I'd like to Teach the World to Sing.....

Today's Quote:
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
- Aristotle

Random thought;

I don't know if I have ever told any of you this, but I HATE bananas... I haven't eaten one in over 12 years. The last time I ate a banana I threw up and now I can't stand the thought of them. It's funny though because I have thrown up because of booze too (haven't we all), but I continue to drink. HAHA.

Now on to my ramblings...

What has happened to TRUE Hip Hop and good music in general? I am tired of listening to the music that artists are putting out. I mean... I bob my head to the beat, but what on earth are the talking about? NOTHING... ass (girls with big ones, and getting some), money, jewelry, grills... Damn... if that is what our generation is reduced to then we are in seriously sad condition. Call me old fashion, but I really enjoy The Roots, Common, A Tribe Called Quest, Erykah Badu, Lenny Kraitz... I'd rather hear lyrics like "...there are times when you need someone, and I will be by your side..." (Love goes out to the people who actually know the name and album of that song) instead of "oooo boy your lookin like you like what you see, won't come over and check up on it..." (No surprise that all of you probably know this song)... I'm no hypocrite... I listen to the radio, all I want to know is when it became the norm for music to be so shallow?? We wonder why our children are having sex at younger and younger ages, and why drugs are running rampant through schools, but the lyrics of the music these kids are listening to are telling them to get high and have sex... Um... HELLO!! Self-fulfilling prophesy...??!!

Music used to be about voicing social angst... crooning about love... should we assume that musicians no longer are in touch with their pain? Are they too far removed from their humble beginnings now that they are sitting in their $5.9 million dollar Malibu mansion sipping their $1000 per bottle champagne preparing a ridiculous monologue for their 12 minute spot on MTV Cribs?? Here's a solution... lets stop buying their albums so that they have to downsize - they can then re-connect with the pain they made them famous to begin with...

If Aristotle is correct, which I suspect and believe he is, Beyonce is in serious trouble... at the rate she is going all she repeatedly does is shake her ass... what kind of personal excellence is that? unless it's just an act...

-me