Re: just curious...what do young blacks listen to?

Date: 16 Jun 2003 10:16:13 -0700
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In my experience with younger blacks as well as whites
(The #1 consumer), they listen to the same music that
most normal people listen to, and have always listened
to at that age.
Contemporary popular music. Pop.
Today, that happens to be contemporary R&B, rap and
hip-hop in it's many forms. Gangsta' is only one of
many forms of rap music. Rap is actually a broad
spectrum of music that is as varied as the number of
artists who create it. Believe it or not there are
rap tunes that have absolutely nothing at all to do
with the Gangsta' life style or braggadocia.
And you're right. They don't listen to blues.
Oscar
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oscarjordan
--- "c.n." <email-address-deleted> wrote:
> Since I'm as far removed from the music scene of
> young black Americans as
> our good Mr Burger and/or Mr Crouch, does anyone
> here know what exactly is
> the most popular music listened to by young
> (15-25yrs of age) black
> people?
>
> I'm fairly certain that it is not blues, as
> performers such as Whitney
> Houston, Tyrone Davis and Luther Vandross are too
> old school to interest
> today's kids. Hip-Hop and Rap is, according to those
> far removed from the
> scene, Gangster music by and for Gangsters. So, my
> question is, what is
> the most popular music among the non-gangbanging
> black youth of today?
> chuck
>
>
>
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