OK My first post here. I am 23 year old Black Man from Texas. My name is Johnson( yea that is my real first name). Yes i love white women, hope to marry one one-day
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I think Adele is a very good singer, but she is def overrated because she is white
Before you jump on my case of me being a racist here me out, Adele is a great singer( very good actually). But what makes different from any other black female singer in the 40's and 50's who were discriminated againist and crap like that. She is a good singer, but i think people will overrate her because she is a white girl. I had a friend one time tell me that, "if he could find a white person who had the characteristics and the voice of a black person"( he would be a billioniare)."
Its the same reason why American Idol was started, the producers were looking for a white girl with a black voice. Yea they could find a black female with one, but it wouldnt make money( because the public has already heard a voice like that before)
For instance im gonna use Eminem, Em is a good rapper( i have him top 6 all-time, just based off of record sales, and also how he expanded hip-hop to surburban white america). But i also have to bring his skin color in as well. Before Em burst on the scene( white america viewed rap as ghetto music, and said that it was devil music). Dr. Dre only signed Em, because he had a vision of all the money he could make from white kids(and his plan worked). Eminem is no different from Canibus lyrically. But Em has an advantage because of skin color, and many white kids(who have money, will go out and buy his records because of it). This is why I hold Tupac and Biggie at the top all-time( they sold as much as they sold while being black). Most Blacks really dont have money to go out and waste on a CD, we are trying to get that ish free( real talk).
If Em was a black rapper, he would be another Canibus, or probably on T.I.'s level, but i also realize that without Eminem, hip-hop would not have expanded to white america( so he has done some good things). Em was also able to diss white celebrities during his peak like Brittney Spears and Christina Alguleria without backlash because of his race( no black rapper could have gotten away with something like that back then, it would have been career suicide)
I also think that the Beatles are overrated because of their skin color. I have Ray Charles number 1 all-time( i dont care about how much he sold). Ray Charles was a genius, and revolutionary for his time. Their is nothing about about the Beatles that is different from anything we see today. The people who vote these greatest artist of all-time list are going off record sales( which is stupid). They have consider the times back then as well. I am willing to bet that if the Beatles were a black band( they would still be a Top 15 artist all-time, but would not have sold as much), but because they are white, they get pushed to the top. Ray Charles on the other hand, if he were a white man( would be even bigger than he is now), and their would be no question who the GREATEST EVER was.
The same media also labeles Elvis Presley the King of Rock and Roll( you see where i am going here). Whites steal stuff that blacks have been doing for years, and get labeled the best because of the skin color and record sales( If Elvis was a black man he would be an ordinary singer, and would not have sold as much, because whites would not have spent money of his music). He also paid off black artists who were not able to have their music heard on radio in the past because of the racial tensions back then
Im willing to bet that if Eminem never bursted on the scene, that the Rolling Stones, wouldnt have even done a "Greatest Rappers of All-Time list. Blacks Rappers today have to appeal to white america( because thats who is buying their stuff) Nas was right when he said Hip-Hop was dead.
The media tries to label a white person the " the king of that musical genre" so that in 20 years from now, white people will say that they invented it. Look at Rock Music today( do most of these emo dudes, now that rock was invented by black people). They are doing the same with Eminem( 20 years from now, whites will claim that they invented hip-hop). And you know in a few years the media is just waiting to label Adele," the queen of soul." They tried to label Justin Timberlake," the new king of pop" on MTV back in 2002( remmeber that)
I also have to say this, Adele's agents are doing a very good job managing her career. JoJo and Joss Stone too me are better singers( but they did a big nono in dating black men, and white america would not support them). Adele may seem on top of the world now, but trust me, her career will fall flat( if she is even caught holding hands with a BM)
So my point is," White America loves Black Music", but they will only support and spend money on that artist, if the "black music" is coming from a white mouth