Remember Tum Tum? The guy Tech annihilated...
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It's called college radio.
Well... I'm just curious. Does that apply to rock bands too? Because I can think of a few bands that didn't really change at all, and the best one that comes to mind is probably Nirvana. Manson also isn't really your run of the mill "Top 40" radio type shit but he was fuckin' HUGE on MTV for like 5 years. What about System of a Down?
I'm not saying that rock on MTV is the same as rap on MTV, but I'm pretty sure with any major label behind you, you're going to get at least one play at 3 in the morning if not more.
It's pointless to spend money on a good video if you know flat out it's not gonna get past YouTube. ex: Slacker
That's what peeps were saying 5 years ago.
Well... I'm just curious. Does that apply to rock bands too? Because I can think of a few bands that didn't really change at all, and the best one that comes to mind is probably Nirvana. Manson also isn't really your run of the mill "Top 40" radio type shit but he was fuckin' HUGE on MTV for like 5 years. What about System of a Down?
I'm not saying that rock on MTV is the same as rap on MTV, but I'm pretty sure with any major label behind you, you're going to get at least one play at 3 in the morning if not more.
It's pointless to spend money on a good video if you know flat out it's not gonna get past YouTube. ex: Slacker
That's what peeps were saying 5 years ago.
Chamillionaire wasnt shit for a while just on the same level as tech cuz i always followed both closely. And he didnt change shit to blow up (although two totally different images)....it can be done there is plenty of people that have done.
He could blow up but i doubt he ever will....simple as that most people just dont feel his music as hard as it is for us to believe.
He could blow up but i doubt he ever will....simple as that most people just dont feel his music as hard as it is for us to believe.
I just said that.
This point doesn't really fit in with what we're talking about. It's not as if MTV was playing any other acts like Manson at the time that Beavis and Butthead was on, other than on Headbangers Ball. Manson leaked into the mainstream because people said "this shit is fuckin' hot", pretty much. Rap acts like 50 aren't exactly your Abercrombie & Fitch mainstream cookie-cutter bullshit but they sell. Eminem has a "gimmick" of sorts by being white and discovered by Dre, but his lyrical content wasn't exactly commercial at the time.
Anyway my point is that you can break the mainstream and still be "yourself", whatever that may be. You can say ICP isn't "mainstream", but ask someone if they like them or not and noody is going to say "who the fuck is ICP?"
I don't give a fuck what label name you have on the back of your cd, if people know what the fuck you're about, you're mainstream
This point doesn't really fit in with what we're talking about. It's not as if MTV was playing any other acts like Manson at the time that Beavis and Butthead was on, other than on Headbangers Ball. Manson leaked into the mainstream because people said "this shit is fuckin' hot", pretty much. Rap acts like 50 aren't exactly your Abercrombie & Fitch mainstream cookie-cutter bullshit but they sell. Eminem has a "gimmick" of sorts by being white and discovered by Dre, but his lyrical content wasn't exactly commercial at the time.
Anyway my point is that you can break the mainstream and still be "yourself", whatever that may be. You can say ICP isn't "mainstream", but ask someone if they like them or not and noody is going to say "who the fuck is ICP?"
I don't give a fuck what label name you have on the back of your cd, if people know what the fuck you're about, you're mainstream
He might as well these days...
But just because you have a "fuck the industry" attitude, the labels, (And I hope just about everyone else), know that the whole FTI thing was/is a marketing campaign. If you put so much into the FTI thing, then I can't wait to read your excuse as to why Tech didn't "sell out" when he finally decides it's time to sign to a label in one way or another.
::Too many hours awake::
But just because you have a "fuck the industry" attitude, the labels, (And I hope just about everyone else), know that the whole FTI thing was/is a marketing campaign. If you put so much into the FTI thing, then I can't wait to read your excuse as to why Tech didn't "sell out" when he finally decides it's time to sign to a label in one way or another.
::Too many hours awake::
