vainandy said:

Vain, quit your bellyaching. I agree with most of what you said, but you're going to have to work a little harder to find the music that you want. See, when hip-hop was a diaspora, you had to go through word of mouth and underground sources to find the best material. Yo! MTV Raps was a key in getting some publicity for hip-hop acts, but for the most part, you were on your own. Now, hip-hop dominates the radio and real music has been pushed aside.

So you have to work if you want the type of music you crave. It's not going to be served to you on radio's silver platter anymore. I'm with you: I wish we could get better balance on the radio. But I don't listen to the radio anymore except to hear sports talk and NPR. Go to work, vain. You'll find something out there that will hold your attention.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

hey wait a minute... during 1998 and 2000 master p and no limit records actually had some okay songs.... thats when i was young i think 13 years old and used to listen to rap... well only the popular songs that got played on the radio... but anyways... i loved the song "it ain't my fault"... and "MAKE EM SAY UHH!".. and a few other songs i can't remember.... and they were actually cool during that time.... even Jay-z had better songs during 1998-2001... Nelly 2000, DMX 1999-2001, and a few other rappers... oh yeah PUFF DADDY he made that song with mase.... wow i loved that song...

rap just sounds so cheap today... I Have a friend who is a christian rapper.. and he makes his own songs in his house.. and they sound more hi-tech then half those rap songs that i happen to catch....

actually those rap song today sound like someone took a cheap pre-school keyboard and made the song in their basement...

TotalAlisa said:

In response to your last paragraph, babygirl your shit is starting to come out.
You edumacating folk in here now. You and your hamster have graduated to the big time.
[Edited 9/6/07 8:53am]

I never had to look hard for good rap or hip hop back in the day. The good shit was all over the R&B stations and the stripped down midtempo bullshit was underground where it should have been.



By the time that show came out, a lot of hip hop had slowed down the tempo, stripped down the music, and had already gotten boring. A show like that would have been great in the early 1980s.




People don't need to quietly search the highest mountains and deepest oceans for good music. They need to be raising hell and getting more people to raise hell. A change never comes from being quiet. One person bitching changes nothing. Everyone who is dissatisfied needs to bitch.....and bitch LOUDLY!




The only radio I listen to is oldies stations. Unfortunately, most of them are owned by Clear Channel also. When one of their stations first came on the air, it was a 60s/70s R&B format. It started out pretty good until I noticed they only played a handful of R&B songs from that era over and over again. Then they changed their format and included 80s R&B songs along with the 60s/70s format. They only played a handful of the same 80s songs over and over along with the same old 60s and 70s songs.

Then they changed their format to 60s/70s pop/rock with a little R&B included. Same old story, they played only a handfull of songs from their new format over and over. Same as the R&B format earlier, then they started including 80s pop/rock songs. Once again, only a handful of songs over and over again.

A few days ago I heard some 90s songs throughout the day. It's about time for me to take that station off the dial now because Andy hates the 90s and doesn't even want to hear one song from that decade that I wish I could erase from history.

They just don't get it. There has never been anything wrong with their format from day one. The reason people get tired of their station is because they only play the same damn songs over and over.