The 'urban' genre

Unfortunately I'll be loosing my roommate shortly so I have to rush any blogs about her out as quickly as possible while I still have regular access to her. This particular blog is in reference to the primary genre of music that she listens to... a genre I refer to as "urban". It's like rap but there tends to be fewer lyrics about gunning down random people.

I find this genre of music to be ridiculous. Sorry Aries... your music cracks me up. The lyrics typically go something like this;

"oh... yeah... yeah... uh huh... yeah... what?... what?... oh... yeah... baby... yeah... I'm checkin you out in the club... yeah... yeah... I see you checkin me out... oh... oh... I slide up next to you... yeah... yeah... and you slide up next to me... oh... oh... and the I whisper in your ear... yeah... yeah... you know what I want baby?... oh... oh... I wanna stick it in your ass baby... oh yeah... you know it! I wanna throw it in your butt!... oh yeah... you know it! So lets go back to my place baby!... oh yeah baby... and butt-fuck all night long. Don't wanna know your name... don't wanna see your face... just wanna butt fuck all night long..."

Ok, maybe not quite that bad but pretty damn close. The beat is typically strong. The backup singers are awesome (though their vocabulary tends to be limited to; oh, yes, yeah, baby, and a few other select words) but are you listening to the lead singer's lyrics? They are ridiculous most of the time.

And what makes them even more funny is when there's this female backup singer who's job it is to sound super sexy like she's into what the lead singer is saying. You know she's thinking "whatever, just pay me my fucking money... I gotta sound like I want you to ass-fuck me on the microphone... fine..."

I tend to think of the urban genre of music as a transitional genre... some of the unfavorable leftovers from rap are still present but some of the higher quality music and vocals are starting to make their way in.

Next time I'm at a club I'm gonna slide up next to some chick and whisper in her ear... "so yeah baby... what's your sign? Can I slip it in your mouth when you're not looking?" and write a rap song about what happens... I have a feeling it will go something like this...

"I learned how to pick up chicks from rap... yeah... yeah... but you clocked me in the face... no... no... I don't know why... oh... oh... did I say something wrong?... please... please... Now I'm laying in a puddle of blood... yeah... yeah... because you stabbed me with your heals... no... no... I don't know why... oh... oh... I learned how to pick up chicks from rap... please... please..." and so on.

Sorry Aries. I know you like your music very much. It's just one genre that doesn't do it for me.

Tagged with: Aries, music, rap, sing, urban