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25 things that have killed (and still killing) Urban Music

In the middle of each of the statements that "Hip Hop is Dead" we somehow forgot the slow death that pervades all aspects of "urban" music, the legacy of Soul and its close cousins has degenerated into a seething mass commercialization, homogenization, thuggification and general laziness. However, in no particular order, we introduce the "25 things that killed (and still killing) Urban Music" because you love lists and SoulBounce is not afraid to say what you think. Keep in mind that there will be some overlap, as certain items gave way to others who deserve their own spanking.


1. The End of the event "Album: There was a time when albums encompassed an era that included a look, a feeling and a style that informed an artist's videos and shows for as long as they (or label) could squeeze revenue from a project by releasing singles. The event "album can chiefly be credited to Michael and Janet Jackson, who have deadlines all built around the idea of an era" Thriller "or" Rhythm Nation Era ". Nowadays, instead of dealing with such albums as they are (a collection of songs with a unifying theme) artists are more likely to search the most popular Hip-Hop beatmakers of time and save hundreds of songs from which "pick" singles. So when you have artists who are too scared to release music with a healthy 3-5 year sabbatical in the interval between the lines begin to blur albums, and times are confounded, making no .

2. Big Name Hip Hop Producers: With respect due to beatmakers introducing a song with the name of their production imprint, ad-lib on all sides, and insert themselves as guest rappers 50% time, they overshadow the actual vocalist of a song. We certainly do not blame any of them the right to employment, but when an artist has to make an inventory of products for its project qualifiy instead of telling us what is on the album point, we must take exception. Reality check: If you try to push me into a purchasing your album because you beat her and Pharrell I'm a fan of Pharrell, then this is the only song I'm buying. Your album has to have legs of its own.


3. Death of Notorious BIG and 2Pac: You can probably make a direct line from the death of Biggie and 'Pac to the current state of Hip Hop. Both of them cultivated a style that even a decade later, is again deflected and nth. Maybe if they were still alive, they would have pushed the genre. Or perhaps they would be wack and irrelevant. Hey, at least they died while they were still good.

4. "Neo-Soul": We understand the emergence of "neo-soul" genre as a response to the growing commercialization of modern R & B. But even the artists grouped in this category have begun to see that the term was also a marketing strategy that the things they avoided. The language used to describe these artists ranged from "organic" to the avant-garde "and any press materials claim that he / she looks up to Stevie, Marvin Donnie. And do not stand too close to the stage lest you get burned by the candles and frankencense! Before long, the public would be misled and we grow to love or hate what is this music, the art of defense suppliers and wonder aloud why they.