I definitely spend a lot of time talking about it, but not sure how "pop culture messages are poisonous to society, #WakeUp" would be translated into some kind of social movement or extra-curricular ? Pretty sure that doesn't exist, & if it did people would probably get psycho and PETA-level intense and freakish about it very quickly.
I think you'd fit in with those watch dog websites actually
its not just about lyrical content, its about the image and lifestyle that these pop stars are selling to people. and on that level rih is arguably "worse" than nicki. she's your standard smoke weed get drunk partygirl and she doesn't try to hide it. its a part of the image that she sells to people as part of her product.
but the thing about all this is that NO 1 CARES. no one outside of PTA groups that rihanna collabed with her ex abuser and sings about being drunk as **** in the club and they don't care that nicki raps about ****ing drug dealers. let them do them and enjoy their music for what it is instead of trying to pin some social responsibility on SOME and not others
its not just about lyrical content, its about the image and lifestyle that these pop stars are selling to people. and on that level rih is arguably "worse" than nicki. she's your standard smoke weed get drunk partygirl and she doesn't try to hide it. its a part of the image that she sells to people as part of her product.
but the thing about all this is that NO 1 CARES. no one outside of PTA groups that rihanna collabed with her ex abuser and sings about being drunk as **** in the club and they don't care that nicki raps about ****ing drug dealers. let them do them and enjoy their music for what it is instead of trying to pin some social responsibility on SOME and not others
Nicki DOES try to hide it and Rihanna doesn't endorse letting men **** you because they sell cocaine,
so...? Not sure why you made this dead end'd argument. You just hate Rihanna awkwardly.
Beyonce does this too. Remember Drunk In Love? Yeah.
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I think you'd fit in with those watch dog websites actually
Beyonce will never, ever make an album as good as TPAB.
She doesn't have the musical chops to dodge generally traditional formulaic song structures/ideas.
Only someone like FKA twigs or something could make something that left-field and bring it
into the kinda-mainstream; could see Tinashe, too, if she ever stops trend-chasing.
The Barbra Streisand Album
The Second Barbra Streisand Album
My Name Is Barbra...
My Name Is Barbra Two...
Color Me Barbra
Je m'appelle Barbra
Simply Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand
Barbra Streisand... And Other Musical Instruments
Classical Barbra
Even Formation, aside from a few aspects of its lyricism, is pretty bland & marketed.
The "trap " instrumentation, hashtagged lyrics tossed in alongside "social messages!" to ensure GP/SJW approval.
Like, nothing on To Pimp A Butterfly is as commercial and vanilla'd as that, or even close.