To be able to go agianst the current black musician stereotype is VERY difficult. The media has burned in the minds of America's youth that black culture is all about "chillin in the ghetto," and sex.
I digress. The media is not the only culprit in this stereotype. Black men themselves (and i'm not speaking for all of them), are more than helping along this stereotype. Last time i checked, noone was holding a gun to puff daddy or Jay z's head to write the music they do (or sample) or the video's they star in.
I know i'm not quoting (i already deleted the quote from my message, and i'm too lazy to go back) directly, but does all of this mean that white producers have no credit what so ever? Has all the techno that those crazy swedes have been putting out been for nothing? Is Richie Hawtin a terrible producer because he's not black? Have whites no real creativity when it comes to dance music?
I'm assuming you all answer no. And with that, i ask you another question: since trance is written dominantely by white people, does this reason alone make it uncredible?
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