Kudos to anyone that can find him
No really...where did all of the good music go? Did it go into hiding? Is it playing a game? Because if you are good music...it's okay to come out now.
I'm spending tonight chilling and doing one of my favorite things in world...listening to good 90's R&B. The 90s...when Auto Tune didn't run rampant and groups weren't necessarily successful due to their sex appeal...but they were successful because they could sing and their lyrics were deep and creative. Groups like Dru Hill, New Edition, Boyz II Men, Jagged Edge, Blackstreet, and 112 just to name a few had actual quality and you could listen to their songs with your mom without watching her raise an eyebrow. People sang about being in love and making love, not pimping and f*ckin. Artists were more creative and thoughtful about their lyrics but still mad the message very clear.
Is it that the masses just really don't want music like this anymore, or is the machine stuffing what they want us to hear down our throats on the radio so much that we grow to like it? I feel like I hear Rude Boy about 20 times a day honestly...hot catchy song, but I promise you no one will be listening to it 10 years from now. We exist in a time of disposability and not sustainabilty. Shout out to the artists since '02 still trying to stand for something.
Really feeling this Erykah Badu album btw. I want a window seat...except I wouldn't mind some company ;-)
~ Peace Love & Chocolate
1 comment:
its our evolution. we're desensitized every year. When the original "Psycho" showed in theaters, the shadow of a knife killing a woman traumatized ppl (some women never took showers again). Now you can watch a horror flick and watch someone carve a neck open or take a head off with hand knife in realtime.
Same with music. "Turn off the lights," to "I'll make love to you" to "The neighbors know my name." Teenagers couldn't play marvin gay and teddy p around their folks either.
Amidst the trash, quality will always flourish.
ps, badu is, always has and prolly always will be that crack
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