"Drizzy Drake"
Now, on the radio, songs have gone from relatively "sexual" to downright nasty. One of the songs that won't leave the airways these days is the song entitled, "Birthday Sex," by Jeremih. Some people may like it, but in my opinion, this type of song style is worse than music produced by Keith Sweat, which is really bad. I don't mean to pick on these artists, but I am seriously tired of hearing songs on the radio that should not be heard by young children (who walk around singing these lyrics and also implementing these words into their daily lifestyles). I understand that the music industry is very liberal and has the right to put out whatever songs it chooses to, but we need to be way more mindful about what the more popular radio stations (and television music channels) are choosing to play over and over again.
For those of you who may think that this music is simply a part of your culture, I beg to differ with you: since when is our culture based on drugs, sex and crime? Isn't there anything more substantial to urban or pop culture? I understand that these themes have always been present in music on some level (particularly since the days of Elvis Presley), but it has gotten substantially worse, and has arrived at one of the most base and disappointing levels of artistry - it even pains me to even call it "art." We need to re-evaluate the music that we choose to buy, listen to, and re-think what we allow to represent American music culture, as well as the overall culture of younger generations today. Otherwise, children today will unfortunately continue to be influenced by songs that may have a decent or good beat, but have zero substance and deleterious effects in the long run.
2 comments:
As a teenager I can say many of my age group are HEAVILY influenced by today's music, but I am certainly not one of them. I agree with you on the quality of today's music. I mean some songs I like and then others sound like re-runs. But, what I really HATE is that almost every song is sexually influenced. It's like artists have nothing else to talk about than sex, and it's getting annoying. When I heard the song Birthday Sex all I could think was wtf!! I mean who would actually in their right mind make a song like that. It's sad, but from the looks of it, the music industry isn't gonna change anytime soon.
I listen to music mostly from the 70s, 80s and 90s with a few sprinkles of "Millenium" music here and there because there is still some quality around, but not much.
To be quite honest, most of the music played on the radio etc is sexually influenced because as these producers know, sex sells. As with all things, they exploit whatever can make them the most money in the fastest possible time. So, there is a lack of quality nowadays. Also, these "talent shows" on TV do not help matters. Back in the day, people had raw talent and could sing, these days it is all about the image, how bitchy you can be etc and not about the actual talent, hence all the rubbish. Of course, once again, the so called judges are looking to exploit these poor souls who are so desperate to be famous at all cost to the point where they will do anything.
In the world as we know it now, there is a gravitational pull towards materialisms and greed tends to rule, so everyone is trying to make that fast money, hence the compromise on quality.
It's not just the music actually, the food, people becoming more greedy and less trustworthy, again brought on by the desire for the fast buck = greed.
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