Rip crouch I wish I could have seen him rn I’m a young musician who has been confused my whole life until 2 years ago when I discovered crouch and information on what jazz and American culture is. I have one critique on crouch which relates classical to jazz but other than that crouch is very much correct on his history.
Tragic how many white kids will listen and comment on a million rap videos(which also have a million views) But would never listen, let alone read Black intellectuals like Crouch and so many others simply because he is not "ghetto" or a "rapper" . A ghetto with more Crouch instead of lil Wayne would be much better off.
No I think its a bias against hip hop. I think its brave to just really come and say it. But people who like it, support it and defend it, do so because its part of the culture to defend it no matter how detrimental or negative it is or can be.
any rapper will sell out. common's "universal mind control" sell out. Talib kweli's "eardrum" sell out. Lupe fiasco's Lazer's sell out. any of those underground rappers if they make to mainstream will sell out including immortal technique, jay electronica, Blu, brother ali etc.. quit trying to defend rap they are all in it for the money. they all have to please corporate forces.
HIP-HOP is the grandson of the BLUES, Stan is missled if he thinks bluesmen werent razor toutin,barroom fightin',girlfriend mashers.Maybe he should be talking about the record companies who make the decisions about what gets promoted.His ascertion that they are not musicians is just silly.
They play no instruments all the sounds are stolen on machines made by the same companies you speak of, they are not instruments. the rappers that did play instruments weren’t as good as dizzy Gillespie and anyone before him.
@Darren PalmerIF you love hearing his viewpoints,ask yourself why you would thereby give credence to a man with a documented failed purpose,(a failed jazz drummer who couldnt keep time)and the accompanying chip on his shoulder?? Uncle "Chip" Ruckus.....yo supp chip?dont be causin no ruckus,ma neezee...lol...lmao at stanley chip ruckus crouch......lol...
He just didn’t follow the right formula as a musician. At the time Americans where still obsessed with connecting classical music to everything; (its still going on today), Dizzy Gillespie says in jazz we do not play like classical that’s the difference. So ur just ignorant but it’s ok everyone who wasn’t into bebop is.
Lucky for Stanley Crouch I never heard him say "Bill Evans was a punk" or Id have definately broken his nose,and his glasses...lol...lol. Stanley,Bill Evans will.always be superior to the peons you tout."Everybody loves Bill Evans"....
Stanley is worth listening to.
I'm white. I listened to crouch. Even went to two of his lectures he gave on campus. The guy is incredibly talented.
Wh0 cares!
Rip crouch I wish I could have seen him rn I’m a young musician who has been confused my whole life until 2 years ago when I discovered crouch and information on what jazz and American culture is. I have one critique on crouch which relates classical to jazz but other than that crouch is very much correct on his history.
You starting with I’m white and I listen to Stanley crouch leaves me wondering are the two supposed to be mutually exclusive ?
Stanley was fantastic!! And I really miss him.
Mr Crouch may very well be biased against the rap genre, but to call him an Uncle Tom is to ignore his intellectual acumen
Unfortunately, for a lot of people, there are just 2 categories of black people.
Tragic how many white kids will listen and comment on a million rap videos(which also have a million views) But would never listen, let alone read Black intellectuals like Crouch and so many others simply because he is not "ghetto" or a "rapper" . A ghetto with more Crouch instead of lil Wayne would be much better off.
49:30 good point by Stanley
its uncle ruckus
No I think its a bias against hip hop. I think its brave to just really come and say it. But people who like it, support it and defend it, do so because its part of the culture to defend it no matter how detrimental or negative it is or can be.
any rapper will sell out. common's "universal mind control" sell out. Talib kweli's "eardrum" sell out. Lupe fiasco's Lazer's sell out. any of those underground rappers if they make to mainstream will sell out including immortal technique, jay electronica, Blu, brother ali etc.. quit trying to defend rap they are all in it for the money. they all have to please corporate forces.
chuuch
Agree or disagree....please read this this mans works....brilliant writer and thinker.
HIP-HOP is the grandson of the BLUES, Stan is missled if he thinks bluesmen werent razor toutin,barroom fightin',girlfriend mashers.Maybe he should be talking about the record companies who make the decisions about what gets promoted.His ascertion that they are not musicians is just silly.
They play no instruments all the sounds are stolen on machines made by the same companies you speak of, they are not instruments. the rappers that did play instruments weren’t as good as dizzy Gillespie and anyone before him.
minstrel entertainment for white people. damn. true unfortunately.
@Darren PalmerIF you love hearing his viewpoints,ask yourself why you would thereby give credence to a man with a documented failed purpose,(a failed jazz drummer who couldnt keep time)and the accompanying chip on his shoulder?? Uncle "Chip" Ruckus.....yo supp chip?dont be causin no ruckus,ma neezee...lol...lmao at stanley chip ruckus crouch......lol...
He just didn’t follow the right formula as a musician. At the time Americans where still obsessed with connecting classical music to everything; (its still going on today), Dizzy Gillespie says in jazz we do not play like classical that’s the difference. So ur just ignorant but it’s ok everyone who wasn’t into bebop is.
Lucky for Stanley Crouch I never heard him say "Bill Evans was a punk" or Id have definately broken his nose,and his glasses...lol...lol. Stanley,Bill Evans will.always be superior to the peons you tout."Everybody loves Bill Evans"....
Bill Evans was a College Quarterback also!
lol.....lol....has anyone seen uncle "chip" Ruckus.....lol....lol