I have always said that that music industry wears its racism with great pride. That explains why SZA can release a pop album and Billboard, the Grammys, and Rolling Stone consider it R&B, while Justin Bieber can release an R&B album and those same organizations consider it pop. It’s because those terms aren’t really genre classifications as much as they’re racial designations. “Pop” and “R&B,” as understood by the music industry, are euphemisms for “white people enter through the front door” and “Black people enter through the back door.” These are Jim-Crow-era-water-fountain conditions and the music industry remains one of the spaces where segregation is openly operational and enforced.
“Traditional country instrumentation” includes “electric guitar, and live drums?” Um, no it doesn’t? It sounds like they’re still accepting rock-y country as real country…which means this is truly just a meaningless way to say “only whites.”
True: re outlaws. I’d say that’s it’s not just about being white, but about whiteness and white supremacy as an ideology. You can’t just be white, you have to perform whiteness. (This is despite the fact that country came from folk rebellion.)
Traditional country music WTF. They don’t want another BLK to win in that genre. So just keep your country music sounding the same way it has sounded for years. You need to grow the genre with the times.
They can get a traditional country category, but we can’t get a contemporary hip-hop category so guys like Killer Mike aren’t going up against Kendrick and Tyler, The Creator.
I have always said that that music industry wears its racism with great pride. That explains why SZA can release a pop album and Billboard, the Grammys, and Rolling Stone consider it R&B, while Justin Bieber can release an R&B album and those same organizations consider it pop. It’s because those terms aren’t really genre classifications as much as they’re racial designations. “Pop” and “R&B,” as understood by the music industry, are euphemisms for “white people enter through the front door” and “Black people enter through the back door.” These are Jim-Crow-era-water-fountain conditions and the music industry remains one of the spaces where segregation is openly operational and enforced.
genres are a funny little concept, aren’t they? 🤔
You know that part is what pushed them over the edge 😒. They love their lines.
wowowow this is so wild. very much “taking my ball and going home.” loser behavior.
Or "I can only win by cheating" but I suppose that's the same.
“Traditional country instrumentation” includes “electric guitar, and live drums?” Um, no it doesn’t? It sounds like they’re still accepting rock-y country as real country…which means this is truly just a meaningless way to say “only whites.”
Yeah but would you expect any less from the crowd that hated on the outlaw country boys way back when? And the latter WERE white.
True: re outlaws. I’d say that’s it’s not just about being white, but about whiteness and white supremacy as an ideology. You can’t just be white, you have to perform whiteness. (This is despite the fact that country came from folk rebellion.)
Performing whiteness was something the OG outlaw country boys refused to do to a man.
No integrity in it
Yeah exactly what I mean!
That’s the hilarious part. Rockabilly has long been ‘country’ though admittedly it took a minute to be accepted in the canon.
But it wasn’t called “a clown show” when George jones and Johnny cash did it …
Nasty work.
These crackers, I swear to god.
Those cowards
I mean, tell me you're a fearful racist without saying you're a fearful racist with the "traditional country" shit.
My gods, you white boys THAT fearful you're unable to compete?
Traditional country music WTF. They don’t want another BLK to win in that genre. So just keep your country music sounding the same way it has sounded for years. You need to grow the genre with the times.
They are exhausting.
They can get a traditional country category, but we can’t get a contemporary hip-hop category so guys like Killer Mike aren’t going up against Kendrick and Tyler, The Creator.
This part.
Minks. Pin heads. Worthless. Do I make myself clear?
Crystal...and far nicer than I am about this.
Wow
Wow
It does not help their optics that rap country acts like Florida Georgia Line have been nominated at various shows without complaint for years.