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Rob's post is great but I am not sure what rappers or rock and rollers should be treating as interesting lyrical subjects anymore. There are many things you can write about in a ‘’deep’’ way now, probably a lot more than before. I am not sure the time span you were allowed to use to work out an interesting lyrical context in the past is the same that many musicians have now though. The way almost everyone seems to feel jaded when it comes to listening to music these days is only one of the many obstacles a musician starting out faces when trying to reach out to a crowd large enough you can call a fan base. Obviously you also have many examples of people not giving a shit and being plain cynical businessmen posing as your best friend to squeeze a few bucks out of your naive self. This would never have happened if Sonic Youth were still around, of course. They were pure until the end.
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