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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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[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 week ago

Expand your tastes, cousin. There's a lot of anti-war and angry music getting made right now.

[-] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 20 points 1 week ago
[-] DampSquid@feddit.uk 9 points 1 week ago

Not the most recent, but how about this ABSOLUTE BANGER by The Coup?

https://youtu.be/acT_PSAZ7BQ

[-] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

Nice, this has soul. I don't like rap, but in this song is acceptable.

[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago

I'm talking more main stream. You couldn't turn on a radio without hearing those guys.

Yes, you can point to any period and say "they made statements".

Ren makes statements but has 2.4 mil followers on youtube. I'm talking a generation band /artist standing out in this period. Hearing Killing in the Name of playing daily, the music video was everywhere.

Your boy is good but you also pointed to a song from a decade ago which has 2.2 mil views.

[-] Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

My dude, no one listens to radio anymore, when you can have your own music with you on a device you carry around in your pocket all the time.

[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

My dude, radio is just playlist and curated discover modes. A horse by a different name is still a horse.

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