todays music sucks

Y'know something. I can not stand Hikaru. :/

It is just the way she sings. I already do not like pop, but her songs just annoy me xD.

Well I brought up the lyrics because I was talking about the song as a whole not just a part of it, don't worry I'm not trying to convince of anything here, I was just saying what I think, I wasn't saying you shouldn't like it, you can like the song if you want but I don't like it due to the reasons I mentioned before and because I know I can listen to something better

I'm sorry, I'll reply to some of the other posts later, I just wanted to say that if you are comparing metal lyrics to rap lyrics both of them have obnoxious undertones. Rap's obsession with wealth, violence bigotry, drugs and homophobia is just as easily comparable to metal's preoccupation with violence, hatred of religion, hatred of other groups and ah yes, violence.

Of course there are groups whose subjects branch out in other directions, but if you are to recognize the metal groups that do so you must also recognize the rap groups that do so as well, and also understand that BOTH of those groups are in the minority when it comes to popularity.

EDIT: I do agree with you that Jay-Z is not doing that song much justice though, it's pretty awful. All I wanted to say is that there is no merit in looking past terrible metal lyrics just because there is a good voice (or howl) behind them. In fact, I almost think it makes it worse.

Akino Arai and Susumu Hirasawa are two of my all-time favorite musicians. But it needs to be said that the stuff they do for anime, while good, hardly compares to their other work.





Also check out Hirasawa's old band, P-Model. They were a big influence on the Japanese new wave and techno pop scene in the 70s and 80s. Polysics in particular practically worship them.

Wow........ Okay. That was not what I was talking about at all... sigh.

So let's talk about lyrics. We'll leave artists out of it for now. When you listen to lyrics what qualifies it as good? And what qualifies it as some ol bullshit? Let's establish this before we start judging artists. In terms of rap lyrics what qualities do you listen for to judge whether or not this is good or bad? Cadence? Tempo? Rhyme structure? Style? Rhythm? What makes something good?

Yo. I think this guy does good reviews on today's pop songs:

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/teamt/tis/tpsr


I started with episode 1. Made me laugh a lot.

Vints why do you have to like so many cool things but also like some of the worst shit ever?

You are a mystery to me.

i love entertaining critics like maddox, avgn, spoony, amazingatheist, louis ck, etc.

quality criticism is important and fun.

But tgwg is the absolute worst of the lot.

But thankfully it just some guy on the site.

So.

Move along.

Selena Gomez is getting airplay at CHR Stations, I'm picky about music I like

To say "today's music sucks" is beyond ignorance. There are plenty of talented artists out there. It's just a matter of RESEARCHING.

My choice in music is pretty unique though. Alongside J-R&B (Jasmine, Crystal Kay, and Ai), I also listen to House Music (French House, Disco House, Nu-Disco, among others), and some R&B. Hip Hop, depends, but I love the early 90s of Hip Hop with jazz and funk samples.

There are individuals that I like as well: Little Dragon, Adele, Jessie J., Latoiya Johnson are among the few.

I can proudly say that mainstream modern rap music today is just FLAT OUT CRAP after seeing this:

Id rather listen to beiber over this.

I'm proud I listen to Hardstyle now...

The up and coming rappers are way better than the mainstream ones. Keys the beat/problem and Guyana are two of my favorite females...

Not to mention, I despise Young Money.