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Hip-hop can be a great artform. Just like any other kind of music, there's good hip-hop and there's bad hip-hop.
But if there's one thing I just cannot stand, it is pop music that's been been given hip-hop production values, that drowns its melodies and harmonies in the background so that the beat can be front and center...pop music that's been hip-hop-ified, if you will. It's become an epidemic this decade
To illustrate my point, I give you 'Umbrella'. Two versions. One is Rihanna's, and the other is Marie Digby's. One(Digby) totally brings the melody to the forefront and is a joyful, catchy guitar-pop number. The other(Rihanna) totally suffocates the melody, joy, and any catchiness under the beat, trying to appeal to the hip-hop crowd. It almost sounds inhuman.
Rihanna: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Az0qxQMxM
Marie Digby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67-rIC0Mn_s
Granted, you may think the song sucks no matter what, but like I said, that's besides the point. It's about how the music industry is presenting pop music these days. If it keeps going in this direction, will real pop music die altogether?
But if there's one thing I just cannot stand, it is pop music that's been been given hip-hop production values, that drowns its melodies and harmonies in the background so that the beat can be front and center...pop music that's been hip-hop-ified, if you will. It's become an epidemic this decade
To illustrate my point, I give you 'Umbrella'. Two versions. One is Rihanna's, and the other is Marie Digby's. One(Digby) totally brings the melody to the forefront and is a joyful, catchy guitar-pop number. The other(Rihanna) totally suffocates the melody, joy, and any catchiness under the beat, trying to appeal to the hip-hop crowd. It almost sounds inhuman.
Rihanna: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8Az0qxQMxM
Marie Digby: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67-rIC0Mn_s
Granted, you may think the song sucks no matter what, but like I said, that's besides the point. It's about how the music industry is presenting pop music these days. If it keeps going in this direction, will real pop music die altogether?