Excuse me everybody because I'm boutta say a HELLUVA lot. You have been warned.
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In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth...
But, Nah. I'm not really a fan of Rihanna or Taylor's music, but the music being basic doesn't really have anything to do with the type of music it is. And for the pop stars, just because a lot of people buy your music doesn't mean your music isn't basic as well. The definition of basic is Taylor swift and the definition of Taylor swift is basic, but I digress. I expect more from artists with talent. Let the "singers" who can't sing and/or dance have the catchy, generic songs about nothing. Being basic is also indicated by context, I feel. I have the same issue with Ariana. Ariana is too good for the songs she puts out. Maybe they would be impressive coming from Selena Gomez, but for someone with Ariana's ability, it's basic. It's not on her level. But I digress again. First, Music that isn't basic has a newness about it. It's refreshing and can draw inspiration from classics and oldies, but it needs to be from a different perspective, from a new perspective. Your take needs to show that you have a place in the industry, you bring something special to the table, because we don't need multiples. We don't need 2 Beyonce's, 2 Rihanna's, 2 Ciara's. Those spots are filled. Second, complexity. I can understand one generic song, because maybe it's only meant for dancing or radio, but Tinashe has made single-faceted, monotonous, humdrum songs that lack in variation, a trend in her music, at least for this album, as if only four different notes are played and just looped for the duration of the song. And third, lyric content. Similar to the second point, dance tracks are usually guilty of this because the artist expects you to dance to the beat without noticing that the lyrics suck. Take TIWYCF as an example. Even the most committed Rihanna Stan couldn't argue that the song didn't follow the generic blueprint down to final note. 3 minutes of song. 2 minutes of that is the beat or a repeating sound. Yoouu-hoo. ?. But for this song, I find the lyrics to be corny and uninventive, "You got me riding on that, riding on that, grinding up in this bitch, Banana all in that split" ? And her voice works against her because the tone of Tinashe's voice is pretty...simple. (And a little nasally, she needs to work on that). Tinashe is a fairly new artist who hasn't broken out yet. She's not at the point in her career where she can put out whatever and still get people to buy it. If she can make a record that really lets us know who she wants to be as an artist possibly through a nod to an older artist maybe Janet but from her perspective and not a carbon copy, (because she really hasn't carved out her own lane yet either and this does sound like a Ciara reject), give us original material that has development, has intent, has purpose, and isn't flat, run-of-the-mill popular music with substance charged lyrics, she could do some damage... and would be far from basic. THE END.