Synonyms: actual - true - genuine - veritable
- virtual - factualNowadays, many people hate on music and artists for being too soft. A question to ask if you find yourself saying this is, "Is this real music?" Of course, we all have our own opinions and often times, very different. But before saying an artist or their music sucks, make sure you're not shooting down real music. Just because it may be "soft"--or most of the time something you can't connect to--does not make it any less real to those who do connect to it. Just because you may not connect with the music because it's not your cup of tea doesn't mean that the artist sucks and doesn't make real music. No matter who denies it, any given emotion is something every person in this world will go through on some level at some point in their lives. So how is it right to call certain music that you may not connect with yet soft, yet music that you may never in your life connect with (gangs, murdering, having sex with tons and tons of girls) is a completely acceptable choice of music?
As a lover of music, I like and listen to music that I can connect with to a certain extent. In these times, if a man raps about drugs and sex, he is widely accepted; even if you're a nerdy white kid from the suburbs that clearly does neither. Yet, if a man raps about how he has been heartbroken or played by so many women, it is still seen as soft by that same kid who always gets shut down and knows first hand what that artist is talking about.
When and why did it become so wrong for a male rap artist to honestly share how he feels? Would you rather said artist rap about a fictional life that he's only heard others live? As an adult, does it really make sense to say a man is any less of one because he is honest about how he feels, in a not-so-unmanly way? And most of all, how is it not soft or unmanly for a male artist to sing about these same "soft" topics? I would think, if anything, it would be less manly for a man to 1) sing and 2) sing about how he feels. Now don't get me wrong, I love R&B, male and female, but if sharing how you truly feel and what's true to you is an unmanly thing to do, why is it solely seen as wrong by male rappers?
Hating on an artist for showing their real self is quite an unreal thing to do; and in this day and age when everyone is quick to call someone else fake, the next time you hear a male artist rap talk about a woman he wanted but couldn't have, think about how real it is to their life and how much it honestly may connect to yours.
A question if i may.
ReplyDeleteHow are you sure these artists talking about drugs, guns never experienced and lived that life?
I know there are a shit ton who haven't but how can you be so sure. We as fans do not know their life. Who are we to tell them what they experienced in life?
I'm not saying they haven't experienced that life. I'm saying I, myself, have not lived that life so although I may love the music that specific artist puts out about drugs and gangs, I'll never truly connect with that music.
ReplyDeleteIf Mike Posner started rapping about being involved in gangs, you would know that's not true..those are the artists I'm talking about that put up fronts. Knowing our backgrounds and where we come from, I think people alike should take music for what it is and not say a certain artist is soft or their music is because that's the music we'll actually better to connect to when it gets down to it...not saying that that's the music that you have to like or always listen to.
That makes more sense to me now. I understand.
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