The music of today is more violent and provocative than in the ’60s and ’70s.

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THE MUSIC OF TODAY IS MORE VIOLENT AND PROVOCATIVE THAN IN THE ’60S AND ’70S.
Today’s music is characterized by violent and provocative lyrics and videos that are sexually explicit. The songs contain hatred message spreading violence speeches. The music has also portrayed anti-social behaviors such as the shooting of rival gang members and police officers as a normal way of life. Numerous types of music genres conform to such characteristics. For example, Rap, Hip Hop, Heavy Metal, Rock, Gangsta Rap, Industrial, Hardcore, and Alternative. This is in contrast to the kind of music that was produced during the ‘60s and the ‘70s which were more of educative and were purely a show of talent (Leech-Wilkinson 2009). Therefore, I support the argument that today’s music is more violent and provocative than the ‘60s and the ‘70s music.
To begin with, there has been a lot of violence brought about by today’s music that contains lyrics that are violent, and the videos that are taken in extreme environments and those exposed to this kind of videos and songs have reacted to it differently with some emulating what they watched and, as a result, causing violence in the community. Examples of this music genres are Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap, Rock, and Hardcore this music, for instance, hip-hop have promoted a lot of violence and antisocial behaviors such as shooting police officers or rival gang members the folk and country music also hav…