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I agree with something she said in a previous interview "If you are white, then come be a part of hip-hop, GENUINELY be a part of it, but DONT sound like a Back-water slave." But she just seems to think that any change in hip-hop, to make it seem more appealing to others is done to appease the white man... that is bullshit. What is wrong with people like Jay-Z, Drake, Kanye, Wayne ETC wanting to make music that they STILL BELIEVE IN that just so happens to permeate through other communities outside of hip-hop. I DONT believe these people are sacricificing their artistry, or throwing Hip-Hop under the bus, I just think they are evolving, and their music is going with it.
galemoy - I get what Banks is saying! She's saying if the height of a Hip Hop career is being invited to private cigars cubs in Manhattan or being buddies with top Parisian fashion designers then the genre has lost its direction and it needs a "Re-set." I think she's right.
I like Azealia Banks as an artist...She's very witty with her lyrics. But I think that she contradicts herself a lot during interviews...The "fashion" statement is a bit out of place considering her appearances in many different fashion outlets. Moreover, I am not sure that she is in the right position to say that hip-hop is 'diluted', because she is contributing to that dilution. Also, her music is so eclectic that by her standard, it would not be considered hip-hop....there's a lot of electronic/dance beats in her album...She's actually an example that hip-hop can be universal and incorporate different things, and is not just one genre. I think that's one reason why folks like her music. Attempting to self-preserve in the music industry is a path to self-extinction.
Vince Lex banks is hip hop through and through... Electronic/house music was birthed from HIP HOP. Afika Bambatta one of the founding fathers of hip hop , created house. .. people would break dance to electronic dance music...
Aaron Smallwood - I agree with everything you posted - except the part about Bambatta "created house." House music started in black and Latino gay clubs. Specifically, the deejays would take vinyl records and blend them together into one continuous play that lasted for for up to 15-20 minutes. That morphed into 12" vinyl and finally disco of the mid to late 1970s. The club was the Warehouse in Chicago's old meat-packing district (thus "House" music).
See reading these comments makes me sad especially for the ones claiming there black and don't get Ms.Banks I mean really? Most off these show on tv that star blacks in it shows us as ignorant people example Braxton Family, Keysha Coles, etc to many to name my point is that there isn't one show that show us educated and without the struggle of trying to live on this messed up planet therefore I believe she's fine for what she believes in and is correct blacks are still struggling and people outside our race would love to use us as puppets to make money off of shyt they even try to copy our style and with out a doubt never pay respects for the hip hop world which we started its not about they can't do hip hop because they aren't black it's more like Ms. Banks said if your going to live in my world don't try to be us just live like us in other words be "yourself"
Ugh! She makes it hard to like her sometimes. So she thinks music should be segregated? Lol. If that attitude translates to society, she won't be allowed to ride the front of the bus anymore.
She never said that hiphop should be segregated but she pissed off of what people do of hip-hop nowadays which is understandable she says that the roots and the truth message of hip-hop are forgotten nothing else
Robbie Baker - "...If that attitude translates to society, she won't be allowed to ride the front of the bus anymore..." Not likely - see the Civil Rights Act of 1965. She said nothing about segregation. She's saying that brown and black people need to do a better job at keeping the genre (Hip-Hop/ Rap) close and not allow other groups to write it's history and take credit for its origins.
You really worked hard to mangle her words. White people in hip-hop dont need to appropriate black narratives, styles, or physical features to be rappers. Be authentic. As she's said flatly (numerous times) white artists are often rewarded for doing things that black and brown artists have been doing forever. Ain't nobody say shit about segregation.
I hate when she does the race thing. Im black and as a black person you saying Hip Hop needs to have "self preservation" because its losing itself is ridiculous. Hip Hop like most genres is evolving in the artistry to the sound and excluding artist or a new sound because its not the norm of what it was built on just seems stupid. Her whole argument to me is music just like people need to be segregated cause god forbid integration of artist happen.
The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born. Mark 14:21
She's not saying that it needs to be segregated, she's saying that the hip-hop world is pushing its integrity in a way. She said it herself, Kendrick does what he wants to do creatively without wanting the acceptance of these white pop dominant people. Kanye did change in a way in his music and he's constantly talking about how he needs the acceptance by these major corporations like Nike, Adidas and Google. Hip-hop is all about integrity and being free. She's not saying that hip hop should only be for blacks, she's saying it shouldn't strive to be control by some type of major plug that influences the likes of appropriating whites and ignorant artistry. We shouldn't desire the approval of what it is to be a hip hop artist. Hip-hop needs to be free that's all, not controlled by something.
Jabril Cathcart "She's not saying that hip hop should only be for blacks" this is exactly what she said : hip hop belongs to blakc and white people can't make hip hop.
Ross Potter I found it kind of interesting that she thinks when Hip-Hops opens itself up to new genres, that is is "watering itself down," but doesnt her album blend different types of genres WITH rap?
galemoy she doesn't mean that when u bring up influences u watering hiphop and nobody is against the fact that it cans evolve but stay truth to itself at the same time u can either choose to rap about ur own life and struggle or happiness etc or doing mainstream tracks for sells with non-sens and labelled it hiphop it's up to u but it won't be hiphop
Maybe there was a language barrier or problem translating. Or maybe she was nervous. This interview is confusing. What does Kanye begging to be accepted by white people have to do with hiphop in 2015. His music is boring just like all the rest of em.