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Nah I can't let this slide lol. Whether it's Motown to Eminem to Dilla to Big Sean to Scam Rap. Detroit is very identifiable to the rest of black America. Not to mention the influence they have in black fashion (carhartts, Cartiers, Pelle jackets) No way DC or Detroit are in the same predicament. I literally see/hear Detroit influence on a daily basis.
Bro, you just admitted in an earlier post, that your from Jerz, and that when you were growing up the "East Coast" in your mind was NY, NJ, and Philly. You pretty much indicated that DC was irrelevant.
And again if black DC natives are as influential as they claim, they should have the ability to make GoGo stick nationally. FOH with all these cop-outs for DC. Y'll have no problem shading Boston for being irrelevant and let all these cities with significant black populations get away with underperforming.
I'm not even from D.C. or Detroit and will tell you D.C. has one of the most identifiable/unique/robust local Black cultures in the nation. Black America knew in the 70's that D.C. was Chocolate City especially when Parliament Funkadelic dedicated an entire song to the city. Not to mention D.C. role as far as Black radio stations and network stations. BET and Urban one just to name a few. Can't forget the Russ Parr Morning show and the legendary Petey Greene. Than there's Howard University. One of the most famous HBCU's in the nation. Plus the long list of famous Black entertainers from D.C. that influenced Black culture for decades. Also Marion Barry was a pretty popular Mayor in the Black community in the 80s and early 90s. D.C. continues to attract Black people from all over the nation while Detroit has been losing it's Black population for quite some time thus losing a bit of it's influence on Black America. Also D.C. is or was one of the few cities that a had a line of Black owned clothing brands that were just as popular as the national urban name brands. D.C. truly moves to the beat of their own drum. People saying otherwise lying to themselves or from Boston. A city on the outside of the center of Black America. Let's just be honest right there.
You said D.C. and Detroit accents sound similar but nah not even. It's obvious you no nothing about D.C. I'm born and raised in East Texas and even I know D.C.'s local Black culture.
I said Bmore and Philly all 2021 are really similar in built environment, cuisine, and even sound similar apart from the “oo” and dudes tried to stomp me out over the internet…now here we are. Lol.
Philadelphians that want to distance themselves from Baltimore have superiority complexes. My aunt lived in Dundalk I loved going to Bmore, I felt like I was at home more than any other city. There’s differences for sure, but the similarities are unparalleled. And let’s be honest, most people who can’t notice the similarities are white, lol.
Yea I feel that I don’t go deep into Philly like I do NYC usually. I’m usually like off Lancaster Ave as University City turns hood or like Point Breeze. Rarely do I go north of Girard Ave. I go THRU northeast to Bristol though. I knew I wasn’t seeing it in NYC.
I'm not even from D.C. or Detroit and will tell you D.C. has one of the most identifiable/unique/robust local Black cultures in the nation. Black America knew in the 70's that D.C. was Chocolate City especially when Parliament Funkadelic dedicated an entire song to the city. Not to mention D.C. role as far as Black radio stations and network stations. BET and Urban one just to name a few. Can't forget the Russ Parr Morning show and the legendary Petey Greene. Than there's Howard University. One of the most famous HBCU's in the nation. Plus the long list of famous Black entertainers from D.C. that influenced Black culture for decades. Also Marion Barry was a pretty popular Mayor in the Black community in the 80s and early 90s. D.C. continues to attract Black people from all over the nation while Detroit has been losing it's Black population for quite some time thus losing a bit of it's influence on Black America. Also D.C. is or was one of the few cities that a had a line of Black owned clothing brands that were just as popular as the national urban name brands. D.C. truly moves to the beat of their own drum. People saying otherwise lying to themselves or from Boston. A city on the outside of the center of Black America. Let's just be honest right there.
You said D.C. and Detroit accents sound similar but nah not even. It's obvious you no nothing about D.C. I'm born and raised in East Texas and even I know D.C.'s local Black culture.
Again, I'm not debating DC's uniqueness or robustness. I arguing that relative to its black population, their influence in mainstream black culture is underwhelming and that it's not Tier One. I can list a whole bunch of things for Boston like you just did for DC, doesn't make it any more identifiable on a national scale.
Nah I was referring to another poster who said that the DC accent sounded like Detroit. Although I disagree with him, we both share the sentiment that the DC accent isn't really identifiable outside of the DMV. It really just blends in with the majority of black America which is southern-influenced.
Boston being on the outside of black America has nothing to do with my ability to observe. I'm black American with roots from South Carolina, please don't marginalize me due to the city's racist stigma.
And why are people so focused on Hip-hop and accents? There's more to Black culture than just Hip-hop and noticeable accents.
There's definitely multiple aspects to black culture. In your opinion, what is the most efficient way of exporting the local culture of a city to the masses?
Street Dc dudes talk like they got marvels in their mouth. Idk what the hell they be saying. But most blacks people in DC are pretty damn clear i their speech with the only identifiable thing for me being how they say “Uhric” (or Urk) and not “Air-rick” for “Eric” Baltimore is more clear despite the urban hillbilly sound.
Philly DC and Bmore all have these guttural sounding things
Thurl, jawn, drawlin, ard, irkin, “oo” , murland
It’s like this deep round “uh” sound that make me think of hurl and literally hurling.
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