I've have noticed over the years how music is transforming from
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Now
What I am taking notice to is the reference in the words of the songs. Such as Tupac trying to up lift the black community and the you have your Lil' Wayne talking about Sex, Money and Drugs, then to Drake and Eminem who talks about there real life struggles and there perception on how to handle things. Now all you hear these new "Rappers" these days talking about is; How good there Sex is, and How many girls they have, And How much weed they smoke, And how "Gangster" they are and so on.
So this leaves me wiht the question asking where the Hell is music going to be in 5 to 7 years?
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"So this leaves me with the question asking where the Hell is music going to be in 5 to 7 years?"
You can't place total blame on the rappers. They're giving the people what they want. Other artist/record labels/etc. notice how profitable certain sounds and what have you are so they jump on the band wagon. Once the audience smartens up, the record labels stop being so money hungry, or the artist themselves get more liberty and freedom to do what they really want, the subjects and sounds you see and hear on radio and tv won't change.
It's the flavor of the month.
Interesting observations. I remember back in elementary school, my brother listened to The Beastie Boys, and the song "Paul Revere" was SO SCANDALOUS because of the line about the "whiffle ball bat". Nowadays, I think that would be tame.
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