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What is this generations Nirvana, Limp Bizkit, Tupac, or Rage against the machine? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 week ago by Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I feel global political oppression or global wars usually produce great music but Macklemore might be the peak.

Nothing against him, some of his songs are good, but I expected real rage inducing stuff with everything going on. Or is this just the state of music as a whole?

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[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, I see that. But I guess that has more to do with how music is produced and "consumed" nowadays rather than the artists themselves - a couple of decades ago it was really tough to get signed by a label, whereas now anyone can produce hits in their bedroom. This has, imo, led to a more "decentralised" music scene, and also to more focus on singles rather than albums. The fact that media outlets, including radios, are corporate-owned definitely doesn't help too.

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 week ago

I feel like that should produce more of those songs. Less thumb on the scale powers to hold you down.

Old songs did a great job of mixing the meaning into the songs. Most singers don't write their own songs. That might be a issue and auto tune can turn anyone into a singer. I used rock and rap as an example due to them usually being more hands on.