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Maybe there's a miracle waitin' to happen
in the places and spaces with the mystical patterns
where dark is light and the light is bright
it's a struggle to maintain my appetite
in a time that's filled with gluttonous failure
I'm at pains to express this devious behaviour
Spend money, time or a very last dime
on the tings you would only ever leave behind

It's a worrying time to lift you head up from the compass,
with no obvious answers to the questions offered.
Blinded by the fictions of an audio addiction,
takes the senses to a place of imperceptible conditions
Like who dare ask the sum of their parts?
Who should tell of this becoming hell?
To think is the link between life and death,
enter this body of sound and escape the mesh.

Neciclopedia

 - wikiciclopedia mea preferata...

“Man who stand in front of car get tired, but man who stand behind car get exhausted, too.”

~ Confucius on Cars

Simply put Bizzle

Ladies and gentlemen

O simpla observatie: ma uitam la negri din muzica... vorbita -fie ca i se zice hip-hop, rap, grime etc. -si nu am putut sa nu observ ca cei din US, trecut si prezent, par mult mai chinuiti si pentru ei apogeul e sa fii gangsta, adevarat, din cartier, rau - chiar daca unii citeam ca niciodata nu au dus-o rau sau crescut in vreun ghetou. Dar pentru a avea credibilitate/public astea erau virtutile care trebuiau promovate. 

Si observ recent ca parca-parca la cei din UK nu se pune problema asa. Cel putin din tangentele mele slabe cu nume ca Dizzee Rascal, Kano, Skepta, Tempa T, JME, Tinie Tempah [de asta nu stiu aproape deloc, dar am vazut si eu un videoclip asa ca ma dau expert]. Pentru ei valorile promovate nu sunt nici saracia/iesitul din saracie, nici bling-ul (cel putin deloc comparabil cu ce se intampla peste ocean).

Intamplator, pentru ca grime-ul e mai caracteristic UK-ului decat rap-ul, exemplele la care ma gandesc sunt din zona aia. Asta spune cate ceva si despre ce inseamna muzica, pentru ca as far as i know in grime intereseaza si partea audio, nu doar versurile. Care este totodata mai variata/complexa decat in rap.

Dar observ ca nu doar ca ei nu impartasesc valorile sau nu incearca sa-si atraga publicul cu metodele celor din state, dar parca nici nu se pune problema. O melodie despre rasism sau care sa coalizeze negri in "noi" vs "ei" e mai degraba accidentala [honestly nu-mi vine niciuna in cap dar probabil exista]. Nici "brother" nu e zis parca asemeni "dog"-ului american.

Nu stiu situatia reala de la nivelul strazii si stiu ca exista tensiuni rasiale/intre imigranti, dar cel putin artistii astia-mi lasa impresia unor oameni crescuti low/middle-class intr-o societate mai deschisa catre diversitate si care nu i-am marcat ca "cioroi" in scoala. Si care probabil aveau prieteni albi.

De fapt pana si numele lor suna mai degraba funky, amuzant chiar copilaresc - si majoritatea sunt slabanogi. Adica nu poti fi O.G. cu un nume jucaus ca <searching wiki> CHIPMUNK sau Lethal Bizzle. Cand Snoop Dogg sau Snoop Lion folosea asemenea cuvinte ca shizzle, bizzle, nizzle se zicea ca-i fumat.

Asa-mi par si pe scena britţii. Nu sunt baietii cool care ne mai mult sau mai putin (in)canta si ar trebui sa fim recunoscatori, ci par niste entertaineri. Atat.

Desigur, treaba e complexa, conteaza si conditiile sociologice: <supozitii> Cum in America treaba cu "negrul cantand" e mai veche (britanicii pe care-i stiu sunt grimeri, gen aparut post-2000) si are alt public tinta crescut in alta societate, dar cred ca aici de fapt inchidem cercul.

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Asa ca m-am decis sa caut si pe net daca exista vreun articol si (pana acum) am dat doar de Yahoo Answers.

Black british vs afro-americans?

X: im black and british for starters and im glad im not afro american because they seem to have it alot worse in the states, whites over there just appear less tolerant and racist then the typically more open minded white brit. i have been to miami and the atmosphere when blacks and whites were together in a room was very intense and uncomfortable, i've never felt anything like it. its strange that in the US they have all black neighbourhoods because in Britain, its either all white or mixed. why aren't we called afro-british? i prefer black british anyway but im just curious why there is afro-americans and not black american as a category to define ethnicity.

boredom killing spree.

Y: My parents are actually from Wolverhampton. The times I've visited I didn't personally encounter any racism, but many of the Pakistani immigrants that I've met talked about moving somewhere else because of the racism they encountered.

Z:  My favourite example is Ian wright, the former England footballer. He is as English (British) as blokes come. He happens to be be black, but would the average bloke think of him as anything other than one of them. I think not. His colour matters no,t he is not black or afro british. He is British.

K: Simply put British black people think they're british, black americans think they are black people first then americans.

P.S. Imaginea nu se vrea o concluzie, e doar pentru ca mi-a sarit in ochi, e amuzanta si... Richard Ayoade! What's not to like?...

Pentru că tot există un Patrice-frenzy, o să postez şi eu melodia mea preferată (dintre cele aprox. 30 pe care le-am ascultat de la el)



Patrice - Dove of Peace from patricemusic on Vimeo.

Excuse me sir, you have a license for that war /
Raising Sodom and Gomorrah but what about tomorrow /
Hey Mr. President you never present no evidence /
When it is fully evident that your habit needs betterment /
Yes I know who you are but could you please breath in this bag /
And now let me see how straight a line you walk /
How come you slur your speech like your words are out the reach /

See people like you just don't practice what they preach /
You say the people shall not kill /
When you have blood on your hands /
You say the people shall not steal /
When you just take what you can /
Why can't you keep it real /
Why can't you just come straight /
I wonder how you sleep /
Or if one day you will break /


We've got to reach up as high as we can reach /
Teach those with guns the power of speech /
Remove the bullets from the breach /
And feather a nest for the dove of peace /

Gather the nest it's in our own interest /
Tell me who wants to see that the red button being pressed /
See there's war un the east and there's war in the west /
They say god bless us there're saying god bless U.S /
Why not invest the same amount of interest /
In same other places where the oil doesn't rest /
All people are blessed and this is a test /
I make just one request let us clean up this mess /



Is it drug that we take the doctrines in our head /
I know we're not like that I know we're not all bad /
We like to see children play see them o.k /
Whatever happens why take that away /

He was spreading her legs
And didn't understand dying
 She was still awake