Do You Like “Tomo"? If Thats What You Like To Call “Them”, Yes I Do.

Music. 
It speaks to man’s very soul and motivates even the lazy among us to reach unattainable new highs. 

But, what about music that belongs in interrogation books, instead of on the Top 100 Music Charts?

I present to you…. AKB48.

Yes, there are really 48 member….

AKB48 (derived from Akihabara 48) is a female Japanese idol group produced by Akimoto Yasushi. They have their own theater in Akihabara (a district in Tokyo) where they perform regularly. The concept of the group is "idols you can meet". Currently, they hold the record of having the highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon charts.

A group of 48 talented singers, what could go wrong?! The problem is, that out of the 48 members, only five of the girls can hold a manageable tune. Because of this, the other 43 AKB members must take back seats and lip-sync along during live performances.

The group is mainly composed of girls under 18 and have caught flak for: 

• sexually suggestive texts of many of their songs, which some felt were unsuitable for AKB48’s young members.
• Music Videos showing underwear shots, teenage members hugging, kissing, and taking a bath together.
• and this…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogJrjfjEvNo

I hope you flossed, Rina-chan….

Now, whenever a member “outgrows” the group, they “leave” the group and release a photo book and a solo albulm. Tomomi Kasai is the most recent member to leave the group and when she released her photo-cover, “Do You Like Tomo?”, it too caught flak for being…..”Soft-core Child-Porn”

Have a look….

That kid gets more than any of you mouth-breathers.

Being the role models for millions of little Japanese children, I expected more. As of the second week of January, 2013, the image was subsequently pulled due to decency laws.

In closing, it seems that bad roles and bad music are prevalent everywhere.

If you are one of the ones who are thinking about leaving the country due to “Beiber Fever” and “One Direction Disorder” suck it up. It could be worse.

The Music Industry Is Still Going In One Direction....Down

Welcome back, mouth-breathers.

I've been out of the loop for a while, so I decided to address a topic I can no longer ignore....

With the release of: Curren$y's "The Stoned Immaculate", Yashin's "We Created A Monster", and Miwa's "Guitarium" in later 2012, I was sure music was being given CPR.




Currensy- The Stoned Immaculate

 




Yashin- We Created A M0nster

 







Miwa-Guitarium

 

But, once again, modern music has failed to produce anything relevant or note-worthy.

Over the past few month's I have heard whispers of "One Direction" and I figured it was irrelevant.

I should have known better....

Now, here are the things that I DON'T like about One Direction.....

1) There is a large discrepancy between the QUALITY of their music and the POPULARITY of the music. The quality tends to be low and the popularity is high. (Ex. Disco in the '70s) One Direction does not write their own lyrics, and their lyrics are very cliché. We've heard them before; rehashed, whiney, love songs.

2) People mainly like them for their looks. Unfortunately, people are shallower now, and they look more towards looks than quality. There are so many other GOOD artists out there with more meaningful music (meaningful lyrics) that never gets a chance to make it big because people choose stars who just look good. If you ask a 1D fan if they like 1D's music, many will say they do. I am not doubting that people don't like them for their music, but the music that people like nowadays is very shallow music-it has no depth, no deep meaning like Pink Floyd or Nirvana.

3) They practically had success handed to them. They never had to hit the pavement and work for success. They were on X-Factor and made it big right away, a bunch of British guys with decent voices and BAM, top album on ITunes. People who like better music, and by that I mean, DEEPER music with more meaning, don't like the fact that the music industry has ended up this way.

4) They are "fake"; people tell them how to dress, write their lyrics, and tell them how to act. They are like machines in a sense, designed to please the viewers, designed to sell records, designed to increase the income of revenue for the music industry.

Why People Don’t Like One Direction:

"I think it's a bandwagon thing. People are annoyed to death by the crazy fan-girls; it's like they think they finally got a break from "Bieber Fever", and now they have Direction Infection to worry about."-Yahoo User.

And on an end note, if you claim I’m jealous because they are "famous" remember: Hitler was famous too...



Look At That "Fan Base!"







Stretched Wide Butthurt In Video Games.

Meet The Kids Who Just Quick-Scoped You….Again.

Imagine a world with no rules.
A gun-law free world.
A world populated by little children wielding said guns.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you... every major shooting game on the market.

Let it be know that Eman doesn't hate kids. I actually have to live with the little demons in my house. I only have a problem when video games and minors are mixed. The two entities should remain separate. Like church and state.

Now, with that being said if I’m playing a certain game and 4 foot nothing midgets are whining over a mike, past their bedtime at me, I believe verbally smacking them is indeed my right of way.

Apparently parents think M stands for “Many Kids Playing This”

Pop quiz: what is the picture above?
If you don’t know, you probably also don’t know that your kid: smokes weed, masterbates to your porn collection, and is a closet-homosexual. Proven facts.

The above picture is called ESRB game ratings and they were made to keep you grubby kid’s fingers from touching anything more mature than his age. If you start giving your 10-year old kid violent videos and then become surprised when he shoots up his middle school, then i don’t feel sorry for you dumb-fuck.

This…

Plus This….

Equals This In 10 Years…

Lastly, I want to discuss under-aged minors when they pick up a mike and take their time-out angst online.

Bottom-line?

Don’t let it happen and start to beat your children more people.

Take care.

Hopsin - Ill Mind of Hopsin 5: Review

Hopsin - Ill Mind of Hopsin 5.

With the constant decline in the significance of Hip-Hop lyrics, usually being a witty statement referring to the amount of cash they have sorted into multiple stacks evened out by how many hoes they have to a group, one can wonder if there are any good artists left out there.

When I sat down and turned on Hopsin's new single, Ill Mind of Hopsin 5, I regained the slimmer of hope for this generation that I had been looking for.  The song starts off with a somewhat eerie beat that really plays into Hopsin's style.  The beat itself, is great.  It has that old school Hip-Hop feel to it, while keeping an interesting creepily addicting bass line.

Hopsin's lyrics start off with,
"Man I hate rap, but if the shoe fits, wear it."
expressing his distaste for the way rap has become.  I was already getting into the song before it started.  The remainder of the intro basically details Hopsin expressing discomfort for feeding the morals rap music delivers, even going as far as to say that he's embarrassed to be a part of it.  The next verse starts out describing your average teenager these days and the twisted ideas of entertainment people have come to be a part of.  Disrespecting fan favorites such as weed, drinking, money, women and the all popular SWAG.  This entire verse picking apart trends we face in America these days and why rap music is one of the biggest influences on them, breaking down this "we do it because rappers do it" logic. 

Once he's got a fair amount of sore-anus spread out across America, he starts to address the women of this generation who claim, "they want a nice guy".  He starts off explaining to these confused women that they say they want a real man, yet they refuse to stop going after the fake ones.  With lyrics such as,
"Twice a week you put on your makeup and damn bracelets
And head to the club half-naked with your ass shaking
Pulling a lowlife nigga who claim he cash making
Til you let him hit and find out he work at the gas station",
Hopsin nails this one DEAD on the head.  Going on to explain that as long as you go after the "tough guy" act, you're going to find it. 

We finally arrive at the last verse in which Hopsin asks what the term "real nigga" means.  He questions the audience what a "real nigga" is supposed to be, saying the phrase has him very confused.  His impression being someone who handles their business and stays out of trouble so that they can make something out of themselves.  Basically, he speaks the truth.  I mean really, it's not a hard concept to grasp.  Anyway, he goes on to say "A real nigga don't brag about being real as long as he knows it.", meaning if you are who you say you are, you wouldn't have to say it. 

To end this surprising explosion of genius, he addresses the rappers of today, telling them that they inspire the issues he had previously mentioned.  Even going as far to say that they are one of the major reasons we are in the shape we are right now.  While every human being DOES have a choice, he does make a valid point.  Without the added pressure of the media and music of this generation, children may be a little better off.  I suggest everyone listen to this song and REALLY think about the lyricism he brings.

Bottom line.
Hopsin put an extraordinary amount of meaning in this song, and this is the type of music we need to see more of. 

That's it for today.
sayonara, mina-san.