Hehehe this reminds me of when I first started listening to techno and for some strange reason I thought Jeff Mills was white....
Someone brought up Richie Hawtin and it not mattering that he is white because he is an incredible producer. I wonder if so many people would ahve had a problem with Plus 8 using "The Future Sound of Detroit" as their logo if Richie were black. -Rachael On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Jayson B. wrote: > > >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? > _____________________________________________________________________________________ > Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
