I'm a DJ and a music producer... I FEEL YOUR PAIN!!! Granted that music is supposed to move forward towards new sounds and I'm all for it... but this crap that's out now... it's straight up BS...
Black mainstream music has hit all new lows. The R&B and Rap are all ass.
True, but to a greater degree, who's real fault is that?? WE as BP, to an extent, have sold out the root true of these very genres for money, fame and the dying validation from those very culture vultures, who have gulped it up, watered it down, and manipulated it to where it's more quantity over quality. WE as BP don't take greater care and respect enough our living legends/icons. I too feel both Rap and R&B are in the shape it's in is because many of the old heads failed at not reaching out more to the new as far as in preparing and schooling them. The vibe was more "I got mine, you gotta get yours!"
I've seen just as many Black people liking this music too. It's coming out every Dodge Charger and Challenger that passes by with the ultra loud exhaust on the base model.
I see the same thing in Dallas as well.. it's almost like the IQ's of the population dropped dramatically... I heard a sista say at one point that she doesn't like KRS-ONE, Kendrick Lamar & J Cole. She stated that she "wanted to hear about sex, guns and ratchet shit"...
100! I'm turning into an old man because everytime I see people listening to that I look like:
Same here, Jay...100! I'm turning into an old man because everytime I see people listening to that I look like:
It sounds so dumb and ridiculous. I hadn't listened to Rap for about a year straight right before Nas dropped King's Disease 1. It reminded me what I liked about it.
These young folk know nothing of conscience positive rap like Public Enemy, B.D.P. (That stands for Boogie Down Productions for you young slow folk) The Real Roxanne, U.T.F.O. (You young mfs can go look that on up yourselves), LL Cool J, Eric B & Rakim (I got problem with that MF but that’s for another time), Kool G. Rap, J.J. Fad or Run D.M.C. NOTHING.
They need to just call it what it is, JUNKIE RAP! Most of them MoFo's are tore up from the floor up!
So true Sis! There was a point where having a double cup with syrup was looked at like it was cool.
Not only did I see EWF sing LET'S GROOVE TONIGHT, I also saw Tower of Power & AWB at the Winterland arena in San Francisco. This was before condos were put up & Winterland was torn down.
I just can't understand why though. Like if you listen to the type of music you'd hear at a white club, it is the same but with a bit more techno or something. It just isn't appealing to me at all. It is like watered down hip-hop. If you listen to the stuff from back in the day, it blows this crap out the water.
You'll hear every single Black genre at a White club though.
Music has become so disposable and it’s because the corporations only care about profit. It’s why we need to control our own shit.
That is true. I think it is mostly those mash-ups though. Where the DJ will just mix one song after another. I think white people tend to like our music, style, arts, food, etc. but they don't like admitting we created those things.
