[Sinister]

we deserve the racism

[BLaCKPoWeR]

Originally posted by Jameson Teqkilla

Daft Punk: 1 hit
Robin Thicke: 1 hit
Pharrell: 2 hits

Hihihihihi

Let's compare the kidnapping stats 1500 - 2000.

[ECNEICSNOC]

Originally posted by BLaCKPoWeR

Let's compare the kidnapping stats 1500 - 2000.

OH NO!!!

[Jameson Teqkilla]

Originally posted by BLaCKPoWeR

Let's compare the kidnapping stats 1500 - 2000.

What does that have to do with the Billboard Hot 100 again?

[Big Smoke]

Originally posted by Sinister

we deserve the racism

#teamplantation

[Sinister]

Originally posted by Big Smoke

#teamplantation

#teamlynch

[Gangsta4alife]

Originally posted by Sinister

youblack people stay complaining about ****

making it seem like no blacks had a hit this year...****...Get Lucky is practically Pharrell's song

and as much as I love Robin Thicke...Pharrell and T.I had just as much help with making BL a smash

it's not that big of a deal

[Jameson Teqkilla]

Not someone driving by my house BUMPING this

[RudeBoyy]

Ya'll I know I sound super ignorant but can someone PLEASE explain to me all this hate on Obamacare? Like the way people are making this seem like life or death is confusing me.

[BLaCKPoWeR]

Originally posted by Jameson Teqkilla

Not someone driving by my house BUMPING this

YESH.

This would smash on the radio. (Urban radio of course, not Pop. )

[Sinister]

Originally posted by Gangsta4alife

[Gangsta4alife]

Originally posted by UnMutedOne

It's hilariously maddening that people are actually trying to pretend that there isn't a blatant element of racism involved in how black music (yes I said 'black music,' it is what it is...let's not be fake) has been handled/treated in the mainstream over the past few years. Since about 2010, there has literally been a black-out that in some ways is more extreme than the way black artists were treated in the 1950s.

On one hand, I'm glad that veteran and respected white artists like Justin and Eminem have come back making music that didn't stray from the urban (i.e. 'black') style of music they did pre-Gaga/Katy, because they're big enough to force more white-washed radio stations and the general public to have to acknowledge it...on the other hand, it's infuriating knowing that if Usher released "Suit and Tie," if Ludacris released "Rap God" or if Kelly Rowland recorded one of those silly Miley Cyrus songs, they would have been lucky to crack the top 40.

The restructuring of the music business over the past 6-7 years has been detrimental to black music, because it's made the playing field so uneven that its artists can't compete. And with the way that the music business is dying overall (thank you iTunes, YouTube, Spotify and all you Clinton-era born dorks who think that a single MP3 on an iPhone is as good as CD quality played on stereo), record labels are clinging harder than ever to what they think will be a sure bet for making money, and are too scared to stray from the formula. And unfortunately cheesy dance and pop music just happened to be in the right place at the right time when this chaos started. In a healthier music scene, this pop phase would have ended two years ago. But thanks to iTunes and Spotify, we're living in an era where acts that SHOULD have been one-hit wonders are giving more chances than they deserve.

Anyway, Black women aren't charting because they can't easily play up to the dorky hipster crowd that has more video games than friends and lovers. Another reason is that black artists in general don't have aggressive and ruthless enough managers and teams to barter, manipulate or threaten on their behalf the way CBS/Sony did for Michael Jackson when they threatened to pull all their music videos from MTV if the channel continued to snub him.

Originally posted by IsidoraMarí

Because America doesn't care about music, they just want songs they can sing along with. And most Black Females sing with passion, which most Americans lack.

The clocks

[Jameson Teqkilla]

UnMutedOne is being over dramatic too. Urban/R&B was EVERYTHING from the early 90s until the mid-late 2000s. It's only been in the background for a couple years. These things happen. Give it a few years and tastes will change again.

I mean songs with disco influences smashed this year and that genre's been "dead" since the 80s.

But thanks to iTunes and Spotify, we're living in an era where acts that SHOULD have been one-hit wonders are giving more chances than they deserve.

What does this even mean? You want everything to be based purely on radio again?

Radio is MORE shady and easily manipulated than iTunes/Spotify, not less. iTunes and Spotify LEVEL the playing field by allowing all artists "space on the shelf," so to speak. It is much cheaper to get your music on iTunes and Spotify and to add an official video on YouTube than it is to get a Clear Channel station to pay your song.

Black women aren't charting because they can't easily play up to the dorky hipster crowd that has more video games than friends and lovers

But hipsters don't even buy music And this is just a very sentence in general

[Sinister]

why can't ppl just listen to the music and shut up

i love every song that made it to #1 this year...even Harlem Shake

[MP2K]

Originally posted by RudeBoyy

Ya'll I know I sound super ignorant but can someone PLEASE explain to me all this hate on Obamacare? Like the way people are making this seem like life or death is confusing me.

You know Americans are dramatic about everything, Obamacare is just a black mans name placed in National Healthcare.
With National health care everyone gets coverage from the sick people that need it to the people that don't want the benefits or need them. That's good but the cons are that there will be increases in insurance and cost of care/meds and higher earners are bitching about having to pay higher or new taxes in order for everyone else to get coverage. And since everyone will have health issuance that means waiting hours to see a doctor will be longer than what they already are. That's just a little gist of it.

[BLaCKPoWeR]

[collapse][/collapse]

[RudeBoyy]

Originally posted by MP2K

You know Americans are dramatic about everything, Obamacare is just a black mans name placed in National Healthcare.
With National health care everyone gets coverage from the sick people that need it to the people that don't want the benefits or need them. That's good but the cons are that there will be increases in insurance and cost of care/meds and higher earners are bitching about having to pay higher or new taxes in order for everyone else to get coverage. And since everyone will have health issuance that means waiting hours to see a doctor will be longer than what they already are. That's just a little gist of it.

All this foolishness I'm hearing about him being "The Worst President Ever" and foolishness as if the country is about to burn down. I saw the most hilarious gif yesterday, it was like "When I start a sentence with "My taxpayer dollars" I'm about to say something really ignorant and bigoted" or something.

I dont get politics though...

[Jameson Teqkilla]

The fact that there's still people who think a first-world country shouldn't have universal health care

[Sinister]

Azealia $ang...she got it

[BLaCKPoWeR]

Concave noses >>>.