It's not anti-white. He's saying it because a lot of people ignore the Black roots of rock n' roll, and revere the white roots (Oh, and Elvis sucked. Great voice, horrible music.) Now, I like the Stones, I do, but I like Nina Simone, and Bo Diddley, and John Coltrane (though he was a jazz musician, not a rock and roller, per se) the two can co-exist, he's saying that the musical genre itself was stolen, basically plagiarized, because people don't recognize the Black roots of rock and roll as much as the White roots. Ice-T said the same stuff when he started with Body Count and people were dissing him, calling him a sellout.
I think this is the direction he was going in on my second listening to the song. i definitely think that people deny the fact that Angus Young got the duck walk from Chuck Berry and give all the credit solely to Angus Young. my father has become quite racist as of late and denies the black roots of rock and roll any credit in the classic rock movement. I think Mos Def just wanted that sort of mentality to be brought to the forefront and this "plagiarism," as gofuckyourself so eloquently stated, to an end.
I think this is the direction he was going in on my second listening to the song. i definitely think that people deny the fact that Angus Young got the duck walk from Chuck Berry and give all the credit solely to Angus Young. my father has become quite racist as of late and denies the black roots of rock and roll any credit in the classic rock movement. I think Mos Def just wanted that sort of mentality to be brought to the forefront and this "plagiarism," as gofuckyourself so eloquently stated, to an end.
And upon my third listen I think Mos Def didn't execute this very well saying he won't listen to Elvis or Korn, possibly in an attempt to invalidate their contributions to the genre.
I think Mos Def ends up losing out in the end, for denying white rock, and we all win for accepting all these contributions and cherishing them for what they are, Beautiful moments in musical history.
It's not anti-white. He's saying it because a lot of people ignore the Black roots of rock n' roll, and revere the white roots (Oh, and Elvis sucked. Great voice, horrible music.) Now, I like the Stones, I do, but I like Nina Simone, and Bo Diddley, and John Coltrane (though he was a jazz musician, not a rock and roller, per se) the two can co-exist, he's saying that the musical genre itself was stolen, basically plagiarized, because people don't recognize the Black roots of rock and roll as much as the White roots. Ice-T said the same stuff when he started with Body Count and people were dissing him, calling him a sellout.
I think this is the direction he was going in on my second listening to the song. i definitely think that people deny the fact that Angus Young got the duck walk from Chuck Berry and give all the credit solely to Angus Young. my father has become quite racist as of late and denies the black roots of rock and roll any credit in the classic rock movement. I think Mos Def just wanted that sort of mentality to be brought to the forefront and this "plagiarism," as gofuckyourself so eloquently stated, to an end.
I think this is the direction he was going in on my second listening to the song. i definitely think that people deny the fact that Angus Young got the duck walk from Chuck Berry and give all the credit solely to Angus Young. my father has become quite racist as of late and denies the black roots of rock and roll any credit in the classic rock movement. I think Mos Def just wanted that sort of mentality to be brought to the forefront and this "plagiarism," as gofuckyourself so eloquently stated, to an end.
And upon my third listen I think Mos Def didn't execute this very well saying he won't listen to Elvis or Korn, possibly in an attempt to invalidate their contributions to the genre.
I think Mos Def ends up losing out in the end, for denying white rock, and we all win for accepting all these contributions and cherishing them for what they are, Beautiful moments in musical history.