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Mainstream to blame?
September 27, 2012
1:29 am
iLLtheClown
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Do you, yes you think the mainstream is to blame for wack music? Or do you feel that the consumer is to blame?

September 27, 2012
1:35 am
The Warlock
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i think the major labels are to blame 

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September 27, 2012
1:39 am
Che
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not all mainstream is garbage, but its 50/50 the media pushes it down our throats and the majority eats it up

September 27, 2012
9:25 am
Ypsi Foolish
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what is considered "mainstream marketing" isnt the same as it use to be.

 

this is why shows like TRL(which was the BIGGEST plug for a mainstream hit) are now six feet deep in a tomb.

 

remember when people used to send emails to the show talking about their favorite song or wanted to leave a comment? Sounds a lot like Facebook and Twitter doesn't it? so why would u want to send requests and state opinions when you can do that on your social media.

 

and who the hell is gonna sit in front of the TV for an hour and a half to watch their favorite pop/mainstream video when it takes less than two minutes to find it and watch it on youtube?

 

...not to mention that mainstream society today has a MUCH smaller attention span versus ten years ago- and the laziness factor has gone up. SO, the product of that has kept people out of record stores and lessened the imagination of most folks. that is why "hits" today have much shorter and much more repetitive hooks that people will be able to repeat to their next door neighbor while he's mowing his fucking lawn!!

 

...point being, the plus side of this is that companies can no longer market what THEY THINK is a hit and spoon feed it, now you can go online on YOUR OWN social medias and youtube channels and form YOUR OWN opinions and music tastes; however, the flip side of that is that the newer generation(and the weak minded mainstream groupies from before) dont want to hear about Tupac's stories of thug life and hard times anymore, they just wanna either "crank up that soulja boy" "do the stanky leg" "do the ricky bobby" or whatever stupid repetitive pointless hooks these retarded ass record labels are thinking of these days.

 

FUCK THE INDUSTRY

September 27, 2012
12:23 pm
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…point being, the plus side of this is that companies can no longer market what THEY THINK is a hit and spoon feed it, now you can go online on YOUR OWN social medias and youtube channels and form YOUR OWN opinions and music tastes; however, the flip side of that is that the newer generation(and the weak minded mainstream groupies from before) dont want to hear about Tupac's stories of thug life and hard times anymore, they just wanna either "crank up that soulja boy" "do the stanky leg" "do the ricky bobby" or whatever stupid repetitive pointless hooks these retarded ass record labels are thinking of these days.

*DING*  'we have a winner, give the man a ceegar!' 

its like the school finally did away with the dress code, but half the students still wear their uniforms, cuz they dont know any better. 

 

in the end, i blame the consumer.  but its nothing new, the good/wack ratio is about the same for movies, comics, painting... just about anything creative.  the businesses behind them will continue to put out dreck, if the public will continue to pay for it. 

  awfully paranoid, arent you?   

September 27, 2012
3:27 pm
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consumer all day man, if you dont buy it,they wont put it out.

like all the people complaining about all the movie remakes bein made,BUT THEY STILL GO AND WATCH EM

September 27, 2012
6:48 pm
iLLtheClown
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Corporations can't spoon feed you? Pay alittle more attention to who is talked about on Mtv & BET. Listen to three different radio stations and see who is favoured.

September 27, 2012
7:12 pm
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Yeah, promotion still is a big part of being heard. Now days promotion is done on youtube, blogger sites, face book, etc. The mainstream still jams these artists down the consumers throat. You also could blame the consumer as well. There are much better mainstream artists than Soulja Boy yet he still gets platinum? People do some crazy shit just to fit in.

September 27, 2012
10:25 pm
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It's like going to a restaurant getting a table having something brought to you and not placing a order. It's not what you want it's something terrible. An employee there tells you to eat it and like a puppet you do. You still hate it and go back every month because of positive reviews or because they tell you to like the restaurant.

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