swears said:And the whole white geek trying to be black gag has been done to death. It was played out by the time the Ali G film was released. I'm interested in innovations in hip hop and R'n'B. Not in tired parodies of it's lyrical content.
i don 't think that's what they do at all, this is a pretty sneary read of them, esp as lots of their other influences are clearly dance music from europe and the uk.
basically if you are a white guy who likes hiphop,wouldn't dare or even think of trying to pretend to do it for real as it would be laughable, expressing your love for hip hop by doing some lyrics that use its tropes in an honest manner is better than ignoring it or pretending you are it to me. if you are into innovations in hip hop and r and b then i also imagine they are too, but they aren't hiphop and r and b and you don't have to like them either.
adding a guitar to the mix isnt the one but strong songwriting and decent voices might be a better idea, dance music has always been better suited to pop than rock,there are some bands that do that well.
the klaxons aren't the one though - they're a silly cover band of old rave tunes , just an indie covers band.
squibl said:Dance music is in a worse state of irrelevance and stagnation than Indie. At least schoolkids listen to rock music. Mainstream dance music is strictly for other 30s.
the second part isn't true, look at dubstep, minimal clubs, d and b etc and the first part is generally because unless kids have access to pirates, or stay up late for specialist shows on the radio which are limited, they have limited access to dance music as they're usually unable to go to the places it is played at.
that's pretty much always been the way unless kids go to under 18s raves.
but i would say that the spotlight is no longer on non guitar music at all, so no one in the press can actually pick out whether it is vibrant or not as its almost totally dismissed.
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