Black-Eyed-Peas, the future of modern music?

I've heard all the stuff on the list. Have any y'all played any Tupac?

Quote: ""I guess that if vacuous tawdry consumerism had a sound it would be like that. ""

You know when they sell out (um, 'let's get it started in here'? anybody remember that?), that it all goes downhill from there and just becomes about selling tickets and records to kids 14 and under.

Mapman-

I haven't bought anything by any of those 'artists', thanks,
don't need it, not good.....

finski

I prefer Tupac. ;-)

Tupac's just an example, no sell out there and his melody and harmony underly the profanity and violence, it a shocking contrast. A black sex pistols maybe? A lot of rap or hip-hop which BEP purports to be ends up selling out. Most 'rap' I cant stand, but there are a lot of great artists in the genre that arent addressing your 14 year old (or in this genre a future gang banger), some of the more 'accessible' being RATM, the Beasties, Cyprus Hill, even emminem.

If you want to hear something interesting, try Super Furry Animals, Mogwai, Fruit Bats, Cat Power, MGMT, Mogwai, Dwight Yoakam (especially his earlu stuff), Mostly Other People do the Killing. How many genres is that?

But what do I know, I happen to think Norah Jones -The Fall may be the best album of 2009. ;-)

On the weekend, I saw a band that was 'the future of modern music' in 1973. Called the New York Dolls. I thought they might suck now, but boy was I wrong. If you get the chance, go see them. They absolutely rocked!