It stills blows my mind when even musicians will proclaim that hip-hop isn't real music when they've probably seen someone who isn't good try to do it. It's a disaster that's equivalent to someone who can't sing trying to belt their way through "Bohemian Rhapsody" at a karaoke bar. I'm sure there are some arguments out their that claim racist reasons for white cultures negation of hip-hop as real music much like those who say that lesbian relationships are sexy flirtations rather than genuine love. But, for me the main cause behind this thought is that black or African music is rooted in rhythm rather than melody. White people, for the most part (because i speak generally) like their drummers in the background. They don't understand music that is based around the rhythm rather than the melody.
At the same time this could go to explain why white people supposedly can't dance. When you haven't grown up around rhythm you probably can't express it with your body. But, there are white guys who play the drums and can't dance, but they've probably never tried too often to express it with their entire body. Most of us have probably only seen family members dancing on a handful of occasions. We ourselves have probably only danced at certain family occasions and awkward middle school dances. Basically it hasn't been part of of lives or our music.
But, this is changing. Younger white people are getting into hip-hop music, but mostly for the wrong reasons. They'll blast it in their tricked out Honda Civics until their mid-twenties, but then they'll disavow it when they are older and have kids. I think this is because they were into mainstream hip-hop because of the absurd lyrics and situations. Once they become older they feel as if they've grown out of it and find it destructive. They probably didn't really like the music form itself. There were other reasons beyond the music that drew them to it. It was a short-term flirtation.
I don't know. What I'm saying might be controversial. Let me know if you think I'm wrong, but remember that I'm speaking generally. There are always exceptions, but you can't really discuss anything by using the very few exceptions. For the majority of us I think this rings pretty true.
