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It’s no secret that Wynton Marsalis dislikes hiphop and he probably should be classified as a traditionalist jazz supporter. Wynton has often made it known as to his displeasure with hiphop as an art form. He really hates the genre. I’ll paraphrase it for you “Its trash… “in his opinion.
Mr Marsalis has a right to his opinion (which in most cases isn’t followed up with an alternative investment solution that works for the investors or the artist. “That 2 cents means nothing if it’s not on the bill…” Big Sean) It seems that Mr Marsalis is forgetting that hip hop is a business ( a profitable one at that…) that drives quick investments and quick returns and if hiphop businessmen start trying to dictate consumer taste as opposed to reacting to it, well they’ll go broke (as is the case with most RNB and Jazz artist when it come to consumer sales demand in today financial marketplace,,,) Mr Marsalis hiphop investors have never hid that they were in it for the quick buck. Most of hiphop investors never committed to the sponsorship of the craft (the ones who did usually went broke…) Why, because our primary buying (and I emphasize buying…) is young and unfortunately in an effort to define their own culture as a generation, Cussing and braggadocios behavior is likened to women burning bras for their voting right (I know the comparison is extreme but you get the point) and, they have a short attention span when it comes to entertainment (they have a lot of options…) In hip hop it’s not a great idea to try to legislate taste because 1, you will go broke and 2, the kids will find another way to define themselves. That is a natural progression of generations.
Here’s a novel idea, why don’t all like minded jazz traditionalist create hiphop/jazz genre that sells and invest their own money. Spend money to support the product and put these evil guys at the labels out of work. I’ll wait…
#ItsAboutTheMusic
#GetAtMe
