Sad to see this though. I listened to lots of hip-hop as a kid, it's downfall has been painful to watch. Now it's not so much about the music and more about the money it can make. Originally, you needed to make good music to make money. But many record companies realized that they could make much more money by producing something catchy and make various other companies pay millions of dollars to be allowed to use songs in ads or be played in their stores.
Sad to see this though. I listened to lots of hip-hop as a kid, it's downfall has been painful to watch. Now it's not so much about the music and more about the money it can make. Originally, you needed to make good music to make money. But many record companies realized that they could make much more money by producing something catchy and make various other companies pay millions of dollars to be allowed to use songs in ads or be played in their stores.