Blacks made incredible pop music in the 60s and early 70s. What the fuck happened?
crack and jamaicans happened
>not late 70s
>not 80s
wut?
White people stopped writing the music for them.
Hip hop
>>74105050
?
>>74105050
The majority of Motown's hits were written by blacks like Holland/Dozier/Holland, Smokey Robinson, and Mickey Stevenson.
>>74105009
what?
black pop music peaked in the late 70s-early80s with disco
>>74105305
Half of disco musicians were white.
>>74105327
sure, and Abba and Boney M are good, while we're at it
gangster culture taking over, blacks that behave like whites (aka civilized) being labels as coons and uncle toms, etc... self-sabotage due to an insecurity and an enormous inferiority complex and feeling of entitlement due to the nanny state.
>>74105348
It's sad, back in the 60's and 70's you had some downright dapper-looking soul groups.
>>74105305
disco is funk for plebs
>>74105423
both are popular music and carry pretty much the same message
they differ because the decades they're from had different mindset and technology, but in the end it's still a just for fun thing
also, boogie is the best because it mixes both
>>74105009
>Blacks made incredible pop music in the 60s and early 70s. What the fuck happened?
you realize motown scammed all their musicians right?
blacks had to sellout to the jews to make a living.
>>74105009
crack epidemic took off
it's easier to rap than to spend thousands of hours mastering singing and/or an instrument
>>74015009
Good question, OP.
Ever since it's inception up until the late 1970s Motown Records, and it's off shoots Tamla and Gordy always put out great records. Not a clunker in the bunch. The same could be said for Atlantic and Stax.
>>74105050
OP posted Motown