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Originally posted by Belle
if people can't understand hip-hop influence being as strong as it is in 2013 when we're on a board full of people from multiple countries talking about Korean music on the internet with relative ease, I'm not sure they get it at all. There isn't any reason to hold things up to a standard of authenticity; that would be about the same as saying we're not Korean so we shouldn't listen to or be inspired by Korean music. Countless American rappers have no trouble admitting that they are glorified actors these days, playing characters and personifications of "hood" lifestyles, so I don't think it should be too far off to be okay with a handful of Korean girls using the culture that has been aggressively pushed on them since the early 90s and turning it into a foundation for something they do know about.
Most people who have a problem with the urban influences don't consider where they came from, how strongly pushed they were...and tend to just not like urban music anyway, usually because at the bottom of their hearts, it makes them either a little uncomfortable or they feel like they have trouble relating.
Excuse the good-to-bad-to-okay grammar.
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It's not about authenticity, and while I don't particularly like urban music I only meant that I think they (2NE1) don't pull the style off well. Their voices aren't suited to it, and as a group they can't really bring the choreography necessary to make it shine.
Rather than taking a jab at the authenticity of their sound, I'm just expressing my discontent with the fact that they go for it time and time again, not very successfully, when their ventures into more traditional pop are actually a lot better + more interesting. I've made it clear before that I totally agree with you about the pervasiveness of "ghetto" culture in K-pop and why it's come to be - I'm just not pleased with the results. Some acts pull it off, I don't think 2NE1 do.
And with only 2 new songs? Totally unnecessary.
