StruggleBuggieMusic
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Do Todays New Jack Producers lack SOUL? (and what exactly IS S.O.U.L.?)
I read alot of these posts by the new guys, and believe me, I dont doubt that they have mad skills, know what sounds are hot, and why, but in the end, I feel that they have a certain displeasing "je nais se quoi."
You know what I mean, that secret missing ingredient: SOUL.
When theyre in the studio, the cell phone sits by the drum machine/controller...and then it rings<<<I would never answer, let alone have it in the same room as me when Im seriously about to THROW DOWN some Funky beats...
They get on forums like this and ask "what kind of music should I sample?" The answer to which we all know is: THE KIND OF MUSIC YOU LIKE...its like they are afraid to admit that they dont know about any other genres other than RAP and HIP HOP, and are scared that people will think them "lame" for digging 16th century french chamber music...<<<now thats really LAME, wouldnt you agree...
Now back to SOUL, and what it is. SOUL is a feeling of adoration, elevation, ecstasy for things of this earth, in other words, SOUL is secular church music...
Thats RIGHT, soul is church music for people that worship the body and all its delights and paradoxes: Lust/Love Pleasure/Pain, right/wrong, honesty/cheating...
So do these New Jack producers have that PASSION to re-interpret the CLASSIC music of america (JAZZ FUNK R/B, SOUL) through the kaleidoscope of TODAYS ETHOS and come up with a new form of SOUL music? Cause If they dont, music will need some major, major help...
PEACE...
I read alot of these posts by the new guys, and believe me, I dont doubt that they have mad skills, know what sounds are hot, and why, but in the end, I feel that they have a certain displeasing "je nais se quoi."
You know what I mean, that secret missing ingredient: SOUL.
When theyre in the studio, the cell phone sits by the drum machine/controller...and then it rings<<<I would never answer, let alone have it in the same room as me when Im seriously about to THROW DOWN some Funky beats...
They get on forums like this and ask "what kind of music should I sample?" The answer to which we all know is: THE KIND OF MUSIC YOU LIKE...its like they are afraid to admit that they dont know about any other genres other than RAP and HIP HOP, and are scared that people will think them "lame" for digging 16th century french chamber music...<<<now thats really LAME, wouldnt you agree...
Now back to SOUL, and what it is. SOUL is a feeling of adoration, elevation, ecstasy for things of this earth, in other words, SOUL is secular church music...
Thats RIGHT, soul is church music for people that worship the body and all its delights and paradoxes: Lust/Love Pleasure/Pain, right/wrong, honesty/cheating...
So do these New Jack producers have that PASSION to re-interpret the CLASSIC music of america (JAZZ FUNK R/B, SOUL) through the kaleidoscope of TODAYS ETHOS and come up with a new form of SOUL music? Cause If they dont, music will need some major, major help...
PEACE...