The reason instrumental only music died out was because it's inherently harder to make due to the lack of lyrics meaning no crutches, and inherently harder to market because how the hell are you going to describe it while looking for it. Yes, songs relying on lyrics is a crutch in my opinion because most rap is fucking garbage.

The reason "lyric free" music died out was because it's inherently harder to make due to the lack of lyrics meaning no crutches, and inherently harder to market because how the hell are you going to describe it while looking for it. Yes, songs relying on lyrics is a crutch in my opinion because most rap is fucking garbage.