GUYS, JUSTIN BIEBER HAS MAD TALENT!! BY JACK GOHL

AWWW SNAP!! So after listening to 'Who Shot Ya' from Biggie, I figured why not incorporate this incredible talent we know and love named Justin Bieber. Did you know he covered 'Who Shot Ya'. Check it! Beaver Swag!! Alright, now that we got our fix on to my actual post..

In covering ideology and then incorporating the four rap vids today really got me thinking about the music industry and our culture. Our music industry teaches us everyday from radio and television that we as a society obtain common beliefs (some times forced), which provides a foundation for a complex system of domination. This common belief produced from larger record labels, radio stations, and television, can help classify what's good and bad music. In scooping out the Magazine Entertainment Weekly, I noticed something very interesting on a segment they called 'Grammy Insider'. In this segment they chose who had the best opportunity to win for each ballot. In reading just one category 'The Album Of The Year' with the nominees, Adele, Foo Fighters, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Rihanna (wow, it is a sad day for music) it seemed very limited. I do not believe this was a coincidence, but really a way in which people of the music industry (or high powers) chose these talents. Now we ask who's fault is it that our society has such a narrow perspective of looking at music?? Is it the record labels, the radio stations, or TV?? I blame ourselves, according to Marx the power is not obtained by force, but through consent and coercion... We give them the power! (Not yelling, just making a point) There are many ways in which the major record label system can be beaten via the Internet. To name yet a few SoundCloud, *BLOGS*, YouTube, networking sites, Pandora, and sure even digital download stores. Really it comes down to not caring or being lazy, which leads to major record labels success with these given options. Maybe the options are just not recognized like the sweet vid I shared above of biebs. All I'm getting at is if you don't care then fine, if you do care don't complain and do search for content rather then be feed. If everyone did this the music industry would change incredibly fast. In less of course your fine with this limited pop material. I would consider myself as one who does not care, but also searches for my material. Especially in my case when 'Under The Mistletoe' gets played one to many times.