Skinny White Girls and Rap Music
Definitely a thing I noticed in Portland at two clubs in particular. Those clubs had a jukebox and girls picked their own music. It seemed the the more blond and thin she was, the more “thuggish” in extent the songs seemed to be.
Also, I recently scoped out the club scene in Denver as a customer. I wanted to judge whether it’s worth trying it out here or just buy weed, enjoy the outdoors, and dip out. The top clubs live up to the super thin and super white reputation for sure. I felt “thick” compared to most of them and I’m not that body type at all. And yet, the music played in nearly every club except one was just non-stop rap and only every once in a while would the occasional song from another genre would get mixed in.
Diamond and Shotguns were the main clubs I’m thinking of that made me go “wtf”. Platinum84 was also mostly rap and all the rap surprised me there too because that was the first club I observed. But at the very least, there seemed like there was more ethnic minorities in the clientele and also more ethnic and body type diversity with the dancers too. (Skinny and white still dominated there, but it wasn’t to the same extent as the others)
Rap was also a fixture at PT Showclub, but that’s a solid mid tier club so meh. Still a higher rap ratio though than, for example, p10 San Antonio where white girls are unicorns.
Meanwhile, many other clubs I’ve been in have their clear hard # of song limits on rap music, and DJs often handle it by playing an edm version of those songs.
Is this all in my imagination or what? It’s so freaking weird
Also, I recently scoped out the club scene in Denver as a customer. I wanted to judge whether it’s worth trying it out here or just buy weed, enjoy the outdoors, and dip out. The top clubs live up to the super thin and super white reputation for sure. I felt “thick” compared to most of them and I’m not that body type at all. And yet, the music played in nearly every club except one was just non-stop rap and only every once in a while would the occasional song from another genre would get mixed in.
Diamond and Shotguns were the main clubs I’m thinking of that made me go “wtf”. Platinum84 was also mostly rap and all the rap surprised me there too because that was the first club I observed. But at the very least, there seemed like there was more ethnic minorities in the clientele and also more ethnic and body type diversity with the dancers too. (Skinny and white still dominated there, but it wasn’t to the same extent as the others)
Rap was also a fixture at PT Showclub, but that’s a solid mid tier club so meh. Still a higher rap ratio though than, for example, p10 San Antonio where white girls are unicorns.
Meanwhile, many other clubs I’ve been in have their clear hard # of song limits on rap music, and DJs often handle it by playing an edm version of those songs.
Is this all in my imagination or what? It’s so freaking weird
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( But come to think of it, and it’s been a while since I’ve been there so my memory is a bit more hazy, so that may have been an exception but I don’t remember. Can anybody who has been to that club more recently comment on that? )
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But...Portland still has some clubs where the skinny white girls play rock or alternative music. Go to DV8/Rose City Strip and that will be the music rather than those other clubs you observed playing a lot of rap.
But I get what you are saying though. It's a sign of the times.
Note also that back in the day Blondie might have been the very first skinny white girl that rapped.
https://youtu.be/pHCdS7O248g
LMFAO you're "petite thick". 😂🤣
There was a Hispanic girl whose music selection was in that genre too, but it was more “dance” type of hip hop and less thuggy.
But most rap seems to be made for strip clubs. The lyrics relate to flossing, bling, referring to women as hoes, making it rain, big booties and poppin bottles in the club. The tracks have lots of bass for some good booty shakin (even if theres just a tiny booty to shake).
Look at that skinny white girl Diarrhea Grande - acting like a dirty hoe - with no booty. Although I think she moved to hip hop as a business decision.
If I ever become a Strip club DJ, I would make it a policy that booties would be mandatory for rap music. Huge butts could be allowed to twerk to heavier lyrics about drugs and violence. Medium butts could shake to medium lyrics about popping bottles and having a good time. Small butts need to pick a different music genre too bad
#smalltwerkingbuttsmatter
^ ROFLMFAO! She's an example of a small ass that can't twerk.
Still, from having good times in the club set to all this new age rap, it's actually grown on me. Where I used to be in the same boat as Muddy and calling all the new stuff crap, now I actually kind of dig it. Some of my best times clubbing has been in Hong Kong TJ and they primarily play 'gringo' music there, about 90% rap. You'll hear bust down Thotianna, Migos, Cardi B, and all that other top 40 shit over and over. I have a strip club playlist on apple music and whenever I listen to it it just reminds me of different times in the club. Good stuff.
It should not take more than a few weeks working at a club to realize that the customers with the most cash and the customers most willing to spend that cash on dances (table/booth/VIP, etc.) are generally men over 40, and usually men who are ethnically representative of the local community demographics. So if I was a dancer (and thank goodness I am not!!) in a predominantly Caucasian area I'd want music from 20-30 years ago to play as much as possible so that the 40-60 year old guys there will react positively and spend money on a dancer that reminds them of that hot girl they new in school...
I can understand if the club has a Millennial DJ who thinks rap, especially thug rap, is cool and must be played at all times - and as loud as the audio system will allow. But many clubs allow each dancer to select their own music when on stage.
As a 50+ white guy who grew up in So Cal, I am must more inclined to get in the mood to drop $300, $400, or more when I'm channeling my 20's and 30's through music. Hearing loud, explicit lyrics glorifying violence against women, police, other thugs, etc. just makes me feel old and uncomfortable.
This ain't rocket science, is it? If dancers/DJ's played the music their best customer's want to hear, instead of the music that the DJ or the dancer wants, I'm confident that they would get more dances.
I get that some dancers will feel more "into it"/"artistically inclined" by contemporary music that they identify with, but are they there to earn money, or just feel good about how bad ass they can be?
Hmm.. maybe it is rocket science. :(
>As a 50+ white guy who grew up in So Cal, I am must more inclined to get in the mood to drop $300, $400, or more when I'm channeling my 20's and 30's through music. Hearing loud, explicit lyrics glorifying violence against women, police, other thugs, etc. just makes me feel old and uncomfortable.<
excellent point and should be required reading for any dancer looking to bank, just know your customer base and you will make some money.
First club I visited regularly was Tootsie's. Not far from it's location these days, but not even close to the same club. It was more a dive then, but a decent dive. Dancer tips were basically quarters for the jukebox. Times sure have changed.
Sort of dating myself. Had to be back in the 70's.
w.r.t. rap-music in clubs - it stands to reason that is what is played in most clubs since that seems to be the most popular form of music these days - having said this, most mixed-clubs down-here in SoFlo I don't necessarily pick up that they are playing hardcore/gangsta rap but more of the popular kinda dance-to type rap - and I get the feeling that in most SoFlo clubs it is the DJ in-charge of the songs being played instead of the dancers picking them but IDK for sure.
As to white-chicks picking gangsta-rap; IDK - maybe it's a rebellious thing - maybe it has something to do with a certain trashy-type white-dancers into dating thug black-guys and having thug black-guy baby-daddies - seems lowclass white people often gravitate towards ghetto-stuff including gangsta/hardcore rap.
I don't consider myself a rap-music fan but I do like the beat of certain rap-songs and prefer to see the girls dancing to it and prefer the girls dancing to music they prefer/like - for me the visual-sense takes over the auditory sense in clubs and I usually tune-out the music when I'm focused on the dancers - in fact if it's a song I particularly like I prefer to chill and just enjoy that song vs getting a dance since I'm not good at multitasking (if I'm focused on the song I won't be as focused on the dancer/dance; and if I'm focused on the dancer/dance I'll likely tune-out the song).
I see it as an extension on the works of Charles Mingus and Ornette Coleman.
I like it not matter what hot bitches are playing it.
SJG
2 Live Crew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYqSgWFg…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOmnGzAK…
Technology has changed things. Today, only in some genres is it necessary that everything be hand played.
SJG
Music which is really good should encourage that!
:) :) :)
SJG
WAKE UP EVERYBODY - Original Version (Teddy Pendergrass, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TDfPgd3…
John Legend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJgxJ6Jr…
I think Legend should be admired for pulling away from the Born Again Movement
This just makes me laugh too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fls8VU7X…
SJG
Santana ft. Michelle Branch - The Game Of Love Official Music Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z2eLsh6…
SJG
Whatever gets the chicks half naked and grinding on me is fine by me. Whatever music I wanna listen to, be it rap, EDM, J-Pop, nightcore, or video game music I'll listen to at home and in my car. If it were up to me, I'd have a girl grind me to Soap Lagoon.
If y'all are looking for a good transition between rock and rap I recommend Hollywood Undead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG4RVFuW…
I believe the most important thing to realize is, no matter what your playing, people with a lot of money will come in regardless as long as their eardrums don't bleed. Most of you folks here are old men, will die before most young people become 40. And all companies (including strip clubs) have to make sure they have new customers come in or else they lose business. Gen Z and millennials are the new customers companies must cater to, not old facts who are already loyal.
You'll either die or be too old to appreciate the products and/or girls. Sorry that no one is catering to your ego anymore.