2014: not one artist has gone platinum

[CrimsonTider]

hard to say because music was different then and alot of people had a distinct sound. music today is all pop crossover songs about the same exact shyt as over a decade ago and all produced by the same people and you cant tell a taylor swift song from a juicy j song.

No its easy to say

none of that is why albums use to sell a lot.

The idea of selling music to listen to is archaic.

You have YouTube, spotify,soundcloud, datpiff, pandora etc

Buying an album makes no sense

 

[kingdizzy01]

No its easy to say

none of that is why albums use to sell a lot.

The idea of selling music to listen to is archaic.

You have YouTube, spotify,soundcloud, datpiff, pandora etc

Buying an album makes no sense

mixtapes

 

[lightbearerchef]

Lets b real, its hard not being broke, niqqa do it look like im tryna spend 10 ona cd? Niqqa i barely feel comfortable spendin 10 on gas.

Now when i do get right i will buy tha next ScHoolboy Q & August cd.
& ima def buy Kendrick/ Jay Rock new cd

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

Kanye supposed to be dropping this year tho

 

[ROFL_GUY]

Kanye supposed to be dropping this year tho

but he got oustold by j cole

 

[be back in a bit]

Most people are too cheap and don't give a shyt about supporting artists nowadays.

"The artist, recording engineers, producers, mixers, assistants, managers, record labels all worked on putting out this album but fukk it, I'll buy a coffee instead of supporting. "

And you wonder why music is so shyt nowadays.

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

but he got oustold by j cole

and who's checked for j cole or referenced corn dinner since then?

 

[ROFL_GUY]

and who's checked for j cole or referenced corn dinner since then?

i dunno how you measure that



do you?

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

i dunno how you measure that



do you?

i see it as yeezus had more of an impact and it's still either mentioned or hated on out of the blue

 

[ROFL_GUY]

i see it as yeezus had more of an impact and it's still either mentioned or hated on out of the blue

cool

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

cool

exactly.

wouldn't reference a 50 cent album dropping in 2013-2014 would we? nah it wasn't that relevant

 

[Fart Knocker]

Most people are too cheap and don't give a shyt about supporting artists nowadays.

"The artist, recording engineers, producers, mixers, assistants, managers, record labels all worked on putting out this album but fukk it, I'll buy a coffee instead of supporting. "

And you wonder why music is so shyt nowadays.

you can't get coffee for free on the internet

 

[ROFL_GUY]

exactly.

wouldn't reference a 50 cent album dropping in 2013-2014 would we? nah it wasn't that relevant

 

[Fart Knocker]

Shady XV is dropping in november. eminem will save hip hop with a platinum album

 

[Yuzo]

hard to say because music was different then and alot of people had a distinct sound. music today is all pop crossover songs about the same exact shyt as over a decade ago and all produced by the same people and you cant tell a taylor swift song from a juicy j song.

music in that era seemed more cultural almost even tribal in a way because the music that you listened o signified what type of culture and group you belonged to. it determined what type of clothes you would wear. it was a lifestyle. part of why those albums were selling was because they were little parts of a bigger lifestyle people were trying to create for themselves almost like how an athlete needs to have equipment to live that lifestyle. somewhere music lost that cultural/tribal aspect and mentality. like you said its all generic now and the impulse to need to have a album doesnt make sense anymore.