Favourite Black British artists?

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DeltaHomicide — 9 years ago(January 31, 2017 11:55 PM)

Tricky
Goldie
Sade
Steel Pulse
Craig David
Grooverider
Carl Cox
Roni Size

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froggyandtoadie — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 05:25 AM)

Tricky

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KatiesGhost — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 06:03 AM)

Sade
The Mis-Teeq
The 411 (two of the girls in this group are black)
Lisa Roxanne
Neneh Cherry
Poly Styrene (X Ray Spex)

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TheHumanCypher — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 07:54 AM)

Labi Siffre
Cymande
Osibisa
Steel Pulse
Aswad
Matumbi
Roots Manuva
Goldie
Tricky
Roni Size
Young MC
Lewis Parker
Yungun
Lotek
MF Doom

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sostie — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 08:38 AM)

Barry Adamson
Pauline Black
Poly Styrene

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fud-slush — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 09:16 AM)

Should music be classified by the skin colour of its performers or writers? Substitute black for white & it immediately seems like a racist question.

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PresMuffley — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 11:01 AM)

Of course music shouldn't be classified by race, but I felt that the point of this thread was that there aren't nearly as many well-known Black British artists in comparison to Whites.

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fud-slush — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 03:22 AM)

Do you think that fact has discriminatory origins?

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PresMuffley — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 06:47 AM)

To a degree, possibly, but I'd wager the more important factor is that the black population in the UK is relatively small.

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fud-slush — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 02:37 AM)

then that there aren't so many black singers / bands is understandable & logical.
It might have something to do with there being so few black bands, too. Loads of solo singers, rappers, souly groups etc, but I can't think of one regular-set-up band (ie guitars, drums, vocals) with all black musicians, & the UK loves its bands.

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sostie — 9 years ago(February 03, 2017 03:08 AM)

but I can't think of one regular-set-up band (ie guitars, drums, vocals) with all black musicians
The UK has produced quite a few reggae bands.
I have a sneaking suspicion that there are probably more successful multi-racial bands in the UK than there are in for unstance the US - the Specials, The Beat, The Selecter, Simple Minds, The Libertines, UB40 spring to mind

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fud-slush — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 07:30 AM)

Fair point re reggae bands & those you cited

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MisterNick — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 11:12 AM)

Sade Adu
Phil Lynott
Jazzy B
Daddy G (Massive Attack)
Astro (UB40)

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staggerstags — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 12:16 PM)

Neneh Cherry, who has a couple of mentions here, was born in Stockholm to a Swedish mother and Sierra Leonean father.
Until a few years ago I always thought she was American (!)

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bravomailer — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 12:43 PM)

Cilla

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Henry_Framus_Valentine — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 12:55 PM)

Cilla Black
EDIT: Bravo, you skunk. You beat me by a mere 11 minutes.
Liberty E Pluribus Unum In God We Trust

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bravomailer — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 01:06 PM)

I was astonished no one beat
me
to it. So obvious.
Does Brinsley Schwarz count?

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Henry_Framus_Valentine — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 01:46 PM)

Does Brinsley Schwarz count?
Ja!
Liberty E Pluribus Unum In God We Trust

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Bubblegum_Perfume — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 03:25 AM)

I was expecting Black Sabbath
Silent like a foreign movie

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dougbrigg — 9 years ago(February 02, 2017 03:29 AM)

Linton Kwesi Johnson
Aswad
Steel Pulse
FKA Twigs