> > > > > > Great Gosh a mighty ,as Little Richard might say,
> > the
> > > > > "Flame
> > > > > > Thrower" is back!
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Good trend for Z100. But one of the reasons they
> > passed
> > > up
> > > >
> > > > > HOT and POWER is because of Hurban WCAA-WZAA
> stealing
> > > away
> > > >
> > > > > some of the rhythmic audience.
> > > > >
> > > > Any way you dice it that was no easy feat!. Big Ups to
>
> > > > Poleman and Cubby, Z 100 is once again mighty no
> matter
> > > how
> > > > one tries to justify it a win is a win.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Very good trend for Z 100 nno question, but its just a
> > > trend. IThey will still have strong #'s, but I highly
> > doubt
> > > Z will be ahead of Power & Hot for long
> > >
> > don't be too sure about that; hip hop has peaked, it's now
>
> > just another flavour of pop music,and hip hop fans burn
> and
> > bootleg instead of purchasing, so their strength at retail
>
> > is over. 50 Cent was the last gasp, as Kanye leads down
> the
> > pop hop trail.
> >
> Thats dumb.
>
> ALL music fans under the age of 21 like to burn and bootleg
> its not about hip hop fans which is aprt of the reason the
> music industry is dying and hip hop artists are the only
> ones still selling with any consistency. More than rock
> artists, more than most pop artists, more than the country
> artists, 50 cents sales were great but they were also hyped
> more than other artists too. Are most artists selling like
> 50 these days? no but that's artists of ALL genres, no one
> is selling nine and ten million copies anymore. Green Day's
> American idiot might be the one thatc omes closest to that
> within the next yyear, and the mariah Carey record is
> already at six million. The industry is failing, there is no
> case you can make for hip Hop having peaked and being just
> another pop culture genre, its the one genre still selling,
> wake up! And by the way I think 50 cent is the weakest
> artist out there, so Im not some hip hop crusader posting,
> I'm justa realist.
>well, the ^Top ten biggest albums for the year had only 50 Cent and the Game representing hip hop, with black eyed peas in the r& b zone.Everything else is mariah,gwen stefani,rascal flatts,kelly clarkson,green day,coldplay,etc,so hip hop is hardly the dominant format based on cold,hard sales data.