...well, not quite exactly.
He was speaking generally about 'this generation of kids', particularly in regards to football, but the points he made were very poignant. Especially in regards to our conversations about 'rap today'.
Some key points;
- They have everything so easy; everything is there for them. They don't have to work for it. In regards to music, this even comes down to how you consume music --- people used to have to go to the store, get a vinyl/cassette/CD, or tune into a radio, WAIT for the song to play. There was physical investment, you had to put in time and effort and money to listen to music. Now, music at your fingertips for free 24/7. This also goes for music making --- you can get free high quality DAWs, high quality samples, plugins etc, release and promote it for free etc etc. Put it out there without any talent or skill or effort. This all ties in with what i said about 'accessibility' of music today.
- They don't care/respect the OGs; we see this today, these new rappers/kids/whoever don't give a shit about the music and artists that came before them, hip-hop is pretty young so the people who came before them are pretty much the originators and pioneers and the ones who came from them. Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the best footballers in the world/of a generation, when he was young and coming up, he always watched, admired, studied, respected and learned from the OG players in the teams he played for, and that's part of how he was able to become one of the best. He's since returned to his original team where he had success and fame, and he's said most of the 'kids' (young players) "don't care", they literally have no interest or care that they have the opportunity to learn from one of the very best in the world. Exactly why you can't expect these current day 'rappers' to be good, they don't look to the greats before them for inspiration.
- They think they know best; this is kind of part 2 of the previous point, with no care of what came before, not even the greats, they'll hear some advice or such and it's straight out the other ear, and they'll just do what they think.
- They've never suffered; kind of inline with the first point, they've never really had to 'earn' their rewards, it's all just there for them. That sense of entitlement. That's why you see rookies in sports rolling about like they're a 10x champion hall of famer and don't have the genuine hunger or dedication, just walk around thinking they're owed it all. That influencer type of culture.
- distractions; I'm viewing this in terms of social media. They can believe their own hype, their own platform and audience. Seek likes and stuff to feel themselves. If you wanted to be 'on the radar' back in the day, you really had to put in that work... you needed to be so good, and doing so much, that others would be talking about you, that you'd get into articles, spoken about, plays. Now you can be utter shit, post online, you're bound to find a handful of people who like what you do, then you can delete any view that don't support that.
anyway, thought this was an interesting and insightful parallel.
You can catch the section of the interview here...
He was speaking generally about 'this generation of kids', particularly in regards to football, but the points he made were very poignant. Especially in regards to our conversations about 'rap today'.
Some key points;
- They have everything so easy; everything is there for them. They don't have to work for it. In regards to music, this even comes down to how you consume music --- people used to have to go to the store, get a vinyl/cassette/CD, or tune into a radio, WAIT for the song to play. There was physical investment, you had to put in time and effort and money to listen to music. Now, music at your fingertips for free 24/7. This also goes for music making --- you can get free high quality DAWs, high quality samples, plugins etc, release and promote it for free etc etc. Put it out there without any talent or skill or effort. This all ties in with what i said about 'accessibility' of music today.
- They don't care/respect the OGs; we see this today, these new rappers/kids/whoever don't give a shit about the music and artists that came before them, hip-hop is pretty young so the people who came before them are pretty much the originators and pioneers and the ones who came from them. Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the best footballers in the world/of a generation, when he was young and coming up, he always watched, admired, studied, respected and learned from the OG players in the teams he played for, and that's part of how he was able to become one of the best. He's since returned to his original team where he had success and fame, and he's said most of the 'kids' (young players) "don't care", they literally have no interest or care that they have the opportunity to learn from one of the very best in the world. Exactly why you can't expect these current day 'rappers' to be good, they don't look to the greats before them for inspiration.
- They think they know best; this is kind of part 2 of the previous point, with no care of what came before, not even the greats, they'll hear some advice or such and it's straight out the other ear, and they'll just do what they think.
- They've never suffered; kind of inline with the first point, they've never really had to 'earn' their rewards, it's all just there for them. That sense of entitlement. That's why you see rookies in sports rolling about like they're a 10x champion hall of famer and don't have the genuine hunger or dedication, just walk around thinking they're owed it all. That influencer type of culture.
- distractions; I'm viewing this in terms of social media. They can believe their own hype, their own platform and audience. Seek likes and stuff to feel themselves. If you wanted to be 'on the radar' back in the day, you really had to put in that work... you needed to be so good, and doing so much, that others would be talking about you, that you'd get into articles, spoken about, plays. Now you can be utter shit, post online, you're bound to find a handful of people who like what you do, then you can delete any view that don't support that.
anyway, thought this was an interesting and insightful parallel.
You can catch the section of the interview here...
