Posted on 07/23/2020 1:47:27 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
“God is love,” the Bible says. Black American music began with this love. We asked Him, in our African call-and-response tradition, for strength and freedom. These “Negro spirituals” begat the blues, which begat jazz, rock ’n’ roll, R&B, and rap.
Today, much of the love expressed in classic songs seems as anachronistic as cassette tapes. The Hot 100 pop charts still have plenty of songs by black artists about sex, which has always been an essential thread in the emotional tapestry of music. But compared with past decades, when popular black artists consistently gave voice to humanity’s most powerful emotion, far fewer chart-topping songs today discuss love as that alchemy of need, companionship and commitment transcending the physical.
These numbers show a coldhearted truth: The deepest forms of love are fading out of popular black music. Or as Lil Wayne said in his 2018 hit single “Uproar”:
“What the f**** though? Where the love go?”
Yes, we are quoting profanity up in this piece. Because while there has never been more vulgarity in black pop than now, there has never been less love.
“Art reflects life. I think both men and women now are having a hard time buying into love and long-lasting love,” said rhythm and blues singer and musician PJ Morton. His catalog of love songs, including “Say So,” the 2019 Grammy winner for best R&B song, resides outside the popular mainstream.
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What’s love got to do, got to do with it? What’s love, but a second-hand emotion?
Thanks for posting. Indeed Michigan could be our most musical state outside of Tennessee and California.
Today, Love is just sex and sex is nothing special. If you are female you are suppose to fall over with your legs spread any time anyone (male or female) shows any sign of interest or else you are "surrendering to the patriarchy".
If you are male you are suppose to screw anything that will hold still.
In no way shape or form are you suppose to embrace the deeper or richer emotional attachments that used to be considered necessary for sex to be meaningful. It is about as elevating as taking a dump.
The Spinners were great! Along with Tavares, Smokey, Earth Wind and Fire!
A little off topic but then maybe not...
On You Tube there is a genre of sites referred to as REACTION VIDEOS. The host (usually black) will watch (usually for the first time) music from another era. Mostly music they may never heard before or did did not know existed.
Music from the 1950s and 1960s are the main focus. It is fun to watch the reaction blacks as they listen to Elvis for the first time, or the Righteous Brother (most are surprised that the Righteous Brother were white).
Music from the 50s and 60s usually had a story of some sort. Some serious and some just for fun.
It may be a stretch but I would say there are many young blacks that are also getting tired of rap music.
https://genius.com/discussions/49577-Favorite-rap-songs-about-hoes
Feel free to google these great songs about hoes.
This is the BLM songs for unity between men and Hoes.
The Hip Hop/ Rap influence has killed most all “pop” music.
Why work to create a melody, tell a story, create harmonies and actual music played by musicians.
Now you just rip off samples, create drum “tracks”, talk a bunch of sh@t about the lowest common denominator in your life, and cuss alot.
Simple.
You won’t even get the original music for “I’m In The Mood For Love” in what most kareoke devices comes up with that doesn’t even come close.
Has there ever been a rap love song or are they all about killing cops and rival gangbangers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw2Yeeybjn8
Or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ag4pBKYWeQ
No self respect but feel free to demand respect for half of the BLM. I guess you could say black lives matter but not the Hoes (BLMBNTH)
Don’t forget the HOEs. Cops, killing and hoes.
MOTOWN is now dead as Detroit is.....sad.....MOTOWN MUSIC WAS THE GREATEST!!! The BEATLES were Pathetic next to MOTOWN!
That’s very nice, and the kind of talent I remember.
This dance tune, which is sort of like rap, sounds like it's straight from rural Tennessee, where the story told by the singer takes place, but it's actually from the Fortune diskery way up in Detroit.
Bacon Fat--Andre Williams & the Don Juans (1957)
In 1986, an updated version was released.
Slow.Clap.
My husband loves all kinds of music, and is a great fan of the ‘reaction’ videos. Our favorite is ‘Jamel AKA Jamal’ - he does all sorts of music (he’s wearing his ‘throwback wig’ in this one):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhzZ_ywMheg
I have subscribed to Jamel along with about 20 others.
I like the music and I love the reactions.
Well said. And then, they wonder why they are so unhappy.
‘India Reacts’ is fun, too.
She’s so pretty and personable, and has such a great comedic sense, she should be in movies.(She just needs to discipline herself to speak a little more slowly in her introductions):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY0ri8a6Hm8
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