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Did illegal internet downloading lead to the death of hip-hop?

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TraceOneInfinite:
It is no coincedence that Hip-hop died in 2001, which also happened to be the year that internet downloading hit it's peak.  Now everyone is getting albums and songs for free.

This may not ruin Eminem's financial carear, but it has lead to the demise of hip-hop.  Want proof?  An artist signed to a major record label generally has to sell 300,000 copies of an album to turn a profit.  Many classic records like Xzibit's "40 Days and 40 Nights" Mos Def's "Black on Both Sides" Talib Kweli's "Train of Thought" and Ras Kass "Rassasination" only came around or near the 300,000 albums sold mark.  Many of the most talented, creative, and daring artists, sell just under gold, barely turning a profit.  And this was back in the 90's, before internet downloading destroyed the industry.

Now that internet downloading is so prevelent, you see artists like Ras Kass being dropped from their label cause they can no longer turn a profit. 

RIP Hip-Hop music.... we will forever mourn the loss of your life.  We feel the pain and the giult for contributing to your death and demise through illegal internet downloading, although the extra money did help me to cop some food when I was starving.   RIP Hip-Hop.

Leggy Hendrix:
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7even:
if it wasnt for illegal leeching, many people wouldnt even know what Ras Kass, Talib Kweli etc sound like. This way, way more people listen to their Albums. So there can be more people who like em so much that they even buy their respective Albums...
however that's just one side of the medal.

Danté Williams:
It would be dead if those records you mentioned (and many MANY others) were not made anymore. It does not matter if it sells or not. You like, you buy em. And that's hiphop. Gangstarr, Quik, E-40, Warren, Kweli... not Nelly, Eminem, Lil Jon or Diddy.

On The Edge of Insanity:

--- Quote from: 7even the Harbinger on November 21, 2004, 04:08:24 AM ---if it wasnt for illegal leeching, many people wouldnt even know what Ras Kass, Talib Kweli etc sound like. This way, way more people listen to their Albums. So there can be more people who like em so much that they even buy their respective Albums...
however that's just one side of the medal.

--- End quote ---

Its a good point you make, and what people must also realise is that artists usually make a lot more money going on tour than they actually do from album sales. So if people have heard their albums through downloading them off the internet and like them, they are likely to go see them live when they come round their area, which in the end leads to profit for the artist anyway.

Oh, and co-sign on banning this dude, every single thread he goes on about the death of hiphop.

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