Dance Dance Revolution? | Hubert Adjei-Kontoh

The fact that the diluted version sells while the genuine sound populates dollar bins comes as no surprise; pilfered soul is the name of the game, but the notion that dance music’s emergence from marginalized communities gives it radical political power is cheesy utopianism at best. It merely strikes a pose.

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