How Record Companies Manipulate Our Minds

[Trauma-san]

I Was Just Reading The 2001 Post, And I Noticed (Again) That The Songs People Claim Are They're Favorites On An Album Almost Always Are The Singles.  

I Think It Just Goes To Show That If You Are Force Fed A Song Enough, You'll Grow To Like It.  

Does Anybody Else Feel That? Like You Got Hundreds Of People Here Saying "Nothin' But A G Thang" Was Classic, Greatest of All Time Stuff, Etc. , But The Song "The Day The Niggaz Took Over" In My Opinion Was Just As Good, And Nobody Ever Mentions It, Because It Wasn't A Single.

Also, I Can't Tell You How Many Times I Didn't Like A Song, Then After Hearing It Hundreds Of Times On The Radio, Started Liking It, Because It Became A Small Part Of My Day To Day Life.  

Anybody Else Agree?

[Jay ay Beee]

Absoloutely

Because when you put The Chronic in and track 5 or 2 or 7 or 3 come on, you picture the video and the memories

Safe

[Rud]

DEFINITELY LETS SHOW EXAMPLES

2001 - SINGLES

STILL DRE
FORGOT BOUT DRE
NEXT EP

ALL WELL KNOWN AND BY MOST WELL LIKED

BUT I NEVA HEAR PEOPLE TALK BOUT - WATCHER
                                                    - SOME LA NIGGAZ
                                                    - XXPLOSIVE


EMINEM - SSLP

MY NAME IS
GUILTY CONSCIENCE

AT THE TIME EVERYONE LIKED THESE TRACKS (NOW PERSONALLY I HATE THEM) O AND ROLE MODEL & JUST DONT (I DONT MIND THE'S STILL THO!)

BUT DID U EVA HEAR - BRAIN DAMAGE
                             - IF I HAD
                             - AS THE WORLD TURNS

EASILY BETTA TRACKS

MAKAVELI

HAIL MARY
TOSS IT UP
TO LIVE AND DIE

ALL RELEASED AND WELL KNOWN (GOOD TRACKS - FUNNILY ALL IN ORDER ON THE CD, NOT RELEASED ORDER I MITE ADD BUT ONE FOLOWS THE OTHA!)

BUT OTHA GR8 TRACKS NOT MENTIONED - KRAZY
                                                         - ME & MY G/F
                                                         - HOLD YA HEAD
                                                         - BLASPHEMY


SHIT THERES LOADS...I CUD GO ON BUT IM GOIN 4 MY TEA!!

U GETMY IDEA AND TRAUMA UR BANG ON!


peace

[DJ Stew]

i guess an advantage of living in Canada is that not hearing rap on the radio entitles me to my complete independent opinion haha but yeah i do completely agree with you. with a little brother that likes to listen to all the pop radio stations along with my mom i will find myself hating every new song i hear but in a few weeks i'll admit im singin along! pisses me right off!

[Mr_Loc]

i agree, but it depends on the fan. obviously the person who listens to radio/mtv will like the singles more, but underground heads like myself might like other tracks more instead

all down to personal taste i guess

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

For some reason, singles get on my nerves and I just skip through them on the CD...Maybe cuz they use Popish stuff for the single...

[Sub_Z_Row]

i never listen to the radio,and they dont play rap on any stations here anyways,and i never really take much time to watch videos on mtv or bet ,i just like a song cuz i like it

[Don Jacob]

if i like a song  i like it, somtimes i'll not pay attention to a song that much becuase it sounds like it'll be corny becuase of the begining of the song sounds a bit corny, but once i hear it i'll think boy was i wrong...but i dunno if i feel a song i feel it

usually when an artist releases a song as a single it's usually one of the best songs on the album that's becuase singles and video are 3-5 minuite commericals for an album and you want the best to be released to get the people to buy

[littlesnoopdogg]

Alot of times songs are better after they grow on you. Sometimes, on an album like 2001, the singles are easily the best songs, but after hearing a popular song so much, it helps you appreciate the lesser known songs more.

[Top-Dogg2001]

I don't listen to singles much on my cd because they usually play it out on the radio so much that it elimates it's shelf life. (forgot about dre) I pay attention to all of the songs. I don't just buy albums for singles.