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Old 09-14-2011, 02:45 PM
 
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I think adolescence and young people today will view Atlanta as the hub of African American culture down the road, right now its split between all the large metros around the country...primarily NYC and LA but with the so called "New Migration to the South" for a significant proportion of African Americans, check this forum in 20-30 years and I bet its going to be a slight edge to Atlanta from Washington, DC.
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Old 09-14-2011, 02:53 PM
 
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I ain't gonna be checkin' no damn city-data forum in 20-30 years.
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Old 09-15-2011, 04:03 PM
 
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How about an Atlanta Museum of European-American music?
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Old 09-15-2011, 04:45 PM
 
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How about an Atlanta Museum of European-American music?
Good idea. They can just play this on a loop.

Wayne Newton - MacArthur Park - YouTube
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Old 09-15-2011, 05:06 PM
 
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Good idea. They can just play this on a loop.

Wayne Newton - MacArthur Park - YouTube[/url]
Why not pick some good stuff? I seriously doubt that we'd put Sammy Davis Jr's version of "The Candyman Can" in an African American museum.



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Old 09-17-2011, 02:11 PM
 
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That museum should definitely be in either Memphis, New Orleans, Detroit or New York. Those cities could hold a claim on AA music. Not Atlanta...

New Orleans can claim Jazz
Detroit can claim R&B/Motown
Memphis can claim Blues
New York is clearly the birth of Hip Hop, and has a huge jazz, R&B and soul history...
Even Philly has more of a claim with Soul.


What could Atlanta claim as it's contribution to AA Music?

You can't make the mistake and base African American music on rap & hip hop... LA holds no claim in AA music other than most that made it would move there. The 90s are over and AA music is way bigger than rap. Rap makes up maybe only 10% of AA's contribution to music. Don't forget, at one time Rock & Roll was a black thing. Blues, Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Hip Hop, Reggae, Dancehall, Soca, Calypso, Socatone, Neo-Soul, and the list goes on... Where does Atlanta (or LA) fit in any of that?
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Old 09-17-2011, 02:15 PM
 
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Now, if the point is just for a new museum down south to capitalize on the Euro tourism, start with New Orleans. Then Memphis.

New Orleans because majority of New Orleans' culture is influenced by African Americans, and Jazz is New Orleans culture. AND Jazz has made among the biggest contributions to music period. Without the birth of jazz, we don't get Blues, R&B, soul, hip hop & rap, rock, blues rock and so on...

If it were not for the culture in New Orleans, the world of music would be as we know it. Would be completely different.
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Old 09-17-2011, 02:47 PM
 
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If Atlanta wants to break into the museum market, we should look at tapping museum markets that are not well known. Or go with what the city has a history with:

Museum of American Wars
College Sports Museum
African American Culture Museum
American Food Culture Museum
Racial Studies Museum
Museum of Urban Growth Studies (not pointing at Atlanta's history in Urbanism, but Atlanta's history in the study of urban growth. Atlanta knows a lot of growth problems best)
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