This music has really been getting on my nerves in the last few years, none of the new artists have much talent, and for some reason, they're getting all the publicity and are taken as the poster children of the entire genre... The only thing the media seems to want to show is the "ganster" sub-genre where the artists walk around with over-sized jewelry and their songs are not about anything intersting. I don't understand why certain people (Nas, Mos Def, Common, Talib Kweli) don't get more air time or pubilcity? It must be the "pay2play" games that are played among the radio stations. Certain garbage is played all day, everyday, for several months, while new artists who actually have substance in their music are seldom heard if ever. The genre already has a bad rap (no pun intended) to it, and none of these gimmick artists are making it any better.
Its like this is all some kind of a joke or something; its like the worst songs are purposely picked to be played on the radio, and the worst artists are picked so that they can be made into stars. This reminds me of that old Eddie Murphy movie trading places. Its as if two really wealthy men are having a bet, that they can take the worst possible "artist" and make him/her a star. Well, the guy who made the bet should be rolling in even more cash now, because he's been making really horrible stars.
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