Eminem of course.

This is not a criticism of this thread QuakeXLE.

Just discussing... I find it weird that some folks find it unacceptable for a white artist to do hip-hop... yet have no problem with white artists being sampled in hip-hop... Doesn't make sense to me.

Justin Timberlake!

Jon B.
Eminem
Micheal McDonald
Bobby Caldwell
Remy Shand

George Michael..yep yep

CHIC0 said:

to you sweetie!!!

MoonSongs said:

Beck

JAY KAY


WENDY AND LISA

coolcat said:

Hey its a valid and contructive observation. thanks for sharing.

Hmmm... 500+ views and over 30 relevant post (not counting the trolling) on an over discussed subject.. interesting. Just seems to me to be a subject many peeps feel they wish to offer up an opinion weither they've done it before..or like me.. never had the opportunity to participate in previous threads.

I guess there is some curiosity about the subject still lingering around. And i apprecite all the examples which were given. I don't agree with all.. but al are valid examples.

Thanks for sharing

Prince.

what 'black'artists would you give a 'white'pass to? heheh

jonylawson said:

Heh... that might have been an interesting topic.

yeah but the humour bypass crowd would ruin it!

Dr John

ThePunisher said:

jonylawson said:

Tiger Woods
Lenny Kravitz
Prince
Beyonce

Flowerz said:

oops .. subtract Tiger Woods.. although he still gets a pass

BONO HAS A BLACK HEART?!

daPrettyman said:

I give a Black Pass to the Swedish House Mafia[!!!]



BTW: I'm only kidding.
[Edited 7/19/07 7:49am]

IAintTheOne said:

michael jackson.....only kidding he doesn't get a pass

colour me badd
vanilla ice

A licky boom boom down.

The claim that 'white' people cant sing 'soul' is IMO a weird sign of black people claiming that 'soul' is a black thing.

Bullshit.. Soul is the key element of music.

I am 'white' myselve and against any form of racism, but sometimes i have the feeling that some 'black' people are using the 'soul thing' as a form of powerplay. As a device to 'pay back' white musicians.

Utterly nonsense of course.

Let me start by saying that about 90 percent of the 'so called' modern, black R&B artists dont operate from the soul. Its mostly tiresome, formualic songs full of guys bragging how 'gangsta' they are, or women claiming to be a 'bitch'.

Thats no soul, its desperation. Musicians like Sly, Aretha, Otis and Marvin in their primes were way beyond that.

As i said, soul is a key-element of music, and i hear soul in the music of ladies like June Tabor and Susan McKeown singing centuries old folk ballads, i hear soul throughout the long career of Van Morrison, i hear soul in the excentric exercitions of Bjork, i hear soul in a country-crooner like Lyle Lovett, or a indie-rocker like Bill Janovitz (Buffalo Tom)

The truth is: i dont hear a lot of soul (understatement) in the music of contemporary, black R&B-musicians. Its all bling, bling, plastic, all attitude, no real substance.

And there lays my main problem: black people are still hyacking the word 'soul', when the truth is most black artist nowadays are delivering music that has nothing to do with SOUL in its purest sense.

I know, i will probably labelled a racist because of my words, it will lead to flames, but the simple truth is: black musicians are losing any sense of what 'soul' really is.

boy george and inxs come to mind...

Tom said:

Then, you can add Mick Hucknall of Simply Red and Bowie.

OK, I'm assuming that I even know what this topic means, but anyway:

Jamie Lidell
Eric Leeds
Lewis Taylor
John Scofield
Charlie Hunter
Bill Laswell
Gary Willis

I commented on a similar topic a while back, but hey I thought of a couple more to add to the list.
[Edited 7/19/07 21:38pm]

Hall & Oats

MsLegs said:

yeah mick hucknall is amazing. His vocals on that 'you make me feel brand new' track are amazing plus many others.