The Music Industry today...

Now I know that this is a deep topic, and not something I know a lot about, but really is it me, or is the secular music industry getting darker and darker everyday? Like seriously? I mean I already knew and greatly disliked Jay-Z with his Illuminati business, which cancels out my appreciation of any of his signees or associates, namely Rihanna (despite her Bajan heritage), Willow Smith (I don't really care that she's 9...that's what it makes it more disturbing), Beyonce (Yes, I did once like her) and now Cher Lloyd (although I didn't appreciate her from day dot). But things are on a brand new level now and it's just deep.

Now I absolutely adore music, and there is no point in hiding that listening to purely Gospel music has been difficult. I mean there are times when I listen to songs that are not typically 'Christian', for example, I am a massive Coldplay fan and listen to a fair few other artists, and usually when someone posts a song on Facebook I tend to have a listen to see what's going on in the secular music world today. I've come to realise, I'm really NOT missing anything. This theory was confirmed after I watched the video for Kanye West's 'Monster' today, and seriously I have never seen anything so disturbing and grotesque in a music video ever. That's something I'd expect in a horror movie, and me, I hate horror movies! And I read someone's comment claiming the video was 'sick' but 'sick' as in good, not the original meaning of the word - which is what I would attribute to the video and perhaps the song in general. After having a brief conversation with my cousin, we confirmed the idea that the devil is rife in the music industry, and a lot of people are blinded by hype. He told me to watch Kanye West's video 'Power' which he said was worse than 'Monster' but after watching 'Monster' I definitely didn't want to watch something that was worse.

(I've put the videos on the page so you can make up your own minds, be aware, the above warning goes for all the videos to follow)

Also the lyrics, what are these people singing about? Literally a month or two ago, I kept seeing this Nicki Minaj song popping up, called 'Roman's Revenge' and the lyrics are 'I’m startin’ to feel like a dungeon dragon'....ermmm what is that supposed to mean? To me the lyrics sound really rubbish, yet this woman is selling records, and has got a lot of people claiming that their middle name is 'Minaj' on Facebook (something I find a little hilarious). Really I feel a bit fogey-ish wondering what the young people of today are listening to, but seriously...like a dungeon dragon? *sigh*

Be warned as well that the way artists talk about the opposite sex, can often be describing the role of God, something that I noticed in Alicia Keys' songs. Firstly in 'Teenage Love Affair' she says 'want you to be my first, my last, my ending and beginning.' Now I don't know what context she means this in, but Revelation 22:13 reads 'I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.' Also this isn't biblical but the song 'How Deeply I Need You' by Shekinah Glory says 'like the desert needs the rain, I need you' and Alicia Keys also says this but instead about a man. I guess this one is about personal choice really, if you don't have a faith you might want a man like the desert needs rain, but for me, I choose to need God that way not a man.


Furthermore, the sexual activity and innuendos nowadays, are just too much for my head and mind, anyone with a child or with young family members needs to be on guard. As per usual, I'm on Facebook, and I see a link to a video of Keri Hilson's new song, and I don't mind some of her songs, so I thought I'd listen, and low and behold I am confronted by a whole lot of explicit, vulgar language by someone usually soft and slightly suggestive but never so in your face. Her song entitled 'The Way You Love Me' - which may I point out, is the clean version of the title (substitute the word love for a word rhyming with 'luck') is just disgusting, really lacks any form of sophistication and commands no respect whatsoever. If you want to get the jist of the video you get it in this one phrase which I heard in a Youtube review of the song:

'Only a gynaecologist sees that much va-ja-jay'

Those who watch X Factor, will probably have seen Rihanna's somewhat 'raunchy' performance of 'What's My Name?' and whilst many loved it, some loathed it. I was hurting my bum on the fence, perhaps because I'd been exposed to Keri's video, I didn't find it that bad, but my closest friend was disgusted. We both came to the conclusion that our children would not be watching MTV, and after posting Keri's video on her Facebook wall (to emphasize how terrible it was), she had to delete it because it made her Facebook page look 'dirty' (her own words).

This has just been on my mind recently and I thought I'd share it and bring awareness to it. Remember this is my opinion so don't take it personally if you're a Minaj lover or West's greatest fan! Just insight for you to bear in mind and make up your own minds about the information.

Love you all,
Jade Chanel x