Earlier this month, Random or Mega Ran, as he's also known by, teamed up with Philly affiliates Lefty and Freeway of Rocafella fame to drop "The Industry" single. I was surprised to see Random and Freeway together, as their styles are starkly different. Freeway doesn't go in as hard as he normally does on this one. This track is definitely more in the vein of a typical Random track - which by all accounts is not a bad thing, but doesn't really mesh that well with this tamer, less aggressive version of Freeway. That aside, the beat is pretty good but the message is probably the real focus of this track and is stressed in the chorus:
"Things ain't what it seems to be, when dealing in The Industry"
Indeed...an observation that most within the business would recognize as truth. We entertainers all have to accept a certain amount of flakiness and falsehoods in our dealings...but we've come to a point where the ingenuity is out of control. The need to "feed the machine" and promote music that is not only establishing a dangerous model for the youth, but is just flat out not good - is running rampant. The Philly trio hits on an point that I think is always good to be reminded of: "The Industry shady, it need to be taken over". I just wonder who has the balls, as well as the power, to do it.
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