Dancing Ability Does Not Equal Musical Ability
Too many times I have said to someone "rap/R'n'B/etc. is neither musical or talented" and the response I receive is "but they can dance/are hot/are real gangstas (note the ridiculous spelling)." So fucking what? Maybe the can dance, maybe they are hot, or maybe they did live a tough life on the ghetto. This does not mean that they possess musical talent. Just because Usher can dance does not mean he should get away with songs like "Yeah". I'm sorry, but that song lacks any remote connection to music. Actually I'm not sorry. I fucking hate Usher. And just because 50 Cent lived a "gangsta" life does not mean that he should even be considered musical, let alone allowed to make a record.
But I guess it's not really the lack of music talent that gets me, so much as the lyrics. Every song is about women ("bitches"), money (or "bling") and killing people (or as they so kindly put it, "bustin' a cap"). Doesn't that get a little repetitive? Not even a bit?
Before I leave so I don't get so frustrated at all this lack of talent that I end up tearing the limbs off a poor, defenceless gorilla and feeding them to a starving family in Turkmenistan, I will bring to your attention one more thing. Has anyone else noticed how stupid the rap/R'n'B "artists" names are?
Usher - Someone that shows an audience to their seats
50 cent - 1/2 a dollar
Emniem - Suprisingly close to a small, candy coated chocolate
Li'l Bow Wow - A soft, pethetic attempt at a dog bark
Li'l John - A smaller version of a regular person
Li'l Kim - Another smaller version of a normal person (notice the fact that many of them consider themselves little)
Li'l Bitch - This one's not actually real...to my knowledge
Scribe - Someone that writes shit (all by himself!)
The list goes on. Now lacking musical ability is one thing, but naming yourself something as stupid as that? These people don't even deserve to live, and people consider them artists. What happened? When did society consider throwing a pile of words together (anywhere between 1 and about 8 per song, as I'm not entirely sure that "I'm not gon' giv'up" is any more than 2) and laying a bass track onto it art? Or music? Or anything but a waste of time, money and effort? That is all.
T.
But I guess it's not really the lack of music talent that gets me, so much as the lyrics. Every song is about women ("bitches"), money (or "bling") and killing people (or as they so kindly put it, "bustin' a cap"). Doesn't that get a little repetitive? Not even a bit?
Before I leave so I don't get so frustrated at all this lack of talent that I end up tearing the limbs off a poor, defenceless gorilla and feeding them to a starving family in Turkmenistan, I will bring to your attention one more thing. Has anyone else noticed how stupid the rap/R'n'B "artists" names are?
Usher - Someone that shows an audience to their seats
50 cent - 1/2 a dollar
Emniem - Suprisingly close to a small, candy coated chocolate
Li'l Bow Wow - A soft, pethetic attempt at a dog bark
Li'l John - A smaller version of a regular person
Li'l Kim - Another smaller version of a normal person (notice the fact that many of them consider themselves little)
Li'l Bitch - This one's not actually real...to my knowledge
Scribe - Someone that writes shit (all by himself!)
The list goes on. Now lacking musical ability is one thing, but naming yourself something as stupid as that? These people don't even deserve to live, and people consider them artists. What happened? When did society consider throwing a pile of words together (anywhere between 1 and about 8 per song, as I'm not entirely sure that "I'm not gon' giv'up" is any more than 2) and laying a bass track onto it art? Or music? Or anything but a waste of time, money and effort? That is all.
T.
posted by Sunshine at 3:06 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home