Chai's Analysis

I'm watching "Black in the '80s" and a commentator said something that...I don't know..want to discuss. Do black social music only come about when their backs are against the wall? Like Grandmaster Flash's "Message" was created because no one was talking about the things that were happening in the cities. So does music, particularly black music represent the struggle and that if you do become "pop" you are abandoning the black culture and society? Is Kanye trying to bring it back to social causes with "Diamonds (from Sierra Leone)" as a blend between pop and global social culture (though the video is powerful, his lyrics don't make any sense with the video)?

Please comment. Let the masses hear.

posted by Chai at 1:19 PM