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Submitted by Sincero14 on Thursday, 9 July 20095 Comments

Remember this?

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*dances around*

I used to wake up on Saturdays to the sounds of Al Green or Luther or Tina Turner and the smell of Pine Sol. Those memories about have me in tears. My mom would blast that good music while cleaning the house. I’d get up and meet her in the kitchen, dance around with her and then eat me some good cereal before my cartoons started up.

Now, this is what is supposed to wake me up.

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I’m not going to use this time to talk about my love/hate relationship with S Beezy and all ATL music. I’m just using that song as an example of how things have changed and how sad it makes me.

The state of maintstream music (i’ll just say Black Music.. because Coldplay, Oasis, most European groups, etc, still have my heart) today makes me really sad and makes me feel old. I’m too young to have abandoned the radio and the clubs. I’m too young to be out of the loop with the newest sounds, dances, and music related trends. I work at a bar on the weekends, so I’m often exposed to it unwillingly and it’s always a shock to my senses. Hip Hop today is all about the beats. Lyrically it sounds worse than a small 3 y/o trying to string together sentences to let their parents know they just pooped a big one. It’s a mess to say the least. Hip Hop has always been about the sound, but it was just one element. The DJ handled his/her part, the MC did his/her thing, the Grafitti artist was tagging in the background, and the dancer was body rockin. Today, Casio and Autotunes rules the record and the “MC” is saaaaaaaaaannnngggin like thissssssss “yeeaaaaaa gettin monnnnnnanaaaayyy ooooooohhhhhhhh” WTHeck!? Not to mention the dances these days. Stankey Leg? Swag Surfin? Superman/Batman/Spiderman/Juwannaman/I’m not really a man- A Hoe? Crank Dat Anything-you-can-think-of-in-30-seconds?

rant

Let me go back and say that I understand that it’s what the kids are doing these days. I get it. However the music of today doesn’t do anything to contribute to the art. Souljaboy is young, I understand that, and he needs plenty of guidance. However his lyrics should have never come within 1000 miles of network television. I would never be okay with my children listening to his music. And if they decided to do so behind my back, I hope to have the instilled enough fear into them that they better not hum a tune, or even think to emulate him.

And I know I am good for using a man’s taste in music as a measure of attraction. Don’t think I’m going out with you if when you come to get me “Becky” is playing. I will hop my still single booty right up out the car.

/rant

What’s really going on? I almost can’t take it, and it’s turning this 24 y/o into a serious homebody! But before I get beside myself and forget where I’m from. I give you a lil bit of my homestate flavor and when I’m home in FL you will see me hit it.

The Wu-Tang (the song is I just wanna f*** FL twist on B-more style)

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Bean Ahhh (my fave)

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But some of my fave artists I listen to that are mostly underground are: Slum Village, anything touched by J Dilla (RIP), Tribe, Older Kanye, Drake, Erykah Badu, Dwele, Eric Roberson, Viktor Duplaix, Amel Larrieux, Koop, The Cinematic Orchestra, Joe Budden, Common, 88-Keys, The Roots, Pharrell!, N.E.R.D., The Lady Jill Scott, Foreign Exchange, Old Little Brother, Daedelus, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Aya, Wale, Jaspects and the list goes on and on! It sucks that a majority of my music wasn’t put out in the past 2 years. What’s good about it is that it is classic.

What y’all listenin to?

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5 Comments »

  • DamonAndrew said:

    Preach! Your list of favorite artist is similar to mine. I need to raid your music collection the next time I’m in ATL.

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    - 9 July 2009 at 11:32 am
  • Peyso said:

    I dont know if Soulja Boy is that bad. To be honest, I wouldnt let my kids listen to the artist that we consider “better” artist. Most of em, even if they do it more skillfully, are saying too many positive things. And the fews times that they do, its surrounded by negative.

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    Sincero14 Reply:
    July 9th, 2009 at 2:47 pm

    I wouldn’t let my children listen to music that is not targeted to their age group that is explicit period. Most of the people in my iTunes are saying things that children could listen to, and the rest are a bit too sexual for my liking to allow to be shared with children. However, no violence, anger, and ignorance.

    But Souljaboy was 16 when he debuted with Superman That Hoe. That means TEENS are listening to this which is why I have a problem. “Throw Some D’s” “Pow” and “Got a donk” are not songs I would want my children listening to. They would more than likely fight me on that versus me saying “You cannot listen to Viktor Duxplax ‘The Way I Feel’” simply because SouljaBoy represents “their music”.

    So while I agree that some “better” music is not for children, I disagree that Soulja Boy is “not that bad”. And it’s not just him, it’s the GS Boyz, all them. I’m not saying my kids will listen to Hannah Montana, but I won’t just throw them at the BS either.

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    - 9 July 2009 at 2:28 pm
  • TORIANBEAN14 said:

    Ironically as I started reading this I had Just “Hopped Up Out The Bed” hadn’t turned my swag on yet but I did turn on “Becky!” LMAO Now I will give you SouljaBoy but common Twism – you can’t ban against ya FLA Boy Plies he just raps about what every man wants to say.

    Yes I agree that the music of this erais just the next quick way to make a buck for A&R execs. Microwave Melodies if you may have it. For this same reason that they rob me of good music I return the favor with torrents and some other sites that keep on giving YA DIG! It really saves money for when real good music comes out. Great Blog Twism- Luv YA!

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    - 10 July 2009 at 8:34 am
  • greekstroll said:

    come on now if you’re going to speak on florida dances then you can’t forget Kang wang with it lol…
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xf2LY4IJkk

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    - 10 July 2009 at 12:06 pm

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