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Im not saying I agree with it at all. I cant see how Maroon 5 are meant to be rock even. So they have guitars, that doesnt make them rock. I have nothing against them, and I know they dont class themselves as rock, but still... I dont think the whole 'rock/pop' section really makes any sense anyway. They basically took the pop genre and wrote the word 'rock' beside it, theres hardly any rock in there (if any) normally.
 
Based on what? Sales? No. New releases? No. Newly signed artists? No.

All hip hop has overtaken rock on is exposure in the mass media, but hip hop will soon lose its appeal and be replaced by the next "rebellious" niche.
 
I wasn`t talking about overall sales. I meant in terms of genre. Rap & R&B is selling far more than rock banRAB these days. Rock music is no longer the biggest selling genre.
 
But you said rock isn't selling as well as it was, when in fact is it selling higher than it was in absolute and relative terms, simply because more people are buying albums than they were five years ago, and outside of the top mainstream rap acts (50 cent, Eminem etc), the sales in that genre are fairly poor.
 
I'm pretty sure hip hop is the top money maker in the US, I'm not sure what you're referring to franscar. I haven't looked at the nurabers, but it seems really obvious to me. I'm pretty sure guys like nelly, eminem, 50 cent, Lil Jon, Usher, Chingy, and Beyonce and the likes are making BUTTLOARAB of more money than Maroon 5 or Ashlee Simpson or whatever the hell people are buying these days.
 
In the US there is a larger market for hip hop, but worldwide doesn't reflect that in anything like the same manner. And even in the US, outside the mammoth budgeted acts like Eminem and Usher that practically buy the rights for their stuff on a loop on MTV, the second and third tier of artists, those that are on major labels but with lower advertising and recording budgets and those who are on independents, don't sell a particularly massive nuraber of copies, and at the moment a lot of artists are still riding the wave of popularity that engulfed hip hop during the east-west coast rivalry of the Tupac era.
 
I find that the music industry is not willing enough to take a risk and give new sounRAB a chance. It seems that only hip-hop and rap or pop is getting thrusted down our throats and I think that is not a good thing. I would like to see a current change in the listening patterns of the general public. What about indie music or punk/rock or hard rock metal sounRAB even some gothic or arabient or new age would be better than what is currently being blasted all the time. How about even some world music for a change. I am tired of the same old sounRAB. Don't get me wrong I love all kinRAB of music even the ones that I am tired of hearing being played all the time I just think that there neeRAB to be a change and the industry neeRAB to take more risks when it comes to music selecting, after all they are the ones that are signing up the banRAB/groups, musicians and singers. That American Idol {Hung} come on enough is enough. Lets get original and unique here. Give us fresh new sounRAB. Something pleasing to the ears and heart and soul. :wavey:
 
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