Amelia+G's+Op-Ed+Article

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For centuries, music has been an amazing way of passing on traditions of human life and culture through generations. The classics are countless; Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Elvis, Aretha, Ray Charles, and many more. But on November 9th, 1979, there was a musical breakthrough. Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill Gang was released. It was the first time anyone had ever heard anything like it. This lead to other breakthroughs; beats began to emerge that were unheard of, vinyls being scratched against mixing tables, people talking swiftly into the microphones, rhyming words to be cheeky or funny or ironic. Hip Hop and Rap were created.Normally, I'm very tolerant and open minded when it comes to music. I'll give anything a try, and if I don't like it, I just move onto the next thing, not really dwelling on the song. That was until I heard "The Motto" from one of Hip Hop's newly influential artists, Drake. And I'm just nodding along, not bothering to keep up with the fast pace of the lyrics, until I hear one of the stupidest four letter words ever. Yo-lo. //Yolo.// If my life were a movie, this would've been a cue for the record scratch in the background. //What did he just say?// So I rewind the song, just to make sure that my ears aren't decieving me, and sure enough, clear as day, as evident as the smog blanketing the San Fernando Valley, I can hear Drake, "Yolo, and we 'bout it erryday, errday". YOLO. **__YOLO.__** I mean, what is that?!After a quick search on the ever handy urbandictionary.com, I find out that it's an acronym, and yanno what it stands for? "You Only Live Once." Okay Mr.Drizzy, Okay. You only live once. I can respect that. Er, correction, I could've respected that, had you decided to take a different route. It sounds utterly idiotic to go around rapping "yolo, yolo, yolo" when you could've made a perfectly decent record saying "You only live once"! You sound stupid, okay?And it's not just Drake either, there are so many songs out there that are just as pointless. I can't even understand why anyone would bother to listen to them, let alone buy them. And yet there they sit atop the #2 spot on iTunes, only ever surpassed by one of Adele's power ballads.It's become a total joke to us, too. There are countless jests about it on the internet. Congratulations, you've just joined the ranks of Rick Santorum, Rebecca Black, Snooki and other pop culture buffoons.Stupid motto is stupid. But I mean, whatever. Keep on rapping your verses at mind boggling speeds, I can't wait to hear the next "wobbly de wobble" mess of a track. But it's okay, do what you want, famous rap moguls of the world, because yolo.