Question for my fellow twentysomethings.....

Nothing wrong with listening to hip-hop. . . but it's how you embrace the "culture" of hip-hop, not necessarily the music. I'm not into the concerts too much anymore, because they are usually boring. Singers are much more entertaining. And I think that after a certain age, one should begin to embrace more "adult" themes for their lives.

I'm not knocking hip-hop at all (i still listen to it)...but my horizon's aren't as narrow as they were 2 or 3 years ago. I listen to a load of jazz (grover, miles davis, Fourplay, Kim Waters), i've always listened to the blues because my pop always listened to it. But I just dont accept hip hop like i used to. Im getting closed minded when it comes to the new stuff. Its like, once you hear what the old folks call "real music", you actually start to understand that it is real music. There were no Akai MPC 2000 drum machines. There were no synthesized sounds generated through a super keyboard. Just a drumset, a few guitars, saxophones, trumpets and a few good voices. You didn't have to be the next "American Idol" in order to get respected in music. All you needed was desire and talent. Case in point: Curtis Mayfield. The Ohio Players. Melanie Ripperton....what ya'll know about that?

Although I am not yet 18, I do have to say that I some of the statments made about becoming mature are correct. I could not stand people in high school that wore shirts with "what's ur name?" and " I lost my number can I have yours?". Although I was in high school I do believe girls should have a more mature approach towards their style of dress. I have more 2 say about this but I am unable 2 think.