i totally agree, i been saying this shit for hella long!! im only 27 but look at the state of the game! and ole boy hit it right on the head, these new kids sure have funny ways of supporting the new artists they supposedly like lol. the main buisness heads of the game have totally forgot about the original fan base that would risk ass woopins from overly christian patents to buy a rap tape. now that i got money, they dont even sell anything worth buying. i wanna spend my money! but they dont even market to me anymore! and the game JUST changed only like 3 years ago!
I promise the business model of the game switched back when Laffy Taffy and Low came out. It went from "lets find good artists to sell and package an ALBUM" to "wow, we can sell 3million ringtones and make money from this minus the overhead costs of an album?". problem with that is niggas gotta constantly create them dumb ass songs in order to keep revenue coming in, cuz those songs are only "flavor of the month" style that last for a month or 2, instead of focusing on a dope album that you could ride off of for a year...
so now, these labels have to find new flavors of the month to keep something playing on the radio and to keep money coming in since a ringtone prolly aint gonna sell over a month or two, unlike an album that could be a slow burner then pop up gold or plat in a year or two (how many singles are on the radio form the last beyonce and rianna album?). stupid business move i swear...
I think they should have split it into two markets, one for the ringtone/dance type joints and one for regular real artists. Fuck it, give them their own radio station so if you wanna hear all the flo ridas and booty do's and shit, turn to that station. if you want regular music per se, then that would be on the other station.
Im just saying thoe...