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Hip Hop Caused Global Warming

Remember when rappers sold records?

On the drive back to the hotel after Rock The Bells a couple weeks ago in NYC I picked up a copy of XXL's 10 year anniversary issue and started skimming through. In case you haven't read it, they did a little year by year recap; big artists of that year, big albums, etc. Of course, in 2000 it was Eminem who dominated the world. Do you remember what that album sold in the first week? 1.8 million.

One point eight fucking million records in a week!!

That shit isn't even fathomable these days. Shit, even the biggest cats are lucky to sell that many records, period. It ain't like people wasn't downloading back then either, napster was on every computer in the fucking world by that point.

There really isn't any point I'm making here, I guess its just really crazy to me that things have declined this quickly. I honestly don't think we'll ever see another rapper sell 500,000 albums in their first week.

50 Cent? Kanye? I don't think either will, even if they were dropping on the same day. And I'll tell you one thing, I think 50 is really fucking desperate right now. He's a smart dude, he knows the stakes. His ego sure as hell knows the stakes. 6 songs have leaked and no one - with the exception of the dickriders - has liked anything but I Get Money. Candy Shop may have been some bullshit, but it was some catchy bullshit that was a megahit. Amusement Park? That's just some bullshit. He is a cocky motherfucker but I really get the vibe behind the facade that he is worried about 'Ye and he is worried about doing human numbers this time around.

But back to the topic at hand (Snoop (c)), CD's are dead. Hip Hop? Ehh, that's debatable. CD's, yup, dead.

Personally, I say fuck real music. Let's just make 16 songs of tinny jingles, ig'nant choruses, dances, laffy's and taffys.

Oh wait, we're doing that already.

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