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What has this world come to? Rap songs have all Top 10 spots on Billboard!!
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OK - I like rap. I grew up on a basketball court and grew up with rap.
here's an economic analysis for yo' ass: This represents the triumph of commerce over enterainment. The record companies' formula:
Reduce a message to its lowest common denominator that everyone can easily understand (you want gold, diamonds and expensve cars etc), Say the message over and over. Pay all but a few performers JACK shit. Use most of your money to pay a few starts a lot, and promote the living shit out of everything you produce.
The same thing is happening with reality TV. Instead of shelling out $1M per character per episode to the cast of Friends, NBC (and others) have realized that they can pay "reality TV" people jack shit (ex: fear factor - the winner gets $50K. So it would take 120 winners to pay the same as one episode of "Friends").
Take the best looking people you can, who are practically hypnotized intothink everyone on TV is cool, make them do dumb shit, save money on real actors, promote like hell.
yet people watch. And people buy.
How can anyone be surprised that only a few people control all the wealth in this country?
here's an economic analysis for yo' ass: This represents the triumph of commerce over enterainment. The record companies' formula:
Reduce a message to its lowest common denominator that everyone can easily understand (you want gold, diamonds and expensve cars etc), Say the message over and over. Pay all but a few performers JACK shit. Use most of your money to pay a few starts a lot, and promote the living shit out of everything you produce.
The same thing is happening with reality TV. Instead of shelling out $1M per character per episode to the cast of Friends, NBC (and others) have realized that they can pay "reality TV" people jack shit (ex: fear factor - the winner gets $50K. So it would take 120 winners to pay the same as one episode of "Friends").
Take the best looking people you can, who are practically hypnotized intothink everyone on TV is cool, make them do dumb shit, save money on real actors, promote like hell.
yet people watch. And people buy.
How can anyone be surprised that only a few people control all the wealth in this country?
Robert Jan
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Rap should go back where it came from, the trash can.
Rap sucks so horrible it gives me flaming hemarrhoids
Rap sucks so horrible it gives me flaming hemarrhoids
mrjoker5150
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The reason that Rap has all the top ten spots is because Rap/Hip-Hop is the only kind of music that actually sells nowadays.
Sorry, that is simply fact.
Another reason, ROCK SUCKS RIGHT NOW. With few exception, most rock cds today are revamped trash. Photcopies of photocopies of photocopies... As Chris Rock had said, "Good Charlotte, more like mediocre Green Day."
He is right, there are no originals anymore. Everyone sounds like everyone else. The last time something new in rock came along was Cobain. (I am not even a fan) Nirvana was an explosion on pop culture. All of a sudden, everyone cut their hair, and forgot how to play guitar, and write complicated songs. It seemed fans wanted rock to boil down to its bare components.
Unfortunately, it has boiled down to nearly nothing. Again, there are some bands that still put out a quality product (Springsteen, U2, Foo Fighters) but for the most part, rock is a blurred caricature of its former self.
Until a band or artist comes along that turns rock on its ear, it will not sell what it used to. Look at concerts. Years ago, any band with a top 40 single was doing stadium tour. Now, Kiss AND Aerosmith can't sell out a 15,000 seat venue.
Another reason Rock is almost dead... the audience grew up. Since the early 90's Rap has been gathering momentum, while rock slowed down. Rap has been a mainstay on radio/charts for years, and as its audience grew out, they also grew up.
I personally hated rap with a passion for over twenty years. It was not until about two years ago that I really began to like it. The reason: Rock just didn't do it for me any longer. It became boring and stale. How many times could I listen to a Van Halen cd from 1978?
I am hoping that rock comes back. I hope that the next big thing is a hard rock band, that writes songs that don't sound like noise, and has a lead singer that actually sings.
Someone mentioned something about why do rap artists "feature" each other... Sales! Why else?
If artist X features artist Y, then fans of artist Y might just check out artist X's cd because it (duh) features artist Y.
Imagine if Jimmy Page worked with Eddie Van Halen, had Freddie Mercury on vocals, and Keith Moon on drums? Sounds like something fans of VH, Zep, Queen and the Who would all check that out.
What is the answer to 99 out of 100 questions? Money.
And just because you don't like something, doesn't necessarily mean it sucks.
Sorry, that is simply fact.
Another reason, ROCK SUCKS RIGHT NOW. With few exception, most rock cds today are revamped trash. Photcopies of photocopies of photocopies... As Chris Rock had said, "Good Charlotte, more like mediocre Green Day."
He is right, there are no originals anymore. Everyone sounds like everyone else. The last time something new in rock came along was Cobain. (I am not even a fan) Nirvana was an explosion on pop culture. All of a sudden, everyone cut their hair, and forgot how to play guitar, and write complicated songs. It seemed fans wanted rock to boil down to its bare components.
Unfortunately, it has boiled down to nearly nothing. Again, there are some bands that still put out a quality product (Springsteen, U2, Foo Fighters) but for the most part, rock is a blurred caricature of its former self.
Until a band or artist comes along that turns rock on its ear, it will not sell what it used to. Look at concerts. Years ago, any band with a top 40 single was doing stadium tour. Now, Kiss AND Aerosmith can't sell out a 15,000 seat venue.
Another reason Rock is almost dead... the audience grew up. Since the early 90's Rap has been gathering momentum, while rock slowed down. Rap has been a mainstay on radio/charts for years, and as its audience grew out, they also grew up.
I personally hated rap with a passion for over twenty years. It was not until about two years ago that I really began to like it. The reason: Rock just didn't do it for me any longer. It became boring and stale. How many times could I listen to a Van Halen cd from 1978?
I am hoping that rock comes back. I hope that the next big thing is a hard rock band, that writes songs that don't sound like noise, and has a lead singer that actually sings.
Someone mentioned something about why do rap artists "feature" each other... Sales! Why else?
If artist X features artist Y, then fans of artist Y might just check out artist X's cd because it (duh) features artist Y.
Imagine if Jimmy Page worked with Eddie Van Halen, had Freddie Mercury on vocals, and Keith Moon on drums? Sounds like something fans of VH, Zep, Queen and the Who would all check that out.
What is the answer to 99 out of 100 questions? Money.
And just because you don't like something, doesn't necessarily mean it sucks.
