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!"







The Nice-Guy Manifesto: Try Growing Some Balls.

Typical Battered Nice-Guy.

As the world advances and technology only improves, there always seems to be those individuals who seem to hold the advancement of the human race back. These mouth-breathing, bottom-feeders unite under one limp-wrist banner to draw more to their cynical plot.

My fellow comrades, it will always be your duty to chase the woman YOU desire. Never should you ever, cut off your balls and mail them to her, so that she can chase you. Let it become clear that if you are a Nice-Guy, you are insecure, clingy, spineless, womanless, etc etc etc. For too long, we have let ourselves become lax and neutered around women to please them. I’ve even had many friends tell me that, being “Nice” to women gets you laid faster.

LIES.

The plain truth is that, nice-guys lack one quality that women spend all their life looking for in those sub-humans and never find it. That quality is being Assertive. That simply means: not being a yes-man, being willing to argue with her, taking control of decision-making, and romancing her. Are you seeing a pattern now? A nice-guy will do NONE of those, in fear of blowing his chance with the female. He would rather try to “buy” love and shower her with gifts that don’t last.

“Doing it Wrong”

In conclusion, act your part and play your role. Never sell yourself short as a man for a hopeful one night stand, chances are it’s not going to happen. If you act like her therapist, you’ll just end up as her shoulder to cry on, until she’s ready to run back to the same guy who made her cry. Remember, no woman knows what she wants, its up to you to take initiative and make moves.

Take care.

Tyga: Careless World Album Review.

“Life without you is like a broken pencil. There is no point.” – Tyga

Review of Tyga, Careless World: Rise of the Last King.

I must confess, when I heard another Young Money artist was releasing an album, I immediately deflated. Between Lil Wayne selling out faster than the new iPads to Nicki Minaj's tasteless rap verses, I was sure Hip-hop was dead for good. The Rap genre was been on a downward slide for years now and its only been getting worse. Lucky for us there's an actually recovery taking place in the rap game. From Hopsin to Black Cobain, I believe there's still hope out there.

Now Enter Tyga.

Careless World's recording took place over a period of three years and it shows. The first song is the title track, which starts with Tyga talking about his rise to kingdom with a mood-setting beat playing in the back. "Faded" is the typical Tyga club song that we're all use to hearing on his usual mix tapes. The next song that jumped out at me was, "Black Crowns" which started out with a sexy hook, perfect for those sunny days with the windows down. The last jump out track was "This Is Like ft. Robin Thicke", which paints a picture of his travels all over the world with his lady.
 
Overall, I was very much impressed by the album and I hope to see Tyga De-throne Lil Wayne for good in the near future.

Bow down.

Religion: Debate or War?

So, with the wagons upon wagons of trends being banded upon these days, another popular trend to have surfaced, is religion.  Of course, religion has been around for hundreds and thousands of years, but it seems to have gotten a kick start as of recently.  So as not to discriminate towards anyone's beliefs or religion, I'm going to speak generally.  I'll try not to focus too greatly on any particular belief.  That being said, the two major beliefs I see first hand, are a belief in an all-mighty, omniscient, holy creator.  In other words, God.  On the other side of the ring we have Atheists, or a group who doesn't believe in any holy spirit, who strongly believe in the theory of evolution.  Now, the difference between these two beliefs is not the main conflict here.  I strongly believe beliefs are something every human being should have.  In fact, beliefs are what define us as individuals.  Without them we'd be no more than androids.  Beliefs are not the problem we're faced with, however, It's the label we assign these beliefs with.  Labels such as Christian, Atheist, etc.  This poses a question...what is the necessity for these labels?  Why do we have the urgency to pick sides thrown upon us by not only the media, but figures of authority as well?  I was under the impression we were raised as free thinkers, were we not?  Do we not, as humans, each deserve the right to believe a certain way without having to commit or confine ourselves to a certain guideline?  The moment when you declare one of these labels, you're automatically assigned these set of rules that follow with it.  This is the very thing that halts our progression as a civilization.  If we're not prepared to question the possibility of other existences or at the very least come to an understanding and a mutual respect with those of different opinions, how will we ever learn more than what we do now?  Beliefs are only glorified opinions, if you get right down to it.  However, has having an opinion ever stopped you from exploring before?  Just because you don't like one rap song, or one rap artist (Lil' Wayne), does that prohibit you from listening to the genre as a whole?  I would guess the answer is no.  So, the question is, why would it be any different in this particular situation?  Just because you are more inclined to not believe one way or the other, does not mean you should shut yourself off completely.  What I'm saying is, we should be more focused on open mindedness and exploration than categories and labels.  Whether you believe in God or not, that should not stop you from exploring another persons opinions.  If we are to survive as a civilization, we have to work together.  As long as these labels are assigned and chosen, however, we'll be held back.  A great video to watch about this very topic is by a man named Neil deGrasse Tyson.  I found the video exploring bigthink.com.  It's titled "Neil deGrasse Tyson: Atheist or Agnostic?"  It's a great video I HIGHLY recommend you take a look at.  Here's the link if you would like to watch it, http://bigthink.com/users/neildegrassetyson#!video_idea_id=43539

I suppose that's it for this time.  Stay thinking, and stay open everybody.
Sayonara, mina-san.