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Originally posted by nWoCHRISnWo
I'm not a huge fan of any kind of music, and I don't go out of my way to listen to certain rappers. I can easily find an Eminem CD or hear his songs on the radio/TV so I've grown to like his stuff. If I have to go way out of my way to listen to certain people, it's not worth it for me. Everyone seems to think mainstream music is all crap... If it was all crap, then millions of people wouldn't like it like they do. If these indy guys or whatever guys you (this goes for anyone who mentioned any "less popular" rap/hip hop people) were talking about aren't on the radio or TV, chances are people don't like them as much as people like Eminem.
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O.k, well yes, of course chances are that people don't like them as much as Eminem...ya know why? Because people obviously haven't even heard of these people being how ****ed-up the music industry is. And you mention that you aren't going to out of the way to hear new music? Than I guess you will never hear anything better than Eminem in your opinion if you don't try. Deltron 3030 (AKA Del Tha Funky Homosapien) single-handedly got me back into hip-hop, it only took me a couple listens of his record to get me into the underground/ indie hip-hop scene. Same goes with Mos Def...Than, once I heard them, I start ed listening to other rappers on the same labels, then I read reviews on new "up and comers" on the scene and the process continues. Basically, it was 2 artists that got me into it, and now that I know so much more about it I haven't stopped. Maybe it's just me, but listen to Deltron 3030 and Mos Def's "Black on Both Sides" (both probably can be found fairly easily, they both have had mild commercial sucess) and maybe, just maybe it will get you intrigued or interested. Also read
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com and check out the new reviews everyday because that has kept me updated day to day on not only the newest indie-rap, but indie-rock and other interesting original music. The indie-scene in general is difficult to get into because frankly it's a minority industry at this point. I mean, I know I would have never gotten into it all if my friends hadn't showed me some of that good stuff and now that I read about and purchase this music on my own, I'm at an all-time high in my music listening days. See, the problem is that people don't know what they are missing...Mainstream music is just so much in all of our faces that it's really tough to see anything else. This reason itself is why this other music IMO is better, because they aren't trying to impress anyone, they are doing what they want basically and as a result the music is usually of a higher quality. And about it being difficult to find...go to CDnow.com, they have any CD you could pretty much ever want or even half.com because it is cheaper. And if anyone is interested in some quality indie music, PM or IM me or something. Not that I'm an expert or anything, but I could at least give you some good direction as to where to start with indie-rock, indie-pop, or indie-hip hop. Allright...that was stupid sorry, but I don't feel like deleting it, so deal with it!
