"You make me feel so brand new, I want to spend my life with you." Can you guess who said this? The Late and Great Marvin Gaye sung those sensual lyrics in his masterpiece "Let's Stay Together." For the Black people music is our life, our minds, our hearts, and flows through our veins. Remembering the greats to mention a few Tina Turner, The Temptations, Michael Jackson, The Supremes, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Al Green, and so many of others just too long to name. But Guyz, what happened? Was there like a cosmic bomb that just said now we make bullshit and manipulate others to buy it? I mean does anyone else feel the same way? I pray I'm not alone on this one. What happened to real artistry? Real musicians? Real writing? Real Voices? I'm not saying that we do not have any because we do its just not that many and its sad. The society we live in now is somewhat deluded in what true music really is. To be frank, when you let songs like "The Jerk" and "Stanky Leg" get a record deal and make money that's not saying much for Black Music. Pioneers in music fought their way to the top trying to get music where it is now. Ms. Lenna Horne, Ms. Leontyne Price, and Mr. Nat King Cole were are leaders in the act to improve the standards of music int he Black Culture and breaking barriers. I Honor them and so should you. Back to the matter, this has got to stop. I am seeing that real music is coming back to life and I am so excited to be alive when it happens. I cannot stress enough how depressing it is to see so many great singers from the 70's, 80's, 90's and even now falling out of the spotlight because people only wanna shake they ass and follow trends. If you pay close attention black music and fashion was marketed the same way. Our music pushed the envelope and dared to be different like Prince and Rick James such as fashion designers do themselves. Black music set the trends, not followed. If something is not done, we'll be last season and no one ever wants that.
Toodles...
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