10 Simple Reasons Why Rap is Still Alive (You’re Just Very Lazy)
Popular music without substance, regardless to whatever genre is dominant amongst audiences, always plays on having catchy melodies, outlandish lyrics, ridiculous images or portrayals, combined with the over exploitation of the human psyche for profit. The music industry is a money pit; industry executives are raking in cash by giving artists fractions of the dollar earned by offering “assistance” with production and distribution.
I get it, everyone wants that cash. You’ve got bars, your flow is on point, even suburban kids, who can’t even fathom living the lifestyle that you rap about in your music, follows your brand relentlessly. Brand? We’re talking about creating a new sound, unique to the ear of the person who created it, this sound comes from the mind of a person who has experimented with rhythms, melodies, & breathing techniques. These efforts are for creating the most comfortable setting for you to create ideal music for your audience, right? Unfortunately, while signed to major labels this just isn’t plausible.
When artists sign to major labels, they can offer worldwide distribution and amazing production equipment. Their “professional” studios and highly educated marketing team that will elevate your albums and singles sales by abusing the human psyche with flashing images of what is taboo in order to generate immediate revenue from those who barely even like what has been produced. This is how “popular music” is created.
There's no need to fret about how this is "killing" the genre, there are still millions of talented rapppers that thrive from creating great music to share with their audiences.
Here’s ten, notoriously slept on Rap songs that were release within recent years. (It’s okay, to be put on).
Kyle Williams
11/09/2016
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