Music: Then and Now
Music: Then and Now
Bogotá, Colombia –
Punk Then:
Minor Threat live
Raw and Un-cut and hits you like Colombian Blow
Punk Now:
Good Charlotte – Like It’s Her Birthday
Just straight Queer.
Pop music Then (female):
Mazzy Star – Fade Into You (1994)
Graceful, haunting, angelic, mysterious.
Pop music Now (female):
Kesha – Blah Blah Blah
Looks and sounds like a no-rhythm tranny. She has less steps than Puro Colombian blow.
Soul Music Then:
D’Angelo – Lady
Simply Perfection. Or as close as your going to get perfection since 1979.
Soul Music Now:
Taio Cruz – Dynamite
Not even sure what that is. Nice girls though.
Hip-Hop Then:
Mobb Deep “Survival of the Fittest”
Pure Street.
Hip-Hop Now:
Drake – Find Your Love
Drake – Over
Pure wack. There are nerdy, suburban white kids that can serve this guy.
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25/02/2011 at 11:09 am Permalink
You know, I don’t mind suburban white kids and chicks thinking Drake is the best rapper ever, but there are black hip-hop fans and hood dudes old enough to remember the late 80s and early 90s who enthusiastically cosign this guy’s skills. I don’t get it.
25/02/2011 at 11:14 am Permalink
T. AKA Ricky Raw,
Interesting point. I have discussed this a lot with people.
In the 90’s everybody would have gone after Drake and destroyed him (Pac alone would have murdered this kid).
Nowadays everyone want to be on his track.
It’s all money these days. No soul and art.
That’s progress for you.
– MPM
26/02/2011 at 2:09 pm Permalink
Really good post! I think you could do such a comparison with any rubric of arts and you would come to the same conclusion. Money and media are certainly screwing true art.
27/02/2011 at 9:10 am Permalink
Word homie. No soul anymore. What these new cats fail to relize is the people who came before were trying to convey something. Music to them was a means to an out of a f’d up situation. They pored they’re soul into the music, money was secondary. Their were no publicists, no styists, nobody telling them how to act and what to say, they did and said what they felt. These new kids don’t even know their history. How many do you think know who Rick Rubin is or know a soul singer other than Marvin Gaye. I bet not many. It doesn’t matter what genre of music either it’s all the same. All about the almighty dollar. Great post G. Keep up the good work.
27/02/2011 at 2:29 pm Permalink
I’m doing my very best to fix this ‘music’ situation.
The funny thing is, I bet if musicians weren’t so focussed on chasing money and afraid of offending someone they’d be a lot more successful.
It’s the same in every other area of life. Being authentic is the way to go.
28/02/2011 at 9:51 am Permalink
Co-Sign NomadicNeill
No one’s staying true to the soul (well, very very few are).
Apart from the Drake syndrome, look at what’s going on in RnB/Soul with all this faux-euro-electric crap going on. And I do listen to future-oriented music, but this ‘new soul’ is just a pathetic knock-off.