Yeah. Not to beat a dead horse or anything, but there some definite problems with this song. Particularly the way Mos Def seems to set up "white music" as a straw man to beat up. I mean, "Limp Bizkit," "Korn," and "Kenny G" are hardly the ideal representatives of so-called "white music." If we are to recognize the black roots of modern music (and we should, without a doubt) then we must also acknowledge that these (awful) artists were also just as influenced by black music. Other than than, we should also remember that blues music was the child of African rhythm and the European ballad. It's not just black or just white. It's both.
That said, lets stop hating on Elvis. He didn't do anything wrong.
Yeah. Not to beat a dead horse or anything, but there some definite problems with this song. Particularly the way Mos Def seems to set up "white music" as a straw man to beat up. I mean, "Limp Bizkit," "Korn," and "Kenny G" are hardly the ideal representatives of so-called "white music." If we are to recognize the black roots of modern music (and we should, without a doubt) then we must also acknowledge that these (awful) artists were also just as influenced by black music. Other than than, we should also remember that blues music was the child of African rhythm and the European ballad. It's not just black or just white. It's both.
That said, lets stop hating on Elvis. He didn't do anything wrong.