that other guy, The Time, cameo. .... Uh-- last time i looked, a majority of the players in the revolution weren't black. All that glitters aint gold-- and all thats funky aint black.  Maybe its just me.
No more black bands because everybody wants to do it on their own-- everybody before was in somebody's band. Now, everybody wants to sing or rap. The black man is too focused on himself. Self-indulged bastards. COLLABORATE SOME GODDAMN TIME-- You never know what you're gonna get..... U may not be the next Usher, but you may be the next big contributor to the black man's legacy in music. Actually-- I loved Mint Condition and The Roots thats it, though.  [Edited 3/8/05 8:41am] Dynamic Savior Said: Also, do you think that ugly people are God's cruel joke on humanity (like the platypus and the heterosexual) or another form of population control? | |
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cinnamonjo said: Xavier23 said: everything now is all 'gangsta' . today's black music is so full of shit. even mariah want's to be black again!!
but seriously where are the good black bands indeed. whole bunch of bands named... including ".... The Revolution and that other guy, The Time, cameo. .... Uh-- last time i looked, a majority of the players in the revolution weren't black. All that glitters aint gold-- and all thats funky aint black. Maybe its just me.
No more black bands because everybody wants to do it on their own-- everybody before was in somebody's band. Now, everybody wants to sing or rap. The black man is too focused on himself. Self-indulged bastards. COLLABORATE SOME GODDAMN TIME-- You never know what you're gonna get..... U may not be the next Usher, but you may be the next big contributor to the black man's legacy in music. Actually-- I loved Mint Condition and The Roots thats it, though.
[Edited 3/8/05 8:41am] "All eyes on me not the band". EGOS,egos!!! "I want the fame and attention Now not later after I learn to sing or play an instrument." | |
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jw1914 said: jw1914 said: Have you taken a look at thread topics lately? [Edited 3/8/05 7:56am] Oh my bad, I forgot listening to anything not being played on the radio won't win you any "cool" points. Have you looked at any threads lately? Only ABeautifulOne likes Usher, and no one listens to modern radio on the org, as far as I know. Everyone thinks it sucks - and it sure as hell isn't a status symbol for "cool" points (  ) around here. | |
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