George Clinton Tells the Deal on Dope
https://youtube.com/watch?v=EX1foEFWHUo%3Fversion%3D3%26%23038%3Bhl%3Den_US%26%23038%3Brel%3D0
“There’s more profit in pretending that we’re stopping it than selling it.” – Some medicine from Dr. Funkenstein.
Nadir Omowale
Artist – Producer – Creative Strategist
https://youtube.com/watch?v=EX1foEFWHUo%3Fversion%3D3%26%23038%3Bhl%3Den_US%26%23038%3Brel%3D0
“There’s more profit in pretending that we’re stopping it than selling it.” – Some medicine from Dr. Funkenstein.
“There’s more profit in pretending that we’re stopping it than selling it.” – Some medicine from Dr. Funkenstein.
Less than one week after Don Imus was fired, only days after Oprah’s round table with hip hop, and days after a gunman killed 33 people in Virginia, nothing has changed in the world.
I was listening to commercial radio in Detroit for the first time in months. I’m giving a songwriting workshop at a high school next week, and I wanted to hear what the kids are listening to so I don’t seem “out of touch”.
I heard the word “ho” bleeped or edited out more than I heard any real lyrics or original ideas. Let’s not even talk about how bad the songs are as “songs”. Let’s just talk about the language and the subject matter. It’s ridiculous.
But alas, I know that this is the state of the music industry. As an independent artist, I can’t get a song on commercial radio without literally paying THOUSANDS of dollars, but these knuckleheads with NO real lyrical content and NO real musical content get played over and over in Clear Channel’s 14 song playlist.
Do I sound bitter? Continue reading