The 2017 Nielsen's year-end report said that hip hop was the most popular genre and this continued in 2018.
What impact has hip hop becoming the dominant music genre had on the way rappers interact with broader pop culture? With what rappers are popular? Is there something unique about hip hop and streaming that made this inevitable?
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EDIT: Wow so far what a great bunch of data to work with! Thank you all so much! Share with friends if you would like. I really appreciate this!
Brendan (from the Necropraxis blog) and I (Ben from Questing Beast) have created a research survey looking into whether D&D is actually effective at introducing new players to the world of RPGs. Click the link below if you'd like to take it.
https://survey.ascolais.com/limesurvey/index.php/358418
In movies and games there are women pirates and pirates of all races. Were the pirates ahead of their time in this way?
From the early beginnings of 2020, it seems more present than in any other early arrivals to the musical landscape of the year that movie tie ins that support the crossover of two monoliths of the entertainment industry. The inherent idea of both the movie industry and music industry intertwining with each other is by no means a bad idea on paper, in fact as a business strategy, such collaboration seems fitting, having two of the most prominent forms of entertainment and suppliers of popular culture benefiting off both the combined and individual success of the two mediums seems like a logical step in order to further generate global dominance and widespread advertising. But the ultimate issue with this trend that has seemingly polluted January of 2020 stems from the potential success, that being itβs overwhelming power as a means of cross-platform and multimedia promotion and advertising. What has become inherently obvious is the lack of care, consideration and craftsmen ship that has gone into this trade of material, and instead, an increasing need and demand for product has been birthed. The root of this mishap that sees corporations only expand, and as a result, continue with this line of cross-promotional appeal is the increasing lack of care for quality, as release after release, in most cases applying both to the movie and music aspects of the partnership the product at hand becomes less and less about the art form and more about the need to fuel already thriving industries.
This piece comes to light as one of the very worst examples of music being tied to the release of a, what is intended to be a blockbuster movie, is sprung into reality. That being the latest track, βSpeed Me Upβ, featuring the star-studded, yet awfully clumsy collection of collaborators, Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Yachty, Sueco the Child, and producer Take a Daytrip. If just by witnessing the sheer number of big-name artists packed into a track that is evidently filler for a movie thatβs rollout that has been far from exempt of controversy isnβt enough to question the authenticity of the collaborations of the industries, then the music at hand will eliminate any denial. Take a Daytrip demonstrates his uninspired input to the track by creating an instrumental that features clunky and lazy additions to sounds associated with the Sonic franchise. These are evident reminders that this is in fact, a tie in with a greater project, but has been as cheaply added as the track most
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Or did he take more of a commander's role, and stay back, giving moral support to the troops? Also, what was the life expectancy in that area of the world at the time?
Not only did he marry a questionable, shallow, infamous airhead but he's blabbed inane rhetoric for ages.. The proof is clear, he needs to be committed. Nick Cave and Fantano have both spoken positive rants about his artistic genius.. I do not see anything worthwhile ever coming from such a special ed individual and it's quite alarming that anyone genuinely does! The world it is-a-changing into a cringy pile of shit!
