Hip Hop Deaths
Buy or Sell: Advances in technology will eventually be the death of hip-hop and music in general?
I believe all hip-hop sales are down 44%. If they keep going down like this, there won’t even be a point in making music anymore, will there?
I’ll buy this. Most major labels pretty much only care about their singles and ringtones sales now-a-days. It’s the only thing really making them money. And I’m not saying that music is going to be dead literally, but it’s never gonna be at the quality that it was back in the day, however, most people aren’t gonna care as they’re gonna be sastified with the hottest new ringtone for their phone and all the hot new singles for their iPod. And when the song is no longer hot, they no longer listen to it as it’s gonna sound aged. Quality music is timeless.
Major labels used to care about producing quality albums up until about 7 years ago. With the rise of donwloading albums illegally for free, record sales go down. It use to be like you hear about a dope album from a friend and you went to the record store and bought it. Now days, you hear about a dope album from a friend, you have him burn it for you or you download it from mediafire. How many albums gone platinum since 2003? Back in the 80′s and 90′s at least 10 albums would go platinum in a year, and at least a couple dozen would go gold. You think artists/labels really care about making a dope record anymore when it’s not gonna make them any money? Why put in the effort, if people just gonna download it for free. Yeah, underground/independent music is good and all, but even their “fans” really don’t by their albums (how many indie albums you own?), thus major labels see that and it goes back to why put in the effort if people still not gonna buy it even though it’s quality? Let’s go make a couple pop songs and sell 100,000 songs off iTunes for $.99 a piece, and sell 50,000 ringtones at $1.99 and that makes our profit percentages higher as we don’t gotta do the pressings, packaging and ish. It’s pretty much all digital sales. Know what I’m mean?
Sure, musicians are making money by touring, but I bet tour profits are on the decline too as we’re in a recession. But you also gotta remember it costs money to rent venues, pay security, technicians, etc. and lesser-known artist get less people at their shows and their ticket prices are cheaper, and if they don’t get a pack house, odds are they’re just making enough to pay the rent. Cunninlynguists aren’t Jay-Z. Jay-Z can sell out pretty much any 5,000+ seat venue in any city at over $75 a ticket. Cunninlynguists be lucky to get 500 people at their shows for $20 a ticket.
Nas – Hip Hop Is Dead ft. will.i.am
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