Other types of great music

Kurt Kobain from Nirvana

I know that my last couple of posts have been talking about rap and speaking about how bad it is but thats just becuase i chose to attack the mainstream music first becuase most poeple listen to rap. This post will strictly be speaking about different types of rock and metal and how bad they are for society. I personally listen to rock and metal and i know there are some harsh lyrics and they are not to be taken seriously but some poeple do and it can be very dangerous. Most rock though is not that bad but there are always the extremes and this will be speaking of the extremes.

During the 70s rap was not really out and the mainstream was rock. During this time drugs swept through the music industry rock stars all over were over dosing and dying. Poeple all over followed overdosing on drugs. A popular member of a band was Nikki Sixx from the band Motley Crue who overdosed on heroine but luckily survived. Ever since then however Nikki Sixx has been walking a straight line and is now the founder of a band called Sixx A.M.

Nirvana is considered the best Grundge band to have ever come out they have many fans but this band had their own secret problems. Lead singer Kurt Cobain was found one day in his garden shed with his head blown off from a shotgun his own shotgun that he allegedly shot himself in the head with.

There are some sick bands out there and there are some wierd individuals. Perhaps the sickest band i have ever heard of is a band called Cannibal Corpse this band has an album cover with a corpse feeding off the nude body of another corpse and it is pretty sick stuff. some songs from this band are "F**ked with a knife","I C*M blood", "feeding on vaginal skin","devil to the metal" this for me is crossing the line that is too much. I have listened to stuff that most poeple cant stand becuase its just screaming and grunting loud guitars and pounding drums but this is too much. There is also a band called slayer who i dont really mind but some poeple may find disturbinghere are some lyrics to these guys songs.

Raining blood:"Trapped in purgatoryA lifeless object, aliveAwaiting reprisalDeath will be their acquisitionThe sky is turning redReturn to power draws nearFall into me, the skys crimson tearsAbolish the rules made of stone"

War ensemble:"Propaganda death ensembleBurial to beCorpses rotting through the nightIn blood laced miseryScorched earth the policyThe reason for the singeThe pendulum it shaves the bladeThe strafing air blood raid"

By far one of the most disturbed poeple is Marilyn Manson he is a sick individual he is an anarchist he does not believe in anything he defies everything but his lyrics are deep. here are some lyrics

Mobscene:"You came to see the mobsceneI know it isn't your sceneIt's better than a sex scene and it'sSo xxxxxxx obscene, obscene yeah."

Heart shaped glasses:"She reminds me of a one I knewThat cut up the negatives of my lifeI couldn't take my hands off herShe wouldn't let me be anywhere but insideAnd I don't mind you keepin' meOn pins and needlesIf I could stick to youAnd you stick me tooJust don't breakDon't break my heartAnd I won't break your heart-shaped glassesLittle girl, little girlYou should close your eyesThat blue is getting me high"

The main difference between these types of disturbing music and rap is that rap is mainstream and they think that they are doing something good. Nobody i know who listens to these bands think that they are doing something good and nobody looks up to them. Rappers actually think that they are doing somthing good and their music is self celebratory

some other "great rappers"

Today during spanish class I overheard my classmate James speaking to my classmate Jakeel about Lil Wayne being overrated and not being the best rapper. They said that instead Fabolous is the best rapper well once again lets see what makes this rapper better than all the others what makes him so different?

Well lets just check out some lyrics from some of fabolous' most famous songs

"Throw it in the bag": These niggas price checkin

you can help them in a second

as we proceed to give you what you need

like we bringin down the weed

just throw it in the bag

heres another song that fabolous did not make but he sings in the remix its originally by Jeremih

Name of the song is "birthday sex"(what a name)

here are some lyrics:"Birthday Sex Birthday sex

It feels like.......it feels like.......lemme hit that......g-spot-g-spot"

(any person with a functioning brain can figure out what that means)

LaMarion and others also said that Gucci Mane is inspirational here are some lyrics from a poular gucci mane song Freak Gurl:"Yeah Yeah [x2]She A Very Freaky Girl Dont Bring Her To Mamma First You Get Her Name Then You Get Her Number Then You Get Some Brain In The Front Seat Of The Hummer Then You Get Some Brain In The FrontSeat Of The Hummer". (Wow there are a lot of influential rappers out there these guys are cool i wish i was like them.)

Why do rappers believe their music is influential?

I know that there truly are some influential rappers but most rap has negative influence and influences poeple in the wrong way. I got the idea of writing this post one day whilewatching The viewers choice countdown of the channel Fuse. Asher Rothwas a guest speaker and was asked a question "if you did not succeed in being a rapper what would you be doing now?" Aher Roth answered by saying that he would probably finish college and be a teacher but and rapping for him is kind of like teaching. He said that through his lyrics he likes to reach americas youth and to him this is kind of like teaching since his music is influential.

Here are some lyrics from Asher Roths first hit "I love college"

" That party last night was awfully crazy i wish we taped it

I danced my ass off and had this one girl comepletely naked

drink my beer and smoke my weed but my good friends is

all i need"

(Well after reading those lyrics theres no doubt in my mind asher roth is fit for teaching kindergarten)

Fifty cent believes his music is inspitational why he believes this i do not know. Fifty cent just wants to influence america in some way.

Well lets just see how fifty cent is influencing america. Yet again some more lyrics

"Amusement Park": Shorty you aint gotta take your panties off just pull em to the side

"Candy Shop": Ill take you to the candy shop let you like the lollypop go head girl dont you stop keep goin till you hit the spot(Now my little brother can pick up on those innuendos)

Now lets check out some other "inspirational" rappers

Jay Z also one of the greatest rappers her are some of his lyrics

"girls girls girls": Girls Girls Girls Girls Girls girls i do adore come put ur number on this paper cuz i would love to date yah

Lets not only check rappers but poeple who associate with rappers and how rappers have influenced them

Mariah Carey:"Touch my body throw put me on the floor

wrestle me around play with me some more"

well its clear how influential rappers are to society i would like fifty cent to raise my kid when i have one

Lil Wayne "the best rapper alive"

As my classmate Claude stated Lil Wayne is known for being the greatest rapper ailve and he has no reason for it. Lil waynes rhymes are catchy but sometimes make no sense. Lil wayne is a horrible role model. Many kids look up to Lil Wayne and listen to his music my little 8 year old brother for example. I do not try to explain to him what the rhymes mean becuase i feel that it is innapropriate to explain his lyrics to a little kid.

Lil wayne also takes credit for other poeples work. Lil Wayne wants stary a new genre that is a mixture of rap and rock but this genre was successfully started by Run DMC when they worked with aerosmith on walk this way. Jay Z also worked with Linkin Park To recreate the album Meteora and was extremely successful. In lil waynes video prom queen it states that he made the song and it shows him playing the guitar but in the video really playing the guitar is a band Named Korn that is now teaching him to play guitar but they did not recieve any recognition in the video. Lil Wayne also always wears his pants off his arse.

Lil Wayne's music is self celebratory and extremely vulgar not to mention he gets high before most of his concerts. When Jay Z made the album with Linkin Park when Run-DMC made the album with aerosmith rock and rap fans alike listened to it and enjoyed it. Now Lil Wayne wants to come out with his "new genre" maybe he was high when he made this becuase it is certainly not new and he was certainly not the first to make it.

Here are some lyrics from a few of Lil Waynes songs

"Prom Queen": I loved her fancy underwear i sit behind her every year(very creative)

"Lollipop": Shawty wanna hump

And ooh i love to touch ya lovely lady lumps(setting a very good example for kids if i may say so)

"A Millie": got da maserati dancin on the bridge p*ssy poppin (nice choice of words very influential)

"Every Girl": Open up her legs then filet mignon that p***y( i have nothing more to say it really seems like lil wayne is the best rapper)

Now i know why poeple think lil wayne is the best well i know what i think of him feel free to leave comments and tell me what you think

Why is it that Rap artists get into the rock and roll hall of fame?

La'Marion- becuase rappers just want to apply to a different fan base and they want to act like rockers.

Shantia- becuase rap artists like run dmc are influential in music

Robert- I dont think rap artists should go into the rock and roll hall of fame they should stick to rap it makes no sense no matter how influential they may be they should have a rap hall of fame i dont think they should have somebody like lil wayne with a band like metallica. poeple who like rock wont listen to rappers trying to rock so its not really applying to a new fan base rap fans will listen to rap rock fans will listen to rock there is no in between it either rap and music like rap or rock and the different genres of rock.

Music

Which type of music is superior to others? What makes one type of music better than all others. What does it take for a music to become mainstream.