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Am I the last person to truly not give a damn about Blackfolks being included in white specific arenas or any other given arena where we have been historically excluded? Why should I give a damn about the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame now including HipHop artists?? First of all, these are the same people that believe Elvis is the king of rock and roll
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Well, that was part of my point. That's what I was referring to when I said "Why don't we create our own shit instead of worrying about being included in theirs?"
"You can't blame Elvis for performing songs written by black artists before him"
Stop right there. Actually I didn't "blame" him for anything. I could blame him, but I wasn't. What I said was the same people who champion him as the so called king of rock n roll are the ones who would be nominating honorees. Seeing as how they are exalting a man who only copied other artists, their opinions don't mean shit. If a group of white people decided to declare that Vanilla Ice was the King of HipHop and induct him in their hall of fame, I'd want to believe people would see how stupid that was too. Whether they liked Ice Ice Baby or not.
"you can blame his producers."
lol So I can blame his producers, but I can't blame him? Okey dokes.
"Chuck Berry had the sound and feel that a lot of the black artists were writing, but what he did differently was write lyrics that the suburban white kids could identify with"
Well, that's the problem. We need to not be worried about suburban kids and what they can relate to. I grew up on HipHop. I could not possibly care less if some kid in suburbia likes Slick Rick or Rakim. And I would hope Rick and Rakim don't care either.
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