Just Art or Genius?

[Pioneer1]

Not sure why but driving around today listening to my favorite music and even being forced to listen to some of that new Gen Z shit kids are calling Hiphop today, for some reason I became AMAZED at how well put together the lyrics are in music in general and in Black music in specific.

Both the Rap AND the RnB.

Seems to me it would be hard enough to come up with enough words that rhyme with each other to make an entire 5 minute song, let alone an album....AND make it all make sense with themes and story lines!

 

AND make them sound smooth and witty and catchy!


One of the songs I was listening to was an old one from Nelly where he said something about,

 

 

"If you compare ME
to your local grocerY
Then you'll SEE
I got more carrots than aisle D
More bread than aisle G
Then bag and scan ME"



Even the kids riding with me had to trip out on THAT one....lol

What a powerful mind to come up with some shit like that, IMO.

I know a lot of musicians have writers who help them write their lyrics, but I'm wondering how powerful your mind has to be to come up with some of these beautiful yet captivating lyrics that stay in people's heads for decades. 

Is there some special place in the universe artists go to for their creativity?
I know a lot of them do drugs and that activates certain parts of the brain.
 

[ProfD]

Many folks are born gifted and/or talented.

 

White folks have the hardest time understanding or believing it. They want to associate hours or practice time and/or study to people being proficient. It works sometimes.

 

That whole train of thought falls apart when a 7-year old prodigy sits down and plays a piano effortlessly by ear or a savant solves complex math problems without years or decades of education. 

 

Many Black folks regardless of the circumstances into which they were born seem to be *blessed* with talent and/or intelligence beyond their environment. 

 

Art is the best display of gifted and talented individuals.

[Pioneer1]

4 hours ago, ProfD said:

Many folks are born gifted and/or talented.

 

White folks have the hardest time understanding or believing it. They want to associate hours or practice time and/or study to people being proficient. It works sometimes.

I got new for you....lol....White folks aren't the ONLY ones who have a hard time trying to understand it.

You tell me how an ugly dude with no teeth in his mouth and sounds like he's got a paper bag over his mouth....can actually be a PIMP and convince women to sell themselves for him and give him the money!
I don't know how that happens, but I've seen several dudes who fit that description, DO it....lol.

I believe a lot of people are simply BORN with talent because I've been witnessing it all my life.
But if I hadn't witnessed it, I probably wouldn't believe it myself because a lot of it defies common "logic".
I'm also very Spiritually oriented so I know and understand there is far more to Reality that what we simply see in this physical manifestation.

Many people born with certain talents actually developed those skills in other lifetimes but they are displayed as "gifts" or "talents" in this life time!
Others were born with keen neurological abilities that allow them to pick up on and learn things much more quickly and thoroughly than the average person.

There are some people with photographic memories who can literally remember EVERYTHING that happened to them since childhood.
Even the type of clothes THEY were wearing and what others in their environment were wearing on a particular day.
I'm not sure if that's impressive....scary....or both, lol.
 

[ProfD]

7 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

You tell me how an ugly dude with no teeth in his mouth and sounds like he's got a paper bag over his mouth....can actually be a PIMP and convince women to sell themselves for him and give him the money!

Flavor Flav is exhibit A.

 

Biggie Smalls said "Black and ugly as ever, however, I stay Coogi down to the socks, rings and watch filled with rocks and my jam knocks in her Mitsubishi, Navajos creep me in they teepee..."

 

*Ugly* can be overcome through intelligence, charm, charisma, material things or intimidation to name a few.

 

7 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

I believe a lot of people are simply BORN with talent because I've been witnessing it all my life.

Absolutely. Every generation produces them.

7 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

I'm also very Spiritually oriented so I know and understand there is far more to Reality that what we simply see in this physical manifestation.

Many people born with certain talents actually developed those skills in other lifetimes but they are displayed as "gifts" or "talents" in this life time!

Just as being the resident agnostic around here, that's a black hole of debate  into which I don't venture.

 

Regardless of one's beliefs, some people are born gifted or talented or both.

 

Unfortunate the universe doesn't allow the *best* people to join forces and make the world a better place.