10-31-2006, 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by jimthefiend
FACT.
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I wouldn't say that. We're living in an age where music is disposable and MUSIC is the furthers thing from the minds of the current head honchos of these record labels. Rap and R&B suffers now because it's all bottom line. The music has to be presented in a strict formula and creativity, experimentation and innovation aren't allowed. The ones who fall through the cracks are lucky enough to come to the attention of producers and so on who value the things that most labels are attempting to weed out. Nowadays you're not even allowed to get OLD!
In the earliest days rap came directly from the hearts and minds of people. And R&B was allowed to have SOUL. You had the Isley Brothers and Earth Wind and Fire, Parliament/Funkadelic, the Gap Band and so on ... groups that did it all: Wrote, arranged and produced their own songs AND played all their instruments. The music was more personal and alive. Now what we have are "canned" leftovers.
And make no mistake. It isn't just rap, R&B and all the so-called "urban" music that's suffering from the pervasive (and still growing) trend at record labels. You can't look at what passes for music on both MTV and VH1 ... or listen to mainstream radio and no know that everyone is being spoonfed stale crap in almost every genre. If they had their way everyone over 25 would be shot dead, I'm sure.
CD's are going to be obsolete soon, so music will become even MORE disposable. The only hope I see on the horizon is that soon everyone will eventually have the ability to record their own music from their own homes and record labels (much like music stores) will become obsolete as well. With no one dictating what kind of music you can make or place restrictions on it, I think we'll hear heartfelt magic again. Sure they'll be a lot of crap too, but atleast have a chance to pluck diamonds from the shitpile. |
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