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So, I Could’ve Been Wrong. Whatever.

See, I have the unfortunate burden of being one of the smartest people in the world (it’s true!!!!) and I would have to say that about 98% of the time, I am right about everything (except for when it comes to my personal life). However, even the world’s second smartest woman (Michele Obama got me beat) can a) be wrong and b) have a change of heart.

Sooooo, I gave $uli’s arguement for the digital music revolution a LOT of thought. And while I am still in favor of saving the national treasure that are our mom and pop CD and vinyl shops, I do realize that the buisness of music has changed in a potentially good way. Musicans need to get down or lay down for real.

Building off what $ said, a lot of musicians are lazy these days, or so fucked up on drugs they can’t squeeze out more than one record every 7 years (hey D’Angelo, Maxwell). If regular folks can get up and do the 45 hour work week, why in the hell should you be jet setting and snorting coke off a hooker’s thigh when you should be touring your butt off and consistently rolling with new material? It’s not that we want the quality of the music to change- shit, Rihanna put out three albulms in the past three years and they were trash (well, I never heard them, but I doubt I’m wrong about that). But we can’t give up our dough to these people if they aren’t gonna grind for it.

One big issue is that a lot of these cats (especially the mainstream ones) are not musicians, they’re entertainers. They don’t have the artistry to record constantly because they can’t even do shit on their own. They need the producer, the vocal arrainger, the vocal coach, the ghostwriter. Cats like Miles and Trane lived in the studio because they lived and breathed music. If you are just recording to get rich, you better do it fast because your days are numbered. People will download your record for free and use the $15 they saved to go buy some product you name checked or an I-Phone to listen to your words for free!

Hopefully the folks who deserve to be in this bidness will get it and maintain long, fruitful careers. And the garbage will take itself out. And as for me- yes, treated I was. But I learned something and I hope you did too.

DROPPED BY SISTER TOLDJA

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3 Comments to So, I Could’ve Been Wrong. Whatever.

1. 

   you mentioned maxwell… WTF ever happened to him? He had women swooning everywhere! Do u know?
deedee9:14 on August 2nd, 2007
2. 

   Last spotting snorting coke in the clubs of NYC, sadly.
Sister Toldja on August 2nd, 2007
3. 

   in addition to rumors of him snorting coke in NYC clubs he 1. was chasing women across the world wiht his P.I.C. Lenny K then 2. got married 3. was rumored to have submitted a project ot his record co.but was told to scrap and restart because it was too sexually explicit. and if that is in fact the case…WTF was he singing about to canned due to severly sexual lyrics…in these times…i wanna know and i wanna hear it damn it!
Anonymous on August 2nd, 2007

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