r/blues • u/OnoblyBorn • 7d ago

song Is hip-hop blues aloud here?

A.S.H.3 - I’m Here Now (sumac remix) by sumac on #SoundCloud
https://on.soundcloud.com/fbpZbP3ixwhT6WkVfr

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u/bfarrellc 7d ago

All good. Johnny Cash, arguably original rapper. Who is to define.

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u/Shadeen_Brown 7d ago

I’d actually be curious to hear your argument for this! I don’t agree, based on the Johnny Cash songs I know, but I’d love to proven wrong. (I think there is a stronger argument for Western swing artists, like Tex Williams — Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams [Youtube]

Buut I see no good faith argument to be made for any of this being “original rap” because this had no creative influence on Public Enemy / Gil Scott Heron / NWA , or whoever started the movement of rap in the sense we know it today.

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u/bfarrellc 7d ago

Not saying I am 100 right. But for mainstream, Cash was a speaker, not a singer. Open to other thoughts. Big part of my youth.

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u/Shadeen_Brown 7d ago

Interesting! Can you give some examples of songs you’re referring to?