Quoting mstaphd:

Monday, August 07, 2006
Ole School Rules
Current mood: curious
...so I'm chatting online like I do and naturally the question of musical likes and dislikes arises...I barely take a second to gather my thoughts and blurt out Hip-Hop has killed R&B! As sacreligious as that statement is, I feel it's justified.
To all of the fresh MC's and DJ's out there,where is the next Sly Stone,James Brown,Quincy Jones,Stevie Wonder, Commodres,Isley Bros. or Kool and the G? Who's the next Parliament/Funkadelic or EWF? Who could hold a candle to the Jacksons or my alltime favorite Prince and all of his side projects? It seems that kids nowadays are not learning to play instruments so several generations of song writers/composers are being lost. Sure The Roots are holding it down somewhat as are the Neptunes,but other than that Dr. Dre is the only other person I can think of that can actually PLAY instruments,not play at them.
I'm not dissing hip-hop at all,but really the state of modern black radio in general.Today songs are written without REAL emotions...getting crunk is not an emotion nor is getting dressed up and looking good...or being able to dance, fire shots,or hold it down for your man/or bitch.
What's true of radio today was true of yesterday...we fail to embrace the whole of our community...Bob Marley was rarely found on ole school radio and no one has ever heard of Toots and the Maytals,the Skatellites or Ska in general although the genre is featured in a ton of commercials and bumpers in today's world.
Don Cornelius hated rap so the true pioneers were rarely featured,but what the ole school did bring us was REAL people writing about REAL situations.Even all the thoughts about space travel/the future in general at least showed imagination.
The next time you're diggin' a hit song at the club,on the radio or at a stop light,do yourself a favor and do the research and find the sample,or at least the original version which your cut was based on....then go buy some lessons for your kids...while they're still paying off the debt of the current administration,in the midst of hating us for allowing this to happen,future generations will thank you.
peace

Monday, August 07, 2006
Ole School Rules
Current mood: curious
...so I'm chatting online like I do and naturally the question of musical likes and dislikes arises...I barely take a second to gather my thoughts and blurt out Hip-Hop has killed R&B! As sacreligious as that statement is, I feel it's justified.
To all of the fresh MC's and DJ's out there,where is the next Sly Stone,James Brown,Quincy Jones,Stevie Wonder, Commodres,Isley Bros. or Kool and the G? Who's the next Parliament/Funkadelic or EWF? Who could hold a candle to the Jacksons or my alltime favorite Prince and all of his side projects? It seems that kids nowadays are not learning to play instruments so several generations of song writers/composers are being lost. Sure The Roots are holding it down somewhat as are the Neptunes,but other than that Dr. Dre is the only other person I can think of that can actually PLAY instruments,not play at them.
I'm not dissing hip-hop at all,but really the state of modern black radio in general.Today songs are written without REAL emotions...getting crunk is not an emotion nor is getting dressed up and looking good...or being able to dance, fire shots,or hold it down for your man/or bitch.
What's true of radio today was true of yesterday...we fail to embrace the whole of our community...Bob Marley was rarely found on ole school radio and no one has ever heard of Toots and the Maytals,the Skatellites or Ska in general although the genre is featured in a ton of commercials and bumpers in today's world.
Don Cornelius hated rap so the true pioneers were rarely featured,but what the ole school did bring us was REAL people writing about REAL situations.Even all the thoughts about space travel/the future in general at least showed imagination.
The next time you're diggin' a hit song at the club,on the radio or at a stop light,do yourself a favor and do the research and find the sample,or at least the original version which your cut was based on....then go buy some lessons for your kids...while they're still paying off the debt of the current administration,in the midst of hating us for allowing this to happen,future generations will thank you.
peace

Quoting noirdom922:

Every generation has it doom sayers.  The ones who feel that there generation has produced the best musicians, thinkers etc.  Thirty years ago they said that about disco and before that Rock and roll, but every time it's said new and innovative talent comes along.  It takes time to tell true talent so give this generation a chance and wait another thirty years before you make that statement.

Before you fire back and think I am a young man, I am 48 and I love all the old stuff but I know that many of the old artist did not only sing there own songs.  There were song writing teams that created hits for the stars  of a label.  Today many of them will try and be out front, so while there are still a lot of great r&b songs out there it is not concentrated from a few stars

Every generation has it doom sayers.  The ones who feel that there generation has produced the best musicians, thinkers etc.  Thirty years ago they said that about disco and before that Rock and roll, but every time it's said new and innovative talent comes along.  It takes time to tell true talent so give this generation a chance and wait another thirty years before you make that statement.

Before you fire back and think I am a young man, I am 48 and I love all the old stuff but I know that many of the old artist did not only sing there own songs.  There were song writing teams that created hits for the stars  of a label.  Today many of them will try and be out front, so while there are still a lot of great r&b songs out there it is not concentrated from a few stars

Quoting eazyeca:

While I agree that's today's musician can't hold a candle to back in the day, I do like some of the youngsters doing a good job of proven all is not gone.  My hats off to Joe, Kem, Anthony Hamilton, John Legend, they are on there way.

While I agree that's today's musician can't hold a candle to back in the day, I do like some of the youngsters doing a good job of proven all is not gone.  My hats off to Joe, Kem, Anthony Hamilton, John Legend, they are on there way.