Originally Posted by
e3NiNe
Then, the guys with substance and talent get popular and make radio crap. It's not a knock against rap, just music in general.
But the cycle I mentioned above is most noticeable in rap / hip hop.
Well I can't say I have seen too many of my favorites being played on the radio and some of them I have been listening to for easily ten years or so. Easily packaged and manipulated does not mean substance.
Techno, house and dub are filled with examples of the same type of marginal talent as well and is very noticeable to me.