Country Music is notoriously accepting of this. practice. They treat the singers who writer their own songs very different from those who hire songwriters; yet both are equally accepted because country sees the beauty and neccesity in both.

The songwriter/composer gets their love while the “entertainer” gets their shine, too.

Coltrane would’ve been just as legendary for his horn playing, yet had their been a separate composer, that cat that wrote everything would’ve gotten his/her shine too.

then again, maybe that’s the problem. we respect the performance more than the composition.

i’d still love to see folks treat emcees who write differently from those who don’t.

not worse or better, but see the differences.
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