Sex is Calling

Music is said to reflect the mindset of a generation. Then what is going on with Gen Y ? There is Nelly’s “Tip Drill”? Akon’s “I Wanna Fuck You”… what are these outrageous sex forward songs saying and proposing to today’s culture? Ironically they are saving the music business. Could this be the truth? Sex, Sex and more Sex sells… at least in selling “radio hits” and the ever savior to the industry- “ring tones”. Jody Rosen of Music Box explain how songs like Akon’s and Nelly’s are “not really proper choruses so much as advertisements for ringtones, which, as any music-industry analyst will tell you, is where the real money is these days. Between Akon and rapper Mims (another breakout rapper of 2007), there's reason to suspect that we have arrived at a historical tipping point—the moment when the cell phone replaces the record as the central icon of popular music culture.”- Music Box

It is not new news that the industry is relying on ringtones for income, but has anyone given thought to why such unmelodic and underdeveloped songs do so well? Could it be that the catchy phrasing is perfect and short enough to be heard and played through an entire ring cycle? Could it be that theya re encouraged by the labels to ensure revenue? Let think about the youth culture for a minute. Could this be the reason children are running around these days singing “smack that on the floor…smack that and give me some more… till you get sore”. They possibly don’t understand what they are saying- but you know they are hearing it from somewhere. Videos are played on iPod’s, phones, and the Internet; it’s not hard to realize that censorship is a joke? If people can break DRM laws- children can definitely get around their parents security locks. There is something disturbing about the messages that are bombarding innocent youth and infiltrating the streets though or mobile media devices. It will only get worse it seems, when sex and “wet pussy” is a rappers dream—you are bound to see it anywhere you please. Good luck to parents out their trying to protect their childrens' onnocent eyes.