Batter Up Lyrics

Lyric discussion by emochris 

Cover art for Batter Up lyrics by Nelly

so music, then, is just about making money? It's entertainment, not art? It's just a product to package and sell to the masses; it's not self-expression at all? It's just "phat beatz" put together by a record label, asinine lyrics, and massive MTV play; it's not music that is made by yourself, on your own, because you simply enjoy making music?

This is what I hate about what popular culture has done to music. It's turned it into banal, insipid entertainment for the masses.
Where has the art in music gone?