To understand where music has come from, studying it's ethnic origins can be useful. For example, rock n roll, although dominated in todays world by white artists, original started with the blues scene.; originated by black artists.
However to judge, or analyse pop music today as white or black is wrong. The great thing about music today, is that there is so much dillution in regards to ethnic origin. Not only do we have bands fusing different genres and ethnic backgrounds, we also have artists tackling music of other ethnicities.
Hatch and Milward: "pop music has always depended upon the interaction between white and black".
Music has evolved to a point where labels of white or black cant exist.
Eminem is white. Rap is black?
Phil Lynott is black. Rock is white?
How can we make such assumptions when there constantly proven wrong?
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Pretty good, although rock is in many ways based on blues progressions and therefore could just as easily be described as black in origin.
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