Wendy Day and the B-boys

well, this seems to be my issue with the music industry today. it is all business. what will sell, sell, sell. but that's the problem with a lot of independent artists and labels. they don't have the money or means to get their music out there. but what is so irritating is that they can't have their freedom until they "earn" it, so they have to do stuff they are told to do in order to do what they really want. my problem with that is first off they are thinking about their pockets and not their truth or originality or love, second they seem to get too comfortable with doing what makes so much money with a phat beat and catchy hook that they lose what they originally had. it is very hard trying to put an artist on the scene who people have never heard of or who may not be what people are used to listening to. that is why promoting and marketing are so important. there are so many talented people out there who don't get their fair chance because they are not what the public is accustomed to. but does that reduce the amount of substance or quality in their rhymes? of coarse not. it just isn't known. the industry is a multi-billion dollar industry and like she says in the article, if a record does not sell 500,000 copies it is not considered profitable. that is crazy. the amount of money that is made from that many albums selling at a price anywhere from $13-$18, if you're going to a regular mainstream retailer, is amazing. it is profitable for everyone. however that is where the business side of hip-hop i feel interferes too much with the true meaning of the music itself. breakdancing seems to me from the article that it was just noticed, picked-up, seeing that it was such a great form of entertainment and then used to make that money. People who thought of it as a fad were so ignorant to the fact that it was a 300 year old african form that warriors used to show solidarity. that is amazing. no fighting, killing, cursing, just dancing. now using it to make money is a different subject, but seeing how the public i think is more intrigued by the moves and how can they do this or that, not really knowing the history maybe, that it was used as a form of battle opposed to fighting, i think good for the b-boys and b-girls. as long as you are out there spreading that truth, let them make their money!