As a aspiring hip-hop artist I must say that the state of music is definitely in danger. It all falls on what "the consumers" want. Unfortunately people live fantasies through music. Jay-Z alone should be getting paid royalities for advertising prducts in music. People like to hear about the cars, money, women because honestly they cant have it. Nowadays if an artist gets play on MTV its usually uphill from there. "MTV KIDS" suck up our culture and have no background knowledge of whats really going on. Some artists try and do something different but they are usually shunned by the "mainstream" thus creating the underground scence..whic thrives off of those individuals who difer from the norm. When referring to rap/hip-hop I think it all boils down to females. I the ladies feel it is a song worthy to bump in the clubs then the dudes will agree and thus you have a hit record. PLease add more thoughts.
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