The industry kills the single!
In the early ’80s, the music industry began to phase out vinyl singles in favor of cassettes and later, CDs. Then, since it costs the same to manufacture a CD single as a full album, they ditched the format almost altogether. But they forgot that singles were how fans got into the music-buying habit before they had enough money to spend on albums. The end result? Kids who expect music for free. “Greed to force consumers to buy an album [resulted] in the loss of an entire generation (the 80’s babies) of record consumers,” says Billboard charts expert Joel Whitburn. “People (Myself included) who could only afford to buy their favorite hit of the week were told it wasn’t available as a single. Instead, they stopped going to record shops and turned their attention to illegally downloading songs.”
Unintended consequence The Eagles still top the album charts.
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Be A Little Bit Cooler
March 13, 2008
Chicago’s own The Cool Kids.
As of late these cats been catchin the attention of many media outlets such as The Fader, URB, Vimpy, Okayplayer (smartest people in the room thank you very much), MySpace, and a ton of other shit. Not too mention their not so recent, but recent, New York concert with chicago’s own Mr. Kanye West and Kid Sister (Pro Nails).
Free DL’s here:
Gold & A Pager
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Action Figues(personal favorite)
I Rock
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MCEO Mixtape – THE BKMC Talib Kweli
March 13, 2008
Talib Kweli and Mick Boogie have just released a new mixtape entitled MCEO Download this one for FREE
