I feel global political oppression or global wars usually produce great music but Macklemore might be the peak.

Nothing against him, some of his songs are good, but I expected real rage inducing stuff with everything going on. Or is this just the state of music as a whole?

  • Ajen@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    It feels like less and less big artist are less vocal against what is happening. They will speak or make a post but their music is still the same ol same ol.

    My point is that artists who are vocal don’t make as much profit for the record labels as they used to, so they’re not being promoted as much as they used to. RAtM only became as big as they are because they were profitable for Sony. Ironic, isn’t it?

    • Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.deOP
      2·
      4 days ago

      Most people are anti-war or anti-genocide. It seems like an easy payout for artist right now. Kneecap and Vylan showed that. Most people never heard of them until the BBC stuff recently.

      • faythofdragons@slrpnk.netEnglish
        1·
        4 days ago

        There’s also the wider political angle to consider. The 90s was very safe for media companies to push revolutionary talk, there was no chance it’d actually turn into revolution. Now, shit’s starting to go down, and media companies don’t want the government to think they’re encouraging revolution.

        • Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.deOP
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          3 days ago

          Please remember that Parental Advisory and TV Parental Guidelines started in the 90s. 2 Live Crew was taken to court and declared legally obscene by a federal judge in 1990. Every generation has been through this.