Speaking of legendary comedians from the 1970-80's: Did you know Chevy Chase made a rap?;D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXSTDDeCiMAQuote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
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Speaking of legendary comedians from the 1970-80's: Did you know Chevy Chase made a rap?;D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXSTDDeCiMAQuote:
Originally Posted by El Kabong
A few white guys rap, like Eminem, but are there any women? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9kDW3y268Y
[QUOTE=SlimTrae;1318262]A few white guys rap, like Eminem, but are there any women?
In the UK the Hip Hop, Grime and electronic music scenes have always had a big mutli ethnic make up and that includes women. White people, just like the Canadian sound art pioneers who first started the plunderphonics experiments have always been a part of hip hop, and funk of course is full of white musicians and was reinterpreted by many bands in 1980's. Dance music of course completely decimates the argument that it is only black people who are funky. Listen to Derrick May, one of the Godfathers of techno talk about Kraftwerk and he is not talking about their cold and machine like demeanor, he talks about how he was inspired by how funky they were. Within the strict quantisation of dance music there is ample room for swing and groove. It's what separates the wheat form the chaff.
Here are a couple of British Girls who can spit it out along with the best of them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p48icgIs4sI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLlOzYM8gak
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yayIbyPa6sw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNhxBV0g3fs
Damn Greenz, I didn't know U were across the pond- see where my mind's at!! Totally, TOTALLY DIDNT think to put in Kraftwerk, nice catch.
That Lady Sovereign is the shit. Damn, how U gon'e show up American white funk?!
Like the British invasion of rock thread should be next.
Hey- here in the states Kraftwerk and Malcolm McClaren was what he used to break to! They came to my university back in the day and broke out Numbers..SHht was live G!
HERE YE HERE....GREENZ PRESENTED SOME FUNK, NOT BLUES, JAZZ, SOUL...
THAT'S THE P, YO!!!:cool: Come on Americans we can let this dude stand ya'll up!!!:mad:
Sound of rum, she b flowin.
Hip Hop definitely- however...Hip Hop got its birth from cats like Grand Master Flash & Afrika Bambaata & the Soul Sonic Force..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLEFDPTrw-o
so hiphop is kinda like the grandchild of Funk...So it's passes in my book.:cool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YPiCeLwh5o
Kool Herc... He was the beginning
@SlimTrae - I was a big Afrika Bambaattaa fan back in the day, Brixton Briefcase, square of vinyl for breaking on- the works. I am not the first to suggest it, but a lot of B- Boys moves are predated by the white Northern Soul dancers of England and the cultural exchange between black and white music has I would argue always been pioneered by the British. From the blues rock explosion in the sixties feeding on the inspiring work of black American blues musicians ( themselves influenced by English,Irish and European white folk music and country as well as the more obvious spirituals and field songs) to the extension of many obscure Mowtown and stax soul acts careers in the 70s and 80s and then the huge part that Reggae and Dub have in the UK from the two tone scene, where most bands where 50/50 black and white and of course punk rock with everyone form Donn Letts to John Lydon of the Pistols citing the massive influence of Dub and reggae.
These two Canadians, Dj Shadow and Cut Chemist are amongst the best and most influential turntabilists in the world and are currently touring playing Bambaataa's record collection ( with his blessinsg) in an international tribute to him ( check out 19:30 for the DJ Herc call out)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PmA86jlz_c
There is still a huge breakdancing and dj ing skratching scene in the UK with battles and competitions happening every month around the country. UK Hip Hop is a bit different to the US flavour and has plenty of funky white proponents.
Are all Funky White people racist to Denilson ?
Some funky white people :-\ ;D whatever that means for you from British Hip Hop
So a lot of UK crews from my generation started up as B Boys ( The Prodigy's Liam was in Cut to Kill) and there has always been scenes like Bhangra were British Asians and Black musicians reinterpret the musical heritage inherited from their parents through their own unique lens, focusing everything from reggae, rock, punk and folk music into a new form which to them is much more real and true to the heart of hip hop than the mainstream rubbish coming form across the pond. Of course their is good stuff stateside too and rubbish here, but UK artists tend to infuse stuff with humour and irony and be a bit more eclectic
And they are often very young, this means they spit with venom but refreshingly free of cynicism. When i started MC ing as a white/jewish/gypsy lad I was a bit of a rarity but nowadays there are loads of talented white MC's and I couldn't keep up
so
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvzIUhxDm10
and this one about Bristol in the westcountry where I used to gig back in the trip hop days in the 1990's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUt9nR-BEeY
typical humor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kjgf4jVKEI
Jam Baxter - North Londoner relocated to Bristol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrX1fun4zb4
then you have Plan B who as a producer and MC burst onto the scene and carries on the tradition of social commentary that got him labelled a bit unfairly the British Eminem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1OqCARzwL8&index=1&list=PLBEF154A2F6BA263 8
Jehst and a cutting reflection on England today (lyrically astute and very clever)
"Look at the history books, peep the bloodshed,
Karma is coming, you'll see the streets run red.
RedRum! That's the way that the money's made,
The Church of England invested in the slave-trade.
Trace it back to the bank where you put your wage,
Built on the blood of slaves and stolen sugar cane."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76H5ukE3tYI
Progressive synth leaning into funk. :cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfdNbsUdWow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zurxnFdNcUk
Fuck it lets go some rarer Black Funk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFqDIZMOJcI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrAfa1_gY80
Nice exchange of culture Greenz, X-cellent British groove (advanced class)
Love these white sisters!Quote:
Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust