I was listening to my pandora the other day as I was getting some stuff done and decided upon a more laid back, calm station to listen to. I listened to this particular station for about 2 hours. Later on in the day I got in my car and turned on some more modern music I had on my phone. Now, the pandora station I chose had mostly R&B genre music. The music in my car was a mix between rap and very little of what would be considered R&B. Listening to the two pretty much back to back caused me to raise an eyebrow. What happened to music being just that, music. The times when artist put thought into their instrumentation, and by instrumentation I don’t mean coming up with a beat in a studio (which takes a lot of effort as well). I’m talking about working with bands, not just for a live performances, but for an album. Back when artist valued their vocals as instruments and didn’t rely as heavily on studio equipment to give them the sound they are looking for. Don’t get me wrong I love the music of today BUT it still doesn’t compare to the music of the past, and by past I don’t just mean early 90’s, I’m referring to early 2000’s as well.
Many are shocked when they get to know me and hear the sounds of Erykah Badu (my favorite artist), Sade and Anthony Hamilton from my speakers. I can’t help it, I love the artistry of older music and the rawness of their voices. Not to mention the content of the music is different by a football field. Don’t get me wrong I love the music of our time but nothing compares to the beautiful voices and instrumentation of older music and content of older music. How do you all feel music now compares to music of the early 2000’s and before?
DeCarlo Finesse Middleton