Katy's only had two albums since 2008 how is that "releasing albums like the plague"?
Yeah, I guess that was kinda reaching, but I'm mostly focusing on how an artist like Katy Perry back in the nineties or early 00s would've released something like Teenage Dream four years prior to One of the Boys... the whole music release game's life expectancy has been cut in half and it's driving me wild having only ten artists to talk about in the popular sphere of music...
Truthfully, most of us here are between the ages of 15- 21 and probably don't know too much about music before 2000. My earliest recollections of Top 40 comes from childhood memories like hearing a song like "Foolish" or "Hot In Herre" on the radio on rides home from school or friends cracking jokes about the explicit the lyrics were. I'll admit the only time I really started paying attention to mainstream & chart positions was in 2006. I didn't have an have an iPod so I turned on an old radio to Hot 99.5 and would do my homework listening to Fergie, Justin Timberlake, Akon, Beyonce, Soulja Boy, and whatever else came on MTV and whatever my friends were singing or had on their Myspace players.
So I can't really judge other eras of music too much aside from what I already know about them. Looking back in the 90s and prior it was about the voice. Of course there were a few gimmick artists that slip through cracks with little or not talent, but it was down to a minimum. I don't want to sound like everyone else asking the same played out "What happened to music?", but really, we've hit a pretty bad low over the past few years. I barely even listen to what's on the charts today, and neither do the people I know.
I think someone at BET said it best; "The public wants a Kim Kardashian with a mic". So with a little makeup, photoshop, and hair-flipping you end up with people like Katy Perry & Ke$ha ruling the charts basically with the same song over and over with a different name. I don't think people are complaining so much about their lack of any lyrical substance so much as the weak composition of the songs themselves.
I'm hoping this is just a warm-up phase so new, innovative artists can break into the industry, yes, because we're not going to remember half of these people even 5 years from now.
Great reply. I wasn't alive for the previous eras either, but looking back retrospectively it seemed a lot more fulfilling and filled with more substance. The artists had a least a better grasp of the music they were creating and the integrity was higher (even if faux for some artists). I like that BET quote, because that's exactly what the Top 40 crowd of today seems to be interested in. I do agree that it's not so much lyrics as it is diversity, stronger composition and more musical integrity.
The recent incident with Rihanna and Chris Brown is a precise example of what's wrong with the industry today, and why I agree with the author of this article. That was a planned stunt with the intention of creating buzz around a song, remixing it, and using a high-profile abuse case to propel the success of a single. That's not what makes a song good. Let it stand on its own merits with a sense of integrity (if even a facade) and stop with this *********.
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It will shock no one if I were to say GaGa & Adele will be the most remembered artists of this time in music, along with Bey. Bey is an iconic media presence and she doesn't even need hits to be praised for her music. She's pretty remarkable.
We have artists like Pitbull, Kesha, Jason Derulo, Taio Cruz, LMFAO, Chris Brown, Cobra Starship, Flo Rida, Jennifer Lopez, Jessie J and I hate to mention these last 3 artists cause it will start something but whatever Rihanna, Katy Perry and Britney.
They are all making either the same recycled dance music or making music that has absolutely no meaning and sounds the same.
I should have read the article in full instead of skimming through it, this bitch clearly hasn't heard many pop songs if it thinks 'Womanizer' (#1 debut on B.B.) is the worst song in the last ten years. And Britney has a great voice for pop music, just like Madonna and Rihanna. Britney stay having the gurls fuming over her success.
Womanizer is NOT a #1 debut Regardless, I'm not sure how it's success says anything about it's quality.
Yes pop is instantly disposable right now, which is why we need it to be constantly released every year. Most of you are over big pop albums within a month or so and want a new one, Ive spoken about this before.
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No it's not the worst. We had Beyonce's 4, Drake's Take Care, Lady Gaga's Born This Way, etc etc. which were all full of ambition and life (like them or not!).
Beyonce is R&B with hints of pop and Drake is a rapper.
It will shock no one if I were to say GaGa & Adele will be the most remembered artists of this time in music, along with Bey. Bey is an iconic media presence and she doesn't even need hits to be praised for her music. She's pretty remarkable.
Nothing but truth here. I'd add Taylor Swift as well.
Great reply. I wasn't alive for the previous eras either, but looking back retrospectively it seemed a lot more fulfilling and filled with more substance. The artists had a least a better grasp of the music they were creating and the integrity was higher (even if faux for some artists). I like that BET quote, because that's exactly what the Top 40 crowd of today seems to be interested in. I do agree that it's not so much lyrics as it is diversity, stronger composition and more musical integrity.
The recent incident with Rihanna and Chris Brown is a precise example of what's wrong with the industry today, and why I agree with the author of this article. That was a planned stunt with the intention of creating buzz around a song, remixing it, and using a high-profile abuse case to propel the success of a single. That's not what makes a song good. Let it stand on its own merits with a sense of integrity (if even a facade) and stop with this *********.
Even though I paid attention to music a little bit earlier than people of the same age as me, it is not enough to be strongly judgemental towards this generation, but I still notice the differences he was pointing out.
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It's just a lack of knowledge. People don't realize there is more than one working definition of popular music, which isn't very surprising because it's been knocked into our skulls that pop = top 40 when that isn't the case at all.
It's true, and to be honest it's not their fault. Media and charts have been bombing this generation so much with the same kind of music that they don't get the chance to listen to something different and have a different perspective of music anymore.
As somebody who despised pop music for a long time and is now finally interested in it I can say without a doubt this is the most INTERESTING full of life era of pop music. I would consider the most empty moment in pop to be that period after the 90s up until a few years ago. I don't even remember any standout stars during that period. It was so... boring. The videos- everything.
The early 00's is one of the most defining eras of music in general in any genre.
Great reply. I wasn't alive for the previous eras either, but looking back retrospectively it seemed a lot more fulfilling and filled with more substance. The artists had a least a better grasp of the music they were creating and the integrity was higher (even if faux for some artists). I like that BET quote, because that's exactly what the Top 40 crowd of today seems to be interested in. I do agree that it's not so much lyrics as it is diversity, stronger composition and more musical integrity.
The recent incident with Rihanna and Chris Brown is a precise example of what's wrong with the industry today, and why I agree with the author of this article. That was a planned stunt with the intention of creating buzz around a song, remixing it, and using a high-profile abuse case to propel the success of a single. That's not what makes a song good. Let it stand on its own merits with a sense of integrity (if even a facade) and stop with this *********.
EXACTLY.
And I want artists to be interested in their own music again. Doing something that reflects them, instead of formulating an album in order to get a hit. It's disappointing really. I don't understand how we've even gotten to this point.
