Today's music has no substance. All you have to do is listen to some of these artists in order to come to that conclusion. Today's music artists are all saying the same thing: The stuff I'm smoking, the stuff I'm drinking, my house, my car, I ball out in the club, drop $50K in the mall, etc. That's not life! Many old-school rappers talked about real life; they spoke on the condition of their neighborhoods, what they've seen and experienced. Many people could relate to what they were saying because they also went through hard times. Because I got sick of the constant thuggery and materialistic nature of some artists, I've found myself reverting back to old-school soul and R&B. What happened to good music? Back in the day, you had artists like Bobby Womack, Curtis Mayfield, Teddy Pendergrass, Four Tops, Temptations, Smokey Robinson, etc. who put out GOOD music. You felt the passion in their music. Old school funk with a church groove, you can't beat that. Why do you think many of today's artists are sampling old-school joints? They know that without the legends, they wouldn't have gotten into the music business. Today's artists will tell you that they were influenced by those who came before them. Old-school music has a way of taking you back to what life was like growing up in the 50's to early to mid/late 70's. The best musical decade was from the 50's to 70's because people were sporting afros, bell bottoms, men were looking fresh with their suits and hats. The elders have a point when they say "today's young people don't know nothing about good music" And from what I can see, they are absolutely right. You have to go back 40-50 years to capture the essence of what good music is/was. How many of us are going to remember most of these artists 20-50 years from now? This song is for grown folks, y'all don't know about this old-school funk jam.
