Why is is it that musicians, mainly rappers, get paid millions of dollars to throw a few words together that lack any profound statement or depth? Writers have things to say, insights to make, revelations about the lives we live. This is the stuff deserving of great reward, not lyrics that invokes degradation of women and the consumption of Courvoisier and Cristal, two sub-par liquors.
There are so many things to read that would provide a person with edifying information and instead of taking advantage we've resigned ourselves to bouncing our head to a few computerized beats, complemented by language, that in quality, closely resembles what is written in the National Inquierer. Like good little lemmings we've adapted our consumption habits to targeted marketing with questionable intentions, making a cadre of people rich that I wouldn't even want to be associated with.
It would be a harsh generalization to criticize all these "artists" but I think we can collectively agree that most of the final products fall short of anything culturaly prodigious. I'm as guilty as anyone, I partake in listening to it, although for me it is more for background noise, and less something to spend an immense amount of time analyzing. No Apologies, I Don't Think Before I Speak
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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