Re: [microsound] [OT] hiphop article

["Dominic Lanzone" <dubvurt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> >ok. so.
> >black people are a minority in the US. for an album to go gold or
platinum
> >here, get video airplay ect, it's has to appeal to NONblacks. therefore,
> >what sells and what you see has more to do with NONblacks fantasies of
what
> >black life is.
>
> That's a good summary of the corporate media's attitude toward black 
> culture.  African American-made music, films and tv shows couldn't
possibly 
> make money right?  Something's only a "hit" if it crosses-over to white 
> america.  There's a word I'd like to use in reference to this sort of 
> thinking but I'll hold myself back here.

hold yourself back from who? me? i'm agreeing with you. what i'm saying is
that the execs fantasies about what will sell and who the demographic is
determine what gets airplay/exposure.  i didn't say anything at all about
African American made art and culture not actually being saleable. what i
mean is that a whole lot of it is never given a chance because of that kind
of thinking. 
-dominic

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