Black is always in style and has many practical fashion benefits..not to mention that its beautiful, it’s sliming, matches everything and can be an approitae color to wear in almost any situation. But the music game seems to have embraced the idea of All Black Everything as a fashion statement, attitude and overall sometimes creepy undertone of songs and their subject matter. You can always bet on black, and the music industry has taken to the dark side in more ways than one. Is this just a passing semi- goth phase or is the darkness hovering over the industry here to stay. Where did all the colors and happy songs go?

I Break The Rules So I Dont Care

Remember when RiRi used to sing happy upbeat songs that made you want to smile and take an island vacay? These days the princess of the new Roc Nation has undergone a dark transformation that has garnered her much attention and success. When Jay-z decided lil Ms. Sunshine needed a new image he ordered her to nix the good girl thing and push her bad girl side to the limit. Now Rhianna is edgy and borderline suspect with her new R-rated themes and songs like her newest single Russian Roulette,Barbed wire and all Rhiana has embraced Jay’s declaration of all black everything without a doubt…thoughts, looks, lyrics and all. It is clear that Rihanna’s R-rated persona enjoys the shade.

A Beautiful Nightmare

There is no denying that Beyonce has transformed herself into another person literally but with that transformation has come some extra shade. Before she was crazy in love, she was singing about independent ladies and bugaboos. Now Mrs. Carter has some pigmentally challenged things on her mind. Looks like that ambient Jay might have slipped her has some strange effects because she cant decipher the difference between a dream and a night mare. Her video begins with horrible shirking and sounds like a thriller copy-cat, either way Beyonce might like to sing about halo’s and all but its clear she’d prefer to turn the lights off.

Love and War

In the aftermath of heartbreak there seems to be little light at the end of the tunnel for Amerie. When she first arrived on the scene she was asking to fall in love, but her new album Love and War shows that sometimes love ain’t easy and the war will ensue. Like her other R&B counterparts she has embraced the edgier side, broke out the smoked eye make up and is looking like all kinds of dark wars are going on in her heart. Amerie is dimming the lights on the beauty of love and showing that sometimes you can’t always put on a happy face. Her single “Why R U” makes you wonder what she would do if she could dim the lights on her feelings.

Crawling Back to Love

Chris Brown has reason to wear remorseful colors and look like he is in deep thought. After that nonsense he pulled with Rihanna taking baby steps back to love seems like a good plan. In this case, all black everything seems appropriate for his current situation. Hopefully his morning period will prove redemptive for himself and fans alike, at least “Crawl” has a decent message and is pretty apologetic. Fading to black was a good call on C.Breezy’s part.

Leather Jacket All American Bad Boy

Lil Wayne’s strangeness ceases to amaze  for many reasons but in the spirit of celebrating darkness in his collabo with Drake Uptown he gives a special shout out to black leather jackets, black sun glasses and being a bad boy. Black does give an air of mystery to any situation so given that Wayne is so concerned about people finding out about his secret success potion in that infamous cup of his, all black leather jackets and bad boy persona seem reasonable. Maybe Wanyne should put the cup down and step into some light, but not the light of his alien space ship.

My Brain is Wired Wrong

Looks like Rhianna isnt the only one teetering on the edge. Leona Lewis is trying to keep herself alive in her song “Suicide.” Heart break is not taking it easy on her, but at least unlike the Roc princess she is hoping to be saved. Maybe one day she will find her happy place because between her bleeding love and almost jumping, it sounds like she needs a hug.