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heaven05

(18,124 posts)

11. the Stones, the Beatles

Reply to kwassa (Original post)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 09:37 AM

Dec 2014

Last edited Sat Dec 27, 2014, 01:12 PM - Edit history (1)

Elvis Presley? Little Richard, Fat's Domino, Chuck Berry? The latter never received their financial due that their opposites on the privileged side did and this OP proves it's still going on in one respect or another. The beat goes on...always has, always will be. I agree with the last 2 and 1/2 lines, 100%, thanks for this reenlightenment. Had not thought of that area of amerikan exceptionalism for a while.

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A great essay about Iggy Azalea, cultural appropriation, and black women in the industry ... [View all] kwassa Dec 2014 OP

I should be embarrassed to ask this... BronxBoy Dec 2014 #1

A white female Australian rapper with butt implants .... kwassa Dec 2014 #2

Um... BronxBoy Dec 2014 #4

This whole essay is blowback for TI. read it, it is excellent. kwassa Dec 2014 #6

Those are butt implants. For sure. bettyellen Jan 2015 #14

Yep, they are MrScorpio Jan 2015 #15

Is she any good? Warpy Dec 2014 #5

I have seen it twice on tv and I think she is awfully untalented and awful all the way round. glinda Dec 2014 #9

Oh, well, then once the shock value of aping a regional accent wears off Warpy Dec 2014 #10

Butt implants? Feral Child Jan 2015 #13

Age is not a thang ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #7

her fake black atlanta accent stikes me as inauthentic and exploitive elehhhhna Dec 2014 #3

the same thing was said about Miley Cyrus. I am glad you posted this. roguevalley Dec 2014 #8

the Stones, the Beatles heaven05 Dec 2014 #11

This is excellent! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #12