Well, I am bored by music in general, not just pop music. There are many talented artists out there and they are not being played on the radio. I only listen to the radio for the talk and the old school songs. I mostly listen to urban radio stations because it is just my taste. I am a serious music lover so I am into the music and the lyrics and like the rest of pop radio, urban radio is really becoming boring. Whenever I hear a new song it is always the same type of music. It is pretty pathetic. I only listen to a few: Alicia, Usher, Common (when they play him), Chrisste Michelle (when they play her) and I am looking forward to the return of Nas.
I cannot STAND pop radio because the music is just terrible. Ten years ago, you could not tell me that pop and urban radio was trash. I was a huge fan of the BSB, Nsych, etc. When I look back, I was such a loser!! LOL. The BSB?! Gosh.....I cannot even listen to them right now. However, I now see why so many people at that time, said what they said about those artists - the music was not great. I regret liking their music, well, I still like some of Nsych's songs!! LOL. Anyway, the point I am making is that radio today is not really for me and that it is catered to the younger crowd. That is the issue.
When you see Madonna and Mariah sounding like their suppose counterparts, it is actually quite sad. Here are two icons that does not need to fit in to get a hit record on the charts. They defined "fitting in". This is what I am worried about concerning MJ because I do not want him to do songs in order to "fit in" or hit the charts. MJ is not known for that. That is why I do not like YRMW or anything Rodney Jerkins produced in Invincible. When I hear "4 Minutes" and "Touch my Body", I just shake my head because these women do not have to make these songs to fit in. They are in a point in their lives/careers when they should be doing songs that fits them and not songs that Britney or Rihanna are doing. That is why, I believe, Janet is not doing well in the charts. She is doing songs that are too young for her.
I also think it is the industry. We are fed too much of Miley Cyrus and not enough of actual talented singers. I am sorry, I am not the one to bash artists, but Miley Cyrus aka Hannah Montana is a damn fraud. I do not see the appeal of this little girl. She is a lucky 15 year old girl that is making money for her and her siblings' college tutition. That is how I see it. She has no real talent. We all heard her sing - she must be kidding. However, I think she knows that she can't sing and knows that these children, that are her fans, are too desensitized with bad singers and they are not going to listen to someone that has actual talent. Plus, what kid does not like the questionble Disney corporation? The industry are not looking for the next great artists. They are more concerned about who is the next MJ, Prince, Madonna, Whitney, Janet, Mariah, Rolling Stones, etc., (basically replacments of those artists) and not looking for the next great musician, rapper, singer, entertainer. I think that is the main problem. Let's look at American Idol - why are so many talented singers/musicians on that show? I mean, David Cook was awesome last night and that is someone that should be played on the radio and having a video on heavy rotation on these so called music/pop culture channels. Why is he singing in a talent show? This is what I mean. These so called music execs are not looking for the next great entertainer, they are looking for the next "star". The next tabloid foddler. The next person they can manipulate and destroy so they can get paid. I mean, look at Britney Spears - exactly my point. She has no real talent and she might have, if people actually took the time to get it out of her. I mean, look at Rihanana and Chris Brown - they have star power, but they can't sing and they remind you of MJ and Janet. Chris Brown wants to be JUST like MJ and he knows damn well he cannot even come close. Rihanna loves ignoring her young fans. I mean, this is what I mean. They make catchy songs, but their songs have no meaning. They are just "stars" not real stars.
The radio plays these types of songs (you all know what they are) over and OVER again, every two hours. WHY?! The songs are corny!!! LOL. I wanna hear Erykah Badu's song "Honey" when I listen to Big Boy in the Morning or the Miss Jones show when she and her gang are busy being wise cracking fools. I am tired of that Ray J song, I love Usher, but I am not feeling his hit song, Beyonce is beyond played out, Common is awesome so why aren't his songs played on the radio? I mean, I am so bored by this crap. That is why I am going to stop listening to the radio as a whole and focus on trying to get my laptop fixed so I can finally download itunes (yeah, I am late, so what?) and pay a dollar to listen to REAL musicians. The Internet is the only place where you can hear real music. I am also tired to hear that the "reason" (or excuse, whichever you wanna use) on why real artists are not being played on the urban and pop stations (radio in general) is because people are not requesting them. THAT IS BULL. I believe that the people are requesting them, but since these stations are being paid by the record compaines to play their artists crap (PAYOLA), the radio djs are not going to listen to the request of the listeners and play crap that really sucks. Y'all know I hit a spot that I should have not hit and you all know I am not lying. I am fed up with the music of today. I can't stand it.
That is my two cents.
