This post is underrated as f***

theres a deep history of soulful music in latin america, also originating from influences like the church as well

not to say it totally exists in parallel and it turned into different genres but its there

This s***s on the cosplayer vid in op

Bruno Mars talented af but we not blind this nigga went from paying homage to The Police and Elvis to just niggas and he made the pivot after his manager quit

I just think the discussion is meaningless bro. As long as the authenticity and talent is there. I don’t see any legendary R&B or Soul artists complaining about Bruno Mars. Just random people on Twitter. Nobody complained about The Weeknd and Drake hopping on Spanish records. That’s dope to me.

I like that Hip Hop and R&B influences every corner of the world.

if @op genuinely finds this problematic, his head would f***ing explode if he went to the bronx, s*** even brooklyn

"cultural appropriation" entering mainstream discourse was a mistake, it went from critiquing capital's commodification of culture to accusing people (mainly other creatives) influenced by different international sounds of "theft"

BORICUAS STAND UP

How is this a parody

brother watch summer of soul on hulu, quest love did the film

it’s a concert film but i honestly think it will open ur eyes on the spanish x black connection historically, culturally, and most especially musically

it’s deeper than just influence

like the way some of you guys were running with the narrative that the drummer from nirvana was "stealing" because he was using drum patterns from disco tracks (and he actually credited them) in the video

Please relax lmfao

Where did I say he never paid homage to niggas before? I meant he went from paying homage to everyone to JUST black people. Like Bruno Mars never used to rap before 24K Magic

?

You makin it seem like he switched up when that’s not the case

He just figured out where his forte is

He isn't allowed to change his style?

That’s the thing though he didn’t really change his style he just stopped making that cookie cutter pop in exchange for making the music he grew up with

There's an interview from 24K Magic era where he said he always wanted to make this type of music but had to sellout basically so he can have that artistic freedom later in his career it was all calculated

that's pretty common

Makes sense

Unorthodox Jukebox is still his best album

an evening with silk sonic