ImaInfluenza
Who do you think you are? I am
I think most of us are of an older age and have children. For most when we were children, alot of the things we consumed that were not in direct relation to family were outside sources of media. Print, Entertainment, etc.
I'm now old enough to look back at an era. I take you to the TRL era, the 106 and park era. I wont go back to the yo mtv raps era because i dont feel like semantic debates to be honest.
But in the TRL era pop, rock, and all other forms of non urban music. The content was largely structured in dealing with emotions and speaking on emotions. Where as a large portion of urban music, where if you actually listen to in depth. Dealt heavily with the escape of emotions rather than the dealing with emotions.
This was always seen among black, that the walking through of emotions isnt something black people do. Which was structurally untrue. Mainly black families dealt with family court, family night, family events where we dealt with each other emotions directly.
So while our outward facing culture shunned the direct expression of vulnerability. Pop, rock, etc. Embraced it.
Here is the problem...pop music gets Billy Ellish and the dealing with teen angst. Urban music gets city girls and wap..
The only emotions dealt with in urban music now a days are anger, spite and gluttony.
Ima kill you, ima fuck your girl, ima wear more designer than you.
Stop for a moment and listen to the music being fed to the children that listen to pop music
Take one day to be mindful of the programming of a generation..but dont react to it. Just notice it, absorb it, accept it as a reality, sleep on it. The next day wake up and take notice of what else you notice.
