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What is this generations Nirvana, Limp Bizkit, Tupac, or Rage against the machine? (discuss.tchncs.de)
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I feel global political oppression or global wars usually produce great music but Macklemore might be the peak.

Nothing against him, some of his songs are good, but I expected real rage inducing stuff with everything going on. Or is this just the state of music as a whole?

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[โ€“] [S] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Most people are anti-war or anti-genocide. It seems like an easy payout for artist right now. Kneecap and Vylan showed that. Most people never heard of them until the BBC stuff recently.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    There's also the wider political angle to consider. The 90s was very safe for media companies to push revolutionary talk, there was no chance it'd actually turn into revolution. Now, shit's starting to go down, and media companies don't want the government to think they're encouraging revolution.

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