There is not enough faith in black music at a high level.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Negro music and culture are intrinsically improvisational, existential. Nothing is sacred. After a decade, a musical idea, no matter how innovative, is threatened.
That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to.
Historically, black music has influenced other cultures and other genres and created other genres.
Anybody under the age of forty knows hip-hop, gospel and R&B pretty well, and it's all a part of what we consider to be 'black music.' There is a natural synergy between the three.
American music culture is black culture.
The problem is the following, black music is increasing encumbered by white elements, often pleasant but always superfluous, easily and advantageously replaced with black elements.
If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something.
If you're doing black music, you should have a core understanding of where that comes from, and the fundamentals - so you're not some bozo thinking you're doing something new.
Once you're successful with a certain kind of music, it's hard not to have faith in it as a means to stay successful.
Black music is too big and too powerful not to have its own awards show.