If video killed the radio star ...
Then did reality television kill the video stars?
Remember when you would cut on BET and find videos (such as the one above) bumpin and you'd turn it up so loud that your moms would come out of the kitchen swingin a spatula tellin you to turn that "mess we called music" down? I guess those days are long gone and over with because I can't turn on the television without coming across some wannabe hot reality show that, in reality, sucks ass.
What is it about reality television that has us so enthralled? I, for one, am a junkie. There's no denying that. I love everything from America's Next Top Model to Flip that House. However if there were some quality television sitcoms that I didn't have to pay extra for (i.e. Weeds or The Wire on ShowTime ... damn thieves!) I'd sure as hell be watching that instead. I miss the days of music videos on Music Television, VH1, and BET. I would say we always have 106 and Park but that mess ain't permissible though ... they play the same ass pop videos day after day. And the kids in the audience is half of what makes that show unbearable ... they have no idea what midnight love or video soul is all about so watchin them do tha "souljah boy" makes me squirm a little.
I figure within the next few years or so music videos will be replaced by reality television shows for every artist out there ... I wonder what 50 will call his show ... "I make money ... Fuck you." What about Ludacris or T.I? If you had to pick a few of the top artists out there to give a reality television show to replace thier videos, who would you pick and what would thier show name be? Shit, if Flavor Flav can do it ... anybody can! And I think VH1 has proved that time and time again ... hence Brett Michels and The Rock of Love ... smch.
