Sellouts!
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- blackeyed
Is it me or is it getting more and more accepted and expected for people to sellout? I mean i understand rap, there goal is to sellout.. then rap about all the things they bought by selling out. But i guess i remember more people seeing thru the hype when i was a teenager, or maybe thats just what I thought.
- aliendn0
i think it was tom morello who said the terms sellout was made up by suburban snooty kids and i agree with that definition.
common did a coke commercial with mya of all people, maybe he wanted some easy cash to provide for his kids, who knows, but he still put out quality sheit. mos def does tons of fashion ads, his stuff till comes correct. ratm was on a major label, etc etc etc
- ********0
quite simply, yes, and the more and more this 'pattern recognition' occurs...the more and more people will feel helpless to resist the branding of emotive thinking and the spiritual nature of creativity...it's G$D against good
- ********0
and....straight up duh
"maybe he wanted some easy cash to provide for his kids,"
this excuse doesn't compute
- no_info0
Hip-Hop/Rap should be about 3 things
-who ya are
-watcha done
-a sucka MC--> Ice-T
- blackeyed0
True, but if someone claims to be an "artist" and they are already in the public eye, why is it they have to take every avenue to make more money, is there million not enough. I mean radiohead isn't out there doing IPOD ads, and coldplay isn’t promoting Yellow Volkswagen Bugs . I don't understand why "mos def" needs to do fashion ads, he’s a poet and a musical not a model. Let models be models, you stick to what people respect you for.
- k0na_an0k0
i once sold my soul to the devil.
turns out it was a bum who just took my ten dollars and bought some crack.
- aliendn0
what i was saying was i believe tcommon had a lyric way back about criticizing commercialization of hip hop, even 'i used to love her to an extent', then he's doing coke commercials. when he was young and didnt have a family to look out for, im sure he never seen himself doing something like that, but when reality hits, i'm not gonna judge someone for doing what they do. yeah it sucks when the ones you idolize change their style/opinions but thats life.
- mr_snuggles0
You can't put Mos Def in the same financial bracket as Radiohead..but putting music artists in ads isn't really a new thing either. It makes sense to me since hip hop is the new rock n roll.
- aliendn0
would you hate radiohead and coldplay if they did a commercial tomorrow?
- devaur0
do not compare hip hop to rock-n-roll!
- blackeyed0
hate them no.. but i would be disappointed .. Unless it was a statement commercial about a issue, it would go against everything they've always talked about. It would turn out that what they where saying was bullshit. They don’t need the money.
- aliendn0
don't give me that shit..what about iggy pop, a couple of his tunes have been in car commercials and beer commercials, you dont respect him anymore???. all he did was help contribute to an important genre of music and some argue may be the godfather of it, but he made a commercial, so yeah, life fuck him just like ashlee simpson.
- gabriel_pc0
there's more and more money in the music business and more and more people are treating it as just that, a business. get over it.
- ********0
U2!
selling their soul to ipod to reclaim their once-had fame.hasnt changed my opinion though - theyve always been shite in my eyes
- aliendn0
..or the godfather of metal (ozzy) or the godfather of marlyn manson (alice cooper) who i saw in a back to school supplies commercial. yeah i know its lame, but get over it.
- no_info0
There is a difference between selling out after the fact. It is one thing to struggle and keep true to your art. If your song becomes an anthem then good on you. The key is that you stay true to your art. If you change your style or even worse are totally produced from the beginning (alla ashlee simpson) then you sold out.
- ricstultz0
"sellout" is a stupid term...
"bought-in" is more like it.
oh, and who cares anyways if you like the music.... if it concerns you so much break away from pop culture for a bit.
- vespa0
isn't doing the soundtrack for an ad the best way to increase your distribution? i guess that is selling out. it is weird how you see "as featured on the xxxxxxxx ad" stickers on the fronts of albums. how different would that be from being the official soundtrack to the world cup or being on the GTA soundtrack?
- mrdobolina0
this is one of many reasons why I dont listen to any new music.
- Algo0
"hip hop is the new rock n roll. "???
are you f-in kidding me , thats the dumbest thing I have heard someone say.