Kenny Drew Jr (All About Jazz) rants about the decline of black
music into negativity and stupidity. But it’s an abyss filled with greenbacks….
Recently, I’ve been listening to a lot of my
favorite music from that time, and to be honest, I am disgusted and sickened at
how far our music has declined in the quality of the music and its message. How
the hell did we get from Motown to Death Row; from Earth Wind & Fire to
Ludacris; from Luther Vandross to 50Cent?
I remember a time in our music when songs
had great melodies and chord changes, you actually had to be able to sing or
play an instument to become a musician, and Michael Jackson was black! It’s a
sad commentary on our culture and society when the biggest thing in popular
music is an ex-crack dealer whose claim to fame is being shot nine times, and
one of the greatest entertainers in the world was on trial for child
molestation. If that’s not a sign of the coming Apocalypse, I don’t know what
is! And if 50Cent was really shot nine times, why couldn’t one of those bullets
have hit a vital organ? Who the f*** was shooting at him: Stevie Wonder? And as
far as all these black rappers getting shot, how about a little equal
opportunity violence here? Can’t somebody pop a cap in Eminem’s white ass? [Read the rest here]
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