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I agree with Tony. The radio has definitely killed the sense of what good Hip-Hop/Rap used to be. I remember just walking into record stores and buying cds by the look of their album covers and rarely was I dissapointed. People use to put their all into making a quality product so the risk wasn't as big as it is today. The fact that we can preview entire albums before purchasing has just as much of an impact on sales as piracy. Cds use to be like opening a gift as Christmas time. A surprise if you will. Most people feel that there isn't a reason to buy them anymore due to streaming etc. I always was a fan of underground rap music and never a fan of the radio. From Tupac to Biggie to 3 6 Mafia to Cash Money. All these artists were underground before even thinking about going commercial. What happened is that somehow, people have gotten brainwashed into thinking that commercial is the way to go from jump street. This way of thinking is crazy. Your shit has to be all the way right aka flawless to be commerical. It takes time and lots of practice to get to a commercial sound quality status. If your first album you drop is shit yet you're commercial, your career is history. When you go commercial, you lose street cred and respect if you are a rapper. That's a fact. Without neither, you're stuck, especially just starting off. Underground has always been the way to go. You save yourself from the medial slaughter and rape that rappers go through.
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