"I could give a fuck what you sold in a year nigga you WACK, a simple nigga on a hard track" - Common
I just may be the world's biggest critic on music. I am so critical about the music because that is what i do. I've been in tuned with what is good music since I was born. My mother nad father were at one time both into music, and I grew up with a heavy influence from both of them. Living with my mother i grew up on all types of souls and rock and roll. And my father being an immigrant from Nigeria always had some African music bumping in the house. So I feel I know music pretty damn well.
As the years go by I feel less and less inspired by what I am hearing. It all started in the nineties when No Limit was at it's peak. On the daily I would get in heated arguments over cats digging No Limit over Wu Tang and so on and so forth. I just couldn't understand how an individual could feel inspired by that wack ass music they were putting out! I was appaled because at the smetime the wackness started to prevail there were so many good music choices out there. Still the people rode hard with the wackness.
Now a days it has gotten to the point where the wackness is not only acceptable...it's the status quo. In an age where KRS can't sell 100k, Wacka Flocka Flames, Souljah Boy, OJ da Juiceman and Gucci mane prevail on. This to me is insane because I grew up listening to LYRICS. When I was coming up you couldn;t get away with that wack shit, because if you weren't spittin the flame then no one would listen. When and why did it all change?
The other day I followed a link posted on twitter by my good friend Pam Brown the editor of Street Talk Magazine in ATL (I have been featured in her paper before also). The link was to a song, another club song...featuring Wacka Flock Flames. I thought is was wack initially. I could see the appeal, but still it wasn't good music. So I replied and told her that the song was cool, jus not my style...a club banger none the least...but hot garbage at it's best.
Hip Hop music isn't club music if you ask me, But as of late the corporations, radio and these wack ass club dj's have been heavily bastardizing the artform I fell in love with called hip hop music! And i am not okay with it. Why? Because now all the young rappers coming up only make osngs about shorties, the trap, the club.....and other nonsensical bullshit. Grow up ya'll!
How long will we let this wack shit be mainstream? The music being made isn't a direct represntation of the people. It is a very skewed image of the minority of the folks who listen to hip hip who actually have money. When the most oart all of the folks that listen to hip hop are living paycheck to paycheck. I was soooo pissed when i first saw the Akon "I'm so paid" video that I wanted to go and choke the shit out of Akon and Devine Stephens myself! I felt it was bogus and irresponsible to make a song glorifyling "how paid" you were when the masses are struggling and dealing with losing their jobs and houses. Still i beth the same broke ass folks went out and spent their last 15 bucks to support that arrogant prick. Not me..i didn't even fathom n wasting my time or my dime.
Wack is the new real! Even in my own city the wackness prevails. Thank God for artists such as myslef and a handfull of others that strive and maintain to put out quality music to off kilter the balance of wack shit being heard and distributed throughout the city! You know who you are, and the wack cats know too!
In the music we need more support for artists coming out like Jay Electronica and J Cole, less support for Travis Porter, Wacka Flocka and OJ da Juiceman. I'm not a hater. If I don't like I don't like it, doesn't mean that I'm hating. I'm just stating that I hate wack music, and so should you! DO IT FOR OBAMA!
OneLove & BlaxLife
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