Can anyone read, can anyone feel? That I’m losing my patience, I just came here to bounce.” - Justice (DVNO)
Someone asked me what I thought about the whole Kanye event at the VMA’s and I instantly got a scorching headache, felt sick, tired, hungry and drowsy. It was sort of like my minds auto-defense mechanism against using it’s extremely complicated make-up and resources to compute absolutely idiotic nonsense. When it comes to the mainstream these days I find that people talk about everything in existence but the music. Unlike the stereotypical music critics who hate the mainstream, usually for their own selfish reasons, I actually enjoy certain mainstream music. In fact, I think it’s great when a song can connect with millions of people and bring them together in that way.
Someone’s response to my unfavorable review of Blueprint 3 was that Jay-Z is an incredible marketer. I literally had to go home and think for a few hours to try to understand what marketing has to do with the quality of Jay-Z’s music. I didn’t find the answer.
“I see… the gimmicks, the wack lyrics The shit is depressing, pathetic please forget it. – Biggie (Flava in Your Ear, 1994)
This is exactly why I find myself listening to more and more instrumental music these days. I chose Daft Punk’s Robot Rock as the feature song for two reasons. One, I wanted to listen to artists that actually cared about their music and two, I wanted an instrumental song that would allow you to zone out and just listen to music for a change.
I chose to add DVNO to this post because I love what this song is about. DVNO is a sort of commentary on the whole comedic party scene that determines your worth as a person by how many girls you have with you and drinks you can buy. This silly movement goes hand in hand with the state of mainstream music so I thought it would be appropriate, enjoy.
Don’t need to know my name, to figure out how cool I am.”
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The gimmicks aren't only in the lyrics. They are in the music as well.
Which makes it even worse!
I think the reason everyone talks about mainstream musicians as opposed to their music is that these big barrels of crazy are usually far more interesting than their generally terrible music. Personally, I would rather talk about how detached from reality Kanye West and Lil Mama are than listen to "Lipgloss" one more time.
Good point, I mean it is the entertainment business after all right.
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