Dumb It Down!

Have you ever asked yourself, "Who controls whats put out into the media?" Who made the messages of drugs, degrading women, and materialistism popular? Who made that an unknown person can suddenly be thrown into the limelight, because he/she made a dance song? Did you decide what you wanted, or did the powers who control the media industry decide this?

Why is it that a dance song can get extensive radio play, but when a artist wants to promote a message that might be considered controversial, the label who that artist is under tells them to take it off the the album, or else that artist would lose their promotion funding?

"Hip-Hop" artist are busy talking about money, clothes, cars, and the mistreating women, when you have wars that's greatly affecting many. You have worldwide poverty, famine, and utter calamity. Yet, we are too busy doing the "Stanky Leg" or "The Franky," but it seems no one is being frank with us, the listeners. Their is a popular image that is created, that says " If you want to be rich, then make a dance song. If you want to make some money, then rap like Lil' Wayne. He's successful. You can be just like him, if you do this."

Many young people have their minds so wrapped in to this message, that they couldn't tell you what's going on in the world. Rap and R&B artists could talks about such things like the war, but that is not what sells. Getting money at any cost despite who you may run over in the process is the order of the day. So the masses have been "dumbed down" to what is really going on in society. But if you were to ask about Chris Brown and Rihanna, then you could get engaged in a intense debate about something that really has no importance.

Good music and a good message is still out there; it's just not being played on the radio or on television, because the same people who control the message in the music industry, television industry, and media in general want to keep you from asking to many questions, so they keep your mind on frivolous things. Because the more you ask questions, the more you find out. And you not knowing the truth is the only way that thier plans and dealings can be successful.