There was another thread inquiring about "snake handling music", and someone posted a nice YouTube link--the music was the Carl Perkins-like and great--real, living, traditional American folk music, from a real, living culture--nothing mainstream about it--bottom line, culture is a key element--

It isn't so much what you play as who you play it for--Hip-Hop, which was mentioned at the top, is all about culture, At a club off 52nd street in West Philly, it's Hip-Hop--move it to the UK and it isn't Hip-Hop anymore--it is borrowed--it might be good, or even great music, but it's like TJ's Mexican Food--