Has the music industry lost its creativity?

Has the music industry lost its creativity? There are a lot of mixed feelings on this topic. Some people say that much of the music these days is about sex, drugs and violence, but this is only partly true. There are many musicians who put positive messages in their music because only a select few aspiring artists will be able to have the success that they have been lucky enough to have. I believe that today’s music still has lots of potential, and here is why.

It is true that most music today contains elements of sex, drugs and violence. The main reason for this is to grab people’s attention. As Eminem puts it, “I want people who are already having a conversation to hear something on the radio and be like ’holdup, turn the radio up, what did that guy just say?’” Besides the attention grabbers musicians are putting out there, there are also more positive messages these days than there were in the past. I believe so, at least.

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