[BlueNGold]

Quote: Originally Posted by NC State-31 UNC-27

yea I kinda had a few random tangents goin off in the post. The kanye MTV award thing...just goes back to my previous post about all the hip hop media being Yes Men. This just really bothers me, the people doing the interviews and the reviews want to be buddies with these guys more than they want to write a decent story or tell the truth about the quality of a big name artists new song or album. About the internet killing hip hop...and why maybe it won't kill other pop music...it's just a combination of CDs not selling, hip hop music being given out for free more than ever, more artists putting out music than ever (I may be wrong but I don't think blogs have led to there being thousands of new country music singers getting their music out and becoming popular....its just so easy in hip hop), those artists feeling like they have to put out more music than ever, which leads us to a random guy named Charles Hamilton putting out 20 mixtapes in a 13 month span....leading people to listening to his 14th mediocre mixtape which means they AREN'T listening to a different artist at that moment. At some point...the whole "cant sell cds/have to put out free music/which is immediately lost in the shuffle by a certain % of people when 1000 other mixtapes are released within 2 days" is a BAD thing for quality artists.

I know what you mean and I understand what you're trying to say, but I just don't see why you're hung up over an MTV award. Unless it's the Grammy's or something actually legit, there's no point getting up in arms over it. It's usually popularity contests anyways.

I can't speak for country music specifically because I don't listen to it, but I'm pretty sure Taylor Swift was found through putting her music out on the internet, as well as plenty of other artists in other genres. Yeah, it does seem like more people are found this way in hip-hop, but I can't say for sure that it isn't the same way with other music.

And like I said before, you don't have to listen to these dudes like Charles Hamilton. He's never even blown up to the point of TV exposure either so really the only time you're hearing his music is when you choose to listen to it.

About your last point, the quality guys are still going to stand out as long as they're good enough to stand out. If you add 1000 ****ty players to the NBA, the Kobe's and LeBron's are still going to stand out. For every Gucci Mane or Soulja Boy there's a J. Cole or Blu.

Also, while it hasn't exactly saved the fact that most people download their music for free now, iTunes does do a decent job of getting people to pay for their music. A lot of people do use it.