(Dhiraj Naseen debunks a couple myths about music and whether Black actually does crack) Each generation swears that the current generation’s music is crap. Your grandparents said that about Rick James. Your parents are currently saying that about Migos (full disclosure: I. Love. Migos.). And guess what? One day, when rocking linen suits, mandals and a straw hat starts sounding g-fly to you, you’ll be telling your kids that their music is crap. Sounds like music is just getting progressively worse, right? Tall glass of nope. If music truly kept devolving, at some point we’d be head bobbing to someone beating trash cans while incoherently grunting. Young Thug notwithstanding, we’re not there yet. The music of the ‘60s spoke to that generation. Same with the ‘70s and ‘80s etc. The “depth” of the lyrics is irrelevant; music captures the spirit of the moment. When you put it in that context, no generation’s music could ever be better or worse. Music just…is. Of course there’s the argument that rap in particular is far more violent and ignorant than it used to be. To that I say, are you being serious right now? I recall rappers like Kool Moe Dee and LL Cool J locked in jihad for the duration of the ‘80s — an era which, might I add, brought us such pinnacles of ignorance as a dance that involved bending over and rhythmically rubbing your butt. Rubbing. Your. Butt. Yeah I did it a few times. But this isn’t about me! OK but music today is definitely more vulgar, right? Yeah no. I remember being a little girl watching 2 Live Crew’s “Move Somethin’” and wondering why those women were lined up dancing in the street.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 04:17:38 +0000
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