As much as I appreciate musicians who write their own songs,

>>71744017
>what is Motown

>>71744017
that body is fine tho

At the same time though, a lot of the classic recordings we all know and love weren't written by the artist singing it. Even jazz standards are just riffs on something the performer didn't write.

There is a line though, between a collaboration on a great song, and a corporate cog created for the money machine.

>>71744017
Lemonade was boring as fuck.

If you don't write, produce, and perform every instrument yourself, your recording falls under the umbrella of commercial pabulum

*tips*

>>71744017
literally thought that was Mariah Carey until i enlarged the pic.

>>71744792
you joke but i once had someone argue with me that if you can't sing what you write, then you aren't talented.

>>71744017
It's like saying actors are hacks if they don't write all their own scripts. Even if musicians don't write the songs themselves, performing it well still requires talent.

Lip syncing to a pre-made and digitally perfected recording is where I call bullshit.

>>71744017
I have some kind of blocking with artists who dont write their own shit. Tunes sound like they're untrue or lacking of sincerity once i know this

>>71744017
Actually the perfect analogy is that she is a super mega ultra hyper realistic microsoft sam/ hatsune miku

>>71744017
Funny I don't see people make this criticism towards Kanye.