Thursday, January 29, 2015

1Punch Serve 90s Realness and Cultural Appropriation on "Turn Me Back"

Remember last January when Rain came back with "LA Song" and there was that big uproar about him appropriating and oversexualizing that one black woman by making her big like three times her size? A year later, we bring you something a bit more concrete ala newbie rap duo 1Punch.
The two made up of members One and Punch (Samuel) seem to be using a retro/nostalgia gimmick as their debut song, "Turn Me Back" mixes and mashes the hip-hop and dance music stylings found prevalent in the early 90s. Surprisingly, this was handled by notorious reuse and recycle producers Brave Brothers, so I guess they can actually make a song that doesn't sound like "Alone" or "Miniskirt" 2.0. The duos image is also borrows heavily from hip-hop 90s culture, looking like the Korean version of Kriss Kross with the oversized clothes, dreadlocks bananas and Timbaland boots. There's also the random black guy in the suit to make them look street credible (LMFAO at that one to be honest).  While I personally enjoyed both the song and its visual component, in the grand scheme of things, I see this rubbing people the wrong way. 

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