In the process, I also would get great enjoyment in watching today's artists return to the gutter that they returned to. It would also give me great pleasure to see the shit hop fans going to the used record stores, searching the internet, asking friends, buying new CDs at random (only to be disappointed) and doing whatever they could to desperately find new shit hop. In other words, have the same thing done to them that is being done to us now.

namepeace said:

Misery don't love company in this case. Fans of classical, swing, traditional pop, bebop, blues, R&B, rock, soul, disco, funk and alternative have suffered the same fates. Point is, it happens to everyone.

NDRU said:

I don't really see any strong trends in music right now, except some electronic music--which isn't really heard outside clubs.

Some of that sounds pretty good in certain sections of the songs but the songs don't really feel like "songs". Most of them don't really have lyrics and the beat never changes in the song. It's a good sounding beat but the record sounds the same all the way through no matter where you place the needle....which gets boring after awhile.

NDRU said:

I hope you all support your regional college radio.

SoulAlive said:

Yesterday's music was shit too IMO. You can't compare the sales figures to those of the past and sales do not equal quality. The music business is in trouble due to the internet.

The solution is simply to decentralize radio and allow DJ's to play what people request and actually want to hear and to allow multi-format radio to emerge again.

vainandy said:

Misery don't love company in this case. Fans of classical, swing, traditional pop, bebop, blues, R&B, rock, soul, disco, funk and alternative have suffered the same fates. Point is, it happens to everyone.

As a matter of fact, hip-hop heads go through the same thing NOW.

As I see it, there are roughly three or four generations of hip-hop heads -- 1) original school (when hip-hop was confined to indie labels and singles; 2) old school (Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, et al.); 3) the revolutionary school (era of Nation of Millions/3 Feet High/Straight Outta Compton et al.) and 4) the new school (post Biggie and Tupac). I fit probably between no. 2 and 3. Try to find a Ultramagnetic MCs or K.M.D. record under those circumstances.
[Edited 1/10/07 15:28pm]

VoicesCarry said:

I WOULD ALSO LIMIT ARTIST TO 8 - 10 SONGS PER ALBUM. THAT WOULD CUT DOWN THOSE CRAPPY FILLER SONGS, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT AFTER THE 10TH OR 11TH SONG I'M LOSING INTEREST.

THAT'S MY

debbiedean2 said:

.....and let bring back the single released while we're at it!

TonyVanDam said:

And B-Sides!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

good point. Let's have albums be comprised of good material, and the hardcore fans can get a little extra from b-sides

I hope you all support your regional college radio.

CinisterCee said:

All they play is depresso shit

another thing when was the last time a HUGE star came along in music that could single handedly carry the industry on thier shoulders like say Michael Jackson or Madonna or (god forbid) Nirvana its been a looooong time...a diamond certified album may become extinct

another thing when was the last time a HUGE star came along in music that could single handedly carry the industry on thier shoulders like say Michael Jackson or Madonna or (god forbid) Nirvana its been a looooong time...a diamond certified album may become extinct

Mazerati said:

Shania Twain?

CinisterCee said:

2pac? Mariah?
[Edited 1/10/07 18:03pm]

TonyVanDam said:

Shania is the most recent diamond cert.

VoicesCarry said:

Correct. But I was think about a few artists that "single handedly carry the industry on thier shoulders".

TonyVanDam said:

No one does. With Mariah it's a crapshoot. 2pac has really lost his luster (finally) after that generation moved on.

Name one real, long-lasting star the industry has generated since 2000.
[Edited 1/10/07 18:10pm]

VoicesCarry said:

I feel bad about 2000's music because there is no real long-lasting superstar.

Eminem? No
Britney? No
Christina? Maybe, if she didn't create too many enemies!
Pink? Maybe, if her creative would've generate more hits.
Justin Timberlake? No
Ciara? No
Usher? Yes, except that he started in mid-90's.

Sorry if I'm not helping!!!

Good point. But you left out 2 more generations:

5. The Bling-Bling School: fans that grew up on Master P/No Limit Soliders, Cash Money Records, Jay-Z, Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs/Ma$e, Lil'Kim, and anyone else that was promoting "materialistic rap".

6. The Dirty South School: Atlanta's/Mississippi's Crunk, Houston's chopped & screw, New Orleans' Bounce, and any hip-hop track slower than 95 BPM or less.

It's the radio that I would go after. I would do the same thing that Clear Channel and some of these other corporations are doing. I would buy up as many stations as I could except I would play no new music on any of them. I would pull all the old funk records I could and that would be the entire playlist on all the stations with no alternatives of any other kind of music for people to choose from. I would continue this format for years until a new generation grows up knowing funk and only funk. Then, the new generation would start making new funk and that's when I would start playing new music again.

In the process, I also would get great enjoyment in watching today's artists return to the gutter that they returned to. It would also give me great pleasure to see the shit hop fans going to the used record stores, searching the internet, asking friends, buying new CDs at random (only to be disappointed) and doing whatever they could to desperately find new shit hop. In other words, have the same thing done to them that is being done to us now.

TonyVanDam said:

No one does. With Mariah it's a crapshoot. 2pac has really lost his luster (finally) after that generation moved on.

Name one real, long-lasting star the industry has generated since 2000.
[Edited 1/10/07 18:10pm]