At the rise of downloading contributed to the decline in the quality of mainstream music?

Since this is the Section hip-hop, of course I mean in terms of hip hop, but it could apply to all types of music. I am a supporter of downloading (For a ton of reasons that I will not here), but since there are now more money to make ringtones and merchandise – the celebrity art – do you download has inadvertently contributed to the rise of so-called ringtone rappers and music that speaks directly to teenagers on the market? If you do, what do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of it?

Yeah, I think he did. Only theory of mine, but I think it has to do with the fact that real hip-hop heads listen to lots of music, so they can not afford to pay for it, they download it. But your average music consumer who receives only things they see in the mainstream, will only be an album a year, because they do not really care that much music. So they'll only have an album on a rare occasion, and he has even no need to try and save money, because it's only $ 15 once a year. There are advantages and disadvantages for download illegal. On the one hand, artists who could have become richer, money in bulk. On the other artists who may have flown under the radar if you were to buy their album, can benefit from exposure to a wider audience. As illegal downloading, it is easier for people to understand what is actually the best music out there. When I was in fifth grade, and I have been buying the albums (with my allowance. And my mother actually had to buy them for me because the bank would not sell parental advisory CD to eleven years), when I bought an album I had to make my own money. There was no way to hear the whole album before you bought it, so I had make a kind of guessing what would be good. Most of the time I found myself with a dope album, but there were a lot of dope things I missed because I was not willing to buy. If the artist is really dope, I'll buy her album now to support them. If more people did that, then maybe at least one dope rapper would explode. But obviously I will never buy a majority of my albums ever.

James – Crazy

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