You Are Too Old For That

I can't stand when grown ass people act like they're younger than me. I really can't stand when its a musician that I used to have in heavy rotation in my cd player. These two guys are two such cases.

R. Kelly was the man when I was a tiny tot and he was still the man when I hit my teenage years. When he was in his prime, most of Mr. Kelly's songs had something to do with sex. He probably laid the soundtrack to your little brother's conception. But as he got older, his sex jams became a bit weirder with each album. "You Remind Me Of My Jeep" at first mention of the title, usually gets two reactions-- "Yo, that's my song!" and/or "What in the hell?!" It went from that to "Sex Weed" and "remote Control". Its gotten to the point where you can't pick up any object and not think of a song by him that turns it into some sort of sexual reference. But that's his thing. I'm just wondering when can we get him to do something new. The same can be said for Snoop Dogg.

Snoop Dogg broke on the scene talking about smoking weed, drinking gin and juice, and smoking more weed. But after, twenty and change years in the game, can we get material that has nothing to do with that? Every album he puts out, most of them either have a drug reference or is dedicated entirely to weed. Where's the originality in that? No where because rapping about drugs is the norm now.

I know they say when you find a niche, you should stick to it until the wheels fall off, but am I the only one that hears their wheels starting to get rickety? R. Kelly's career is damn near down the crapper after the whole under age girl sex tape fiasco. He hasn't sold more than a million copies of a cd since 'Chocolate Factory'. As for Snoop, he can still chart big numbers, but he too, hasn't had that million seller in a long while. Blame it on the decline of the music buying public if you want to, but the problem lies in their hands partly. A over 40 year old man shouldn't be singing about sex in anybody's kitchen, especially, after you've been accused of sleeping with girls younger than your daughter. Also, men over 40 shouldn't be rapping about smoking weed, especially, when they coach pee-wee football. That is sending mixed signals to everyone that interacts with you and your music.

All I'm saying is these grown men need to grow the hell up and make music that's age appropriate. Jay-Z said thsat when your life changes, your thoughts change, and therefore your rhymes have to change. Will R. Kelly and Snoop Dogg ever learn this lesson and take heed? Hopefully so, but only time will tell.