do you buy cds?

[Tanjential]

I buy albums still, when I want to support the art. i also like to have packaging/art to albums I like

anyway, just read post about RIAA gettin' crazy and this problem would be solved if more people bought albums.

furthermore, my thoughts on the recent decline on hip hop sales is this: all music sales have declined , difference is hip hop has always been heavily bootlegged so it just hits even harder. in other words, because hip hop is so popular it's always been dubbed. ain't noone leaking the new garth brooks record. young buck and evidence though? betta believe it.
-T

[E. J. Rizo]

i still buy cds.. but only very few... last one i bought and i bought two copies was games cd i bought a second one because i found the special edition :-)

[Tanjential]

i still buy cds.. but only very few... last one i bought and i bought two copies was games cd i bought a second one because i found the special edition :-)

what did the special edition have?

-T

[We Fly High]

yep. i like to own the actual product, not a burned cd. but im pretty selective with my purchases. usually only buy real solid music i can picture myself listening to 5 years down the line. the cds gotta have good replay value.

but i havent been buying cds for awhile, as im focusing my attn towards vinyl. its just much more enjoyable to build a vinyl collection than cd.

[UKnowWhatItIs: welcome to my traps....game over]

Yeah I buy CDs.Like you said, I like having the original booklets, supporting the art etc.I only download shit when they're either unreleased or I just want to give an album a quick listen.

[Tanjential]

don't get me wrong, I download a grip of music but if an album as a whole is dope, i will probably go buy it eventually.

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[Teddy Roosevelt]

If a good artist come out with an album, and I here good things about it, then I'll probably buy it. The last album I bought was Hip Hop Is Dead. That was about 3 weeks ago. I'm currently in school, so I can't afford to buy all this shit right now.

[Tanjential]

If a good artist come out with an album, and I here good things about it, then I'll probably buy it. The last album I bought was Hip Hop Is Dead. That was about 3 weeks ago. I'm currently in school, so I can't afford to buy all this shit right now.

word to that

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[[Stoned]Jesus H. Christ[Wheat]]

i spent like $300 on CDs....probably like 2 or 3 years ago but then I got car jacked and so did my CDs, so ya, I don't buy CDs anymore. I can't be bothered to start buying them again, plus I'm not working right now anyways.

[QuietTruth]

yes, to support the art/artist 
yes, i want the packaging art
a and b 
no, no reason to
no, not able to

[Twentytwofifty]

I don't buy CDs anymore cause I don't listen to them, only MP3s now and I don't really give a shit about "supporting" the artists.  So I really don't see a point in buying CDs anymore.

[jeromechickenbone]

I try and always support the artist.  The only time I have no issue with burning a cd is when it is out of print and the only other option is paying $75 for it on ebay.  I also think it's cool to burn cd's in general, but if you're feeling the album I think you should buy it.  At least if you want that particular artist to continue to produce that kind of music. 

I think of it more as a stipend so they'll continue to make dope shit.

[Dubz]

ill buy it if ive got the money and i like the artist or its straight up good music. not really a fan of burned retail CDs.

[K.Dub]

Hell yeah, I just got TQ - The Second Coming today

[Elevz]

Every now and then I pick up a copy when they sell some cd's after a concert, and I buy those albums I otherwise wouldn't be able to hear, but those are few. I used to buy crazy amounts of cd's, but I don't do that anymore... It's kinda ridiculous to waste your money on albums that will only make the rich label owners even richer. I need my money more than they need it!