Quincy Jones expressed his dislike for Lil Wayne and techno music in a recent interview with The National. When the legendary producer and music industry executive was asked about todays pop artists, Jones answered: Lets get real, man. When you come from the era of Ray Charles, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra and Michael Jackson, it gets hard to get used to Lil Wayne. I just can’t handle it. There are some good singers out there. Mary J Blige can sing, so can Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera. I know who they are. I also know who they arent, too. Jones also voiced his dislike for techno -- although we presume he was speaking on EDM as a whole: I dont like techno at all. Thats just noise. I can try it because there is nothing to it but I just dont think there is anything to learn from it. Now all these DJs are making more money than rock groups. They dont even need bands anymore. People such as Skrillex and those guys get half a million to a million dollars a show all over the world from Las Vegas to Brazil. As a musician it is extremely frustrating. Because thats just music to sell products. Best known for producing Michael Jacksons album, Thriller, Jones is the all-time most nominated GRAMMY artist with 79 nominations and 27 awards.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 11:01:56 +0000