| okr said:
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The only music created by "black" americans at this point was soul. Ragtime, Jazz, Rock N Roll were all a product of racial cooperation. Ragtime and Jazz gave way through music cultures from Africa mixing with the classical style of symphonic music in New Orleans. Whites, blacks, creoles all joined together beyond racial barriers to usher in a new era of music. You can't refute me on this, as my degree was in Jazz and Blues music. Soul/Motown on the otherhand was a dominant feature of black american culture.
In other things, Hip Hop/Rap has kind of had its run here in the US, and no longer dominates like it once had. There are more and more solid rock bands coming out every year, and a lot alone from here in NJ.
@ the guy who said that Americans only travel state to state and don't have culture. We don't NEED to go other countries to experience other cultures, because we have a wide diversity of the cultures here in the US. We already are cultured just by interacting with people from all over the world. Also, its much cheaper for you to travel to other countries than us, as you can drive or take a short flight. It costs several thousand dollars for us to travel over the ocean, so that leaves us with Canada and Mexico. Canada has a very similar culture to our own, and we have Mexican culture well integrated into the US as is. Besides, I myself have done a two week tour of Ireland (and learned some Gaelic in the process), lived in Australia, and visited countries in the Carribean as well as visited Canada. Next trip is Italy or Germany (or maybe Ireland again, as it simply is an AWESOME country)
