2. Soulja Boy "Successful" Rap 2010
3. Pink Floyd "Money" Rock 1973
4. Lupe Fiasco " Superstar" Rap 2008
5. Trey songz "Successful" R&B 2009
1. 2Pac "Thugz Mansion" Rap 2002
2. Bryan Adams "Heaven" Rock 1993
3. Toby Keith "If I was Jesus" Country 2003
4. Outkast "Liberation" Hip Hop 1998 (Explicit)
5. The Notorious B.I.G "Sky is the Limit" Hip Hop 1997 (Explicit)
Once again the worldly success was a lot easier to find then Liberation. I think it is easy to write songs about getting rich, the drugs and the women. I found that worldly success was mostly in rap songs than any other genre of music. I was very surprised at how difficult it was to find songs on liberation, I'm not even sure if I got the right songs for liberation. I think that American pop does not have the wholesomeness about money, wealth, fame and power as the Hindu outlook does. I think that Hinduism is very different when compared to American pop.
"Money to Blow" is one of the songs that I tried thinking of (I completely forgot the name) that really demonstrates success by ownership of property and material objects. Drake clearly states "I made it" and everything that follows is a list of all of the good things that come with fame/success.
ReplyDeleteI am very curious to know what you perceive the Hindu outlook to be like compared to American pop!