Explicit Music
Music has always had the power to strike emotions good and bad, which is why it is so attractive to people. This has not changed since the days when the Beatles shocked the world. What has changed is that popular music lyrics and videos have become much more explicit.
The question is to censor or not to censor? I say not to censor. Explicit music is merely a way for musicians to freely express their feelings and experiences and if we eliminated it, we would be violating freedom of expression, alienating many musicians, being oblivious to audiences appreciation for explicit music and utterly wiping out good music.
Why? I ask, should explicit music be censored if it can positively make listeners feel comfortable in relating to the music? And why should it be censored when there are people around that appreciate it as good music and nothing more?
If we eliminated explicit music we would be eliminating a huge percentage of the music industry. Could you imagine an RnB collection......
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