BRING BACK THE MUSIC...Bravo out for duck with his less than impressive "Champion"

Our culture lives in our music...to understand who we are, listen to our music and it will tell you of our souls...if our music is empty, then our souls must be empty as well...

                                                                                                                                                                   

Rihanna is one of the biggest recording artists in the world. She's even broken Michael Jackson's record for number one hits on the Billboard top 100. But her last song, "Work," wasn't her best and she got a little ridicule for her very um...complexed lyrics. Thing is, because it's RiRi, it's a sell off and everyone's talking about it. So that worked, but that method really isn't safe for everyone. I mean, for every bad song that RiRi's had in her career, she has fifty more that were really good. She's allowed to have a bad song once in a while, but what happens when everyone think they can use this method of simple lyrics and using star status to sell a song?

                                                    
Now if I may, U-13 is not here to bash or criticize any form of music or entertainment, but simply to give humane and honest opinions that may foster the will to think.

Now that that's out of he way...

So our boy, cricket star Dwayne Bravo, who was actually signed to a label by the way, released his new song, "Champion." 

The songs lyrics are so complexed that it may leave you in awe. You may get a sense of wonder when you loose yourself in the magic that is his voice and you may get inspired by the energy and creative presence of the video. I'm sure you'll be out of your seat and dancing in no time!

What is even more beautiful, is the fact that he's talk-singing about mainly local "Champions" and some international ones who are all black, yet the women in the video are umm...not corresponding with the uh...yunno theme. Let's check this out for a moment here...

"Beenie ah champion, Bounty ah champion,

 Machel is ah champion, Bunji is ah champion

 Pollard is ah champion, Lara is ah champion, Gayle is ah champion

 Don't forget..."

It's literally two minutes and forty five seconds of basically calling out a list of random black celebrities and dignitaries and adding the words "...is ah champion," after them, while prancing around with a little Lindsey Lohan. Oh and there's a dance too and wait for it...it's actually his official World Cup anthem... you don't understand, they're taking this to the World Cup... i'll just let that sink in...

I'm all for celebrating our brothers and sisters, but maybe if they spent like, at least another, I dunno, six months or...say some years...writing the song, hey, it may have turned out pretty good...I think...probably...

Oh who are we kidding, this song was destined to be a wide ball (see what I did there). I mean, is this really happening? What type of message are we sending to the world about the way we treat music? We constantly try to get the world to notice our music, because let's face it, Trinidad is overflowing with talent and most of it is unseen or unheard. But for an unknown, trying to enter into the music scene in Trinidad and Tobago it's a constant battle. 

Yunno, it's like when you walk through a giant cobweb and you suddenly become a karate master...something like that...I dunno if that was an accurate analogy, but...lol right? Anyways...

What's messed up, is that these unknowns, the ones that are getting constant "fight down," are the ones with the actual talent. But at the same time, they have to make sure their music is so coordinated with their lyrics that it feels...well...wonderfully surreal.

So basically what we're telling the world is that we consider music a joke. There are people who dedicate their lives to perfecting their craft, constantly practicing, improving themselves out of the sheer love and respect they have for music. But these are not the ones that we want to hear on our radios and see representing Trinidad and Tobago, because they just might reveal how musically detached some of our praised musicians and artists are...hmmm, just saying.

Well...until that day, when I can listen to new music coming 'Straight Outta Trinidad and Tobago' and actually feel some sort of pride...I'll just keep looking to the outside to fulfill my musical desires.