Track 3:A sound rather than a song

I have come to realize the focus on making “good songs” in the music industry. By good; I mean creating a marketable sound. Knowing you are asking yourself “what is a marketable sound?” Well, in most popular music there is a common progression of notes. Notes are pitched sounds. The common progression of notes is C to F to G to A minor back to C. The sounds that the notes create are aesthetically pleasing to your auditory senses. This progression has been abused and reused by many of the popular artist today. The songs that are created using this sound , I mean putting several words together into vaguely meaning something important. Are an epidemic in our musical society. For example: Every Black Eyed Peas’ song. Think about it. The Black Eyed Peas have become a musical giant because of their ability to churn out marketable sounds, not meaningful lyrics.

The Black Eyed peas have spewed out marketable sound after marketable sound such as “I just can’t get enough”, I gotta feeling”, “Let’s get it started” and the list can go on and on. The sounds produced by the Black Eyed Peas are catchy and “fun” but the nonsensical lyrics that are produced by the Black eyes peas are tolerable trash to say the least. Their lyrics are throwaway lines that only induce confusion when being truly read. For example: in the song , "Boom Boom Pow". One of the lyrics is “Y'all stuck on super A-sh**, They're no fast stupid a bit, I'm on that HD flat, This beat go boom boom pow” , Why is this person on a HD flat screen and the only super A-sh** is listening to this piece of musical disgrace. Another example is” The Time(dirty bit)”. The Black Eyed Peas rendition of “The Time” by Mickey & Sylvia desecrates a classic 70s songs. The Black Eyed Peas borrow the chorus of the 70’s version of The Time and imbue their own flavor on the song…a bad idea. For example” I-I came up in here to rock, light a fire make it hot, I don't wanna take no pictures, I just wanna take some shots. Why must someone “light a fire”, is that euphemism? Never have a heard the Black Eyed Peas do any inappropriate behavior such as drinking too much anywhere. Have you?

I understand that the Black Eyed Peas loves to get a party “hyped” but their success shouldn’t detract from artists that actually want to put out meaningful lyrics. Up incoming artists who are neophytes in the music industry will and are being overshadowed by the success of marketable songs. Big Sean, Mike Posner, Pusha T, Tyler the Creator all have something important and innovative to say but their sounds don’t appeal the masses. We need to support the progression of music rather than the devolution of it. To do this go to DatPiff.com and check out new artists.
However; you will probably ignore my message. Go on with your life and listen to whatever is “popular” this year. But the thing you readers don t realize is that…. we control what gets popular. We control what is constantly played on the radio. We control what is on the top music charts. We control who’s message is being heard by everyone. But; unless we change our ability to listen to the lyrics rather than the beats, we will always listen to a sound rather than a song.