Amen. The only good thing about music in the past 7 years is that it seems pop is finally being marginalized for some new rock. Not high quality rock, but at least they play their own instruments and write their own songs, unlike, oh, say, Britney Spears, Ms. Trailer Trash herself.
Firstly I think your analogy about regurgitated food is stupid and irrelevant. Thats like me arguing why do you hate songs that have been done before? You don't hate recipes that have been repeated! (Coincidently that galantine looks yummy.) Secondly how do you know what the majority of modern rap is about? When was the last time you listened to 50 cent? I think I can safely presume you never have because he really was a poor disadvantaged black youth. His mum was a cocaine dealer who died when he was 8 and his dad left soon after. Like you he hates wannabe gangstas who lie about their history of crime and drugs. And yes of course policemen and nurses are essential in society; nobody's saying they aren't! But similarly I believe that rappers and singers have a purpose - to entertain us. I think you're wrong, if Jay-Z died millions would care. He's sold over 17 million albums worldwide, which is more than I can say for your taste... I mean how many albums has Mastodon sold? About 5
Even Back then there was a lot of Chaff.
Please note however Rap Music has never been the sole medium of black Expression, the rappers with a message that i can recount are
Grand Master Flash
Afrika Bambata
Last Poets
ChuckD
Guru
Rap is marketed as a subversive under culture music that yoour parents would shocked and horrified about
Rap is the NEW Punk
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