Japan Man

Japan used to have good music in the past. Yazawa Eikichi 矢沢永吉 is the last real Japanese music icon. He is like James Brown mixed with Elvis in Japan. I’ve been to several of his concerts and I enjoyed myself each time.

Unfortunately besides Ei-chan, Japanese music sucks. Jpop is horrible trash for silly (not sexy) Japanese girls and Japanophiles. Japanese rap is pretty bad but at least some of the girls who listen to it are hot. Some really, really underground Japanese rap is tolerable. Japanese reggae used to be decent but now it’s all cheap dancehall imitation crap. Enka is like Japanese country folk music. I’m not into it, but the other Black Japan Man, Jero, is very popular. I have my own theories about why Jero is so popular and of course I won’t share them.

Besides Yazawa Eikichi and enka, Japanese music is too cutesy, outdated, and childish. Almost every Jpop song sounds like some shit from the 80s. I thought Japanese rap would have matured by now but since American hip hop sucks maybe Japanese rappers ran out of material to play with. Many  Japanese people are really into Jpop idols like Koda Kumi, Namie Amuro, and Crystal Kay because they either look cute or are cultural taboos (Crystal Kay is black and Korean…the ultimate taboo in Japan) Utada Hikaru is ultra talented and quite possibly the only Japanese girl I would be satisfied with besides Nonami Takizawa. She’s not taboo or cutesy so Japanese people are forced to recognize her talent.

Japanese music has a few gems here and there.  I am biased because I love 80s-90s New York hip hop music. jazz, some reggae, and a few old rock songs. I like the oldies but I think I know good music. What do you think about Japanese music? Does it suck or does it rock and why?