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Originally Posted by tvbound
While you make some good points, I think the difference between those black artists and today's rap/hip-hop is in the perception of the "type" of music. When Hendrix/Aretha/Otis/Marvin et. al. recorded their great songs, it wasn't considered "black music" - just rock-n-roll performed by black artists.
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Once again, you are wrong...
Out of the artists mentioned above, only Hendrix was considered a "Rock Act".
The others were R&B, Motown Artists... Some called it "Soul Music"... It was definitely considered "Black Music" at the time (which in my opinion was not a slur, but to many, it was...)