I find myself listening to soul, funk, old school R&B and even pop
When I listen to soul music I feel like I'm nourished, it's genuine. It's positive
When I hear funk . . it's fun - even disco which is a watered down funk
When I heard R&B it's real . . even pop which is a watered down version of R&B (thematically)
There's something about the genius in simplicity you find in pop music, the universality of each phrase that comprises the lyrics
It touches your soul
. . in hip-hop today I see a race to the bottom as far as morals and intelligence goes. Even a lot of the classic music I grew up to, when you separate it from the entertainment value - the content isn't nourishing to my subconscious, which goes into your well-being
Music I so greatly regarded growing up . . "Gap teeth in your mouth so my dikk's got to fit" . . how can I ride around listening to that as a grown man?
My pure admiration for Dr. Dre that has led to my impartial criticisms for him productivity and status - how can he be proud of his work in music when he sampled a bunch of great music, and surely introduced the sounds to a new generation but really had nothing of substance to add over these songs. If you're not going to improve upon what you're sampling, why do it? His contribution to music has literally been replaying stuff, without that there's really nothing to make note of
Then there's Mac Dre . . I love his work but I've found that most of his fans are literally lacking on an intellectual level. Themes like "Get Stupid" . . why did it surprise me that he ACTUALLY attracted a stupid fan base . . a fan base that is consciously championing ignorance
The intricacy of lyrically inclined rappers is usually a substitute for lackluster songwriting
The pseudo-positive stuff from rappers like Common . . and underground rappers, it all sounds so contrived. I'm not convinced and I feel like they're preaching to me
I'm just not into it anymore. I'll check for it and when the right songs come along I'll nod my head to them but they won't make their way in my playlists
Anyone feel like this?
nikkaz is so full of shyt, us listening to hip hop since the early 80s music we've grown up on sometimes think we can quit it, but it's just a 2 week break and back to that shyt to wake ya neighbors
how the fukk you gonna act like "have you heard of this new artist Kavin The 1" when your fukkin name is clearly Kavin The 1. dumb fukkin c*nt piss off with the bullshyt act
