Music!

This ones all about Music, guys.  I can remember the first album I bought (I was five) ,and embarrassingly it was the Backstreet Boys album titled "Millennium".  Thankfully I've gained the insight that at this age, purchasing THAT album, would earn me quite a few weird looks from my peers, but whatever; at the time, they were pretty damn awesome.

Unlike most people I own no portable Media Device (no Iphone/Itouch/Ipod/Zune/Sandisk, etc) but I pride myself on being an avid music listener.  I think music is one of the things that is so widely expansive that condemnation of it is simply saying "I just didn't look hard enough", everyone has something that fits their tastes!  A close friend of mine, we'll call him Bill, is one of those people that seems to hate every song you ever play in his presence.  Anything I play for him quickly receives a "Yeh, I dont know if Im feelin (insert lyricist/songwriter/rapper/)", and I'm not sure, is he the exception to the rule?  Has he accomplished the impossible, and condemned music, or is he just being blunt?

I'll be the first to point out one of my major flaws, which is judging people solely based off their musical tastes.  I apologize if I've alienated you, or made you feel inferior because of what you listen to, but comeon!  I cant help but laugh when you list off "Wiz Kaleefa (spelling?), Gucci Mayne, and DJ Khaled " as your favorite artists.

Let me supply you with a case before I continue my impending rant on what the media calls "Hip-Hop"

"Yeahh 
Damn 
Hold on turn me up a little bit more 
Yeahh bitch 
Always wanted to do this shit 
This is it what 
Luccini (in front of) 
Ugh Ugh Ugh (expletive, one that even I wouldn't say) Yeah"

-The first stanza in Wiz Kaleefa's "Air Born"

I'm sorry but I simply cant take shit like this serious, this man is making millions, driving around in cars that he has no business even looking at, for writing trash like that?  Sign me up, no effort and millions of dollars sounds pretty damn awesome.

I'll leave you with a link to the song i'm currently listening to, and a quote by Dave Chapelle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn7kVU6jP0o

"who's the best rapper alive?
DYLAN, DYLAN, DYLAN, DYLAN, DYLAN, cause I spit hot fire mon"

PS: Thanks for the mention Eddy, you've been a great friend, and Mentor.