White retailers can't dance
Popped into
Futureshop last night, the one at 460 St. Catherine St. W. in Montreal. In the rap music section, we found
Bow Wow (né Lil),
Tupac,
Ludacris, and the kaput
NWA. We also found
Lionel Richie,
Angie Stone,
The Platters,
Ray Charles, and
Gladys Knight and the Pips.
Mixing
Destiny's Child and
Patti LaBelle in with the rappers could be considered problematic. As if all them blacks are the same.
I'm sure this ghettoization into the "rap" section is a local error made by some poor goof who has never listened to MuchMusic in their entire life. Right? (Do pop into your local Futureshop retailer and check out the rap section, then
e-mail me the playlist....)
I'll post Futureshop's response when it comes in.
POSTED 4:50 pm: It was all a zany error. Yeah. From Futureshop Communications Specialist (that's her job title!) Pamela Saunders: "Thanks for your voicemail this morning. I had a chance to follow up with my music department and have determined that this was a case of mis-filing some music. We have a section for Rap and a section for R&B, which in this case, have simply become a little mixed up. We are currently in the process of connecting with the store to ensure that they rectify the mistake as quickly as possible."
Misfiling. That's the ticket. I'll check to see how "fixed" it is in a couple of days.