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US scene appropriating UK culture

Post by topmo3 » Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:52 am

so basically what i've been seeing so far

future saying "trainers" on instagram
asap mob wearing palace and collaborating and posing with UK / grime heds
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drake rapping on pitched-down maya jane coles and this http://www.complex.com/music/2014/10/dr ... n-road-man

is this even a thing or is it just random? lets jump on this before fact makes an article out of it lol
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Post by Samuel_L_Damnson » Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:12 am

omg the usa biting our style. ffs.
soon they will be eating fish and chips, wearing a monacle and drinking tea. pip pip
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Post by LACE » Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:17 am

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Post by m8son666 » Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:18 am

Tbf all u foreigners appropriate us all the time
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Re: US scene appropriating UK culture

Post by magma » Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:29 am

Now if only they'd pay their fucking back-taxes.
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Re: US scene appropriating UK culture

Post by garethom » Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:32 am

topmo3 wrote: drake rapping on pitched-down maya jane coles
Is rapping over house music appropriating UK culture? Aren't they both US inventions?
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Re: US scene appropriating UK culture

Post by Samuel_L_Damnson » Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:41 am

Maya Jane coles invented house bro ffs
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Re: US scene appropriating UK culture

Post by topmo3 » Tue Oct 14, 2014 10:57 am

garethom wrote:
topmo3 wrote: drake rapping on pitched-down maya jane coles
Is rapping over house music appropriating UK culture? Aren't they both US inventions?

but maya jane coles is pretty UK imo
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Re: US scene appropriating UK culture

Post by jrkhnds » Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:07 am

but she appropriated US culture before getting reclaimed?
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Re: US scene appropriating UK culture

Post by topmo3 » Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:19 am

lol idgaf you could go on forever on that road tbf

whats with the nitpicking fam
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Post by hubb » Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:49 am

fams be picking our nits :evil:
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Re: US scene appropriating UK culture

Post by Trichome » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:03 pm

looooool how is americans wearing palace appropriating UK culture?

fucking stupid, people wear it because its a massively hyped brand and its even creeping its way into high fashion now...

like saying wearing Nike is appropriating US culture loooool
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Post by m8son666 » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:04 pm

u appropriate hypebeast culture
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Re: US scene appropriating UK culture

Post by Trichome » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:05 pm

ur a speng
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Post by m8son666 » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:06 pm

no
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Re: US scene appropriating UK culture

Post by Trichome » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:06 pm

safe big man sorry I offended you
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Post by m8son666 » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:07 pm

:lol:
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Re: US scene appropriating UK culture

Post by Trichome » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:08 pm

i'll quietly go change back into my Moschino shirt now
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Post by skins345669 » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:15 pm

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Re: US scene appropriating UK culture

Post by hubb » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:17 pm

One drinks tea like a poof the other drinks coffee through a straw like a cigarette
and both drink milk that is homo
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