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Sunday, July 12, 2009

... All the way to the bank?



Yes, it's this bad.

So bad that yes, this really is a Flo Rida video on PTM.

See this has nothing to do with Mr. Low, Low, Low, Low or the skinny girl I always confuse with the Cruz girl that dated Tom.

This has everything to do with those gerbils or hamsters or whatever Disney decided to make those creatures.

It's really this bad.

I'm sure when Flo Rida started his journey, he didn't think he'd be dancing around in a G-Force promo video. But then again, Disney checks don't bounce and from what I can infer, they aren't small either. But it speaks to a point...

There's no more money in Hip-Hop music.

Not that you can't make money making Hip-Hop music but the days of creating a song for the Hip-Hop audience that likes you and eating off that are long, long gone. We don't buy singles, we don't buy albums and we barely wait around for a sophmore album before we're on to the next guy that kind of sounds like you. (Mike Jones, who?)

It's why The Roots are the house band for Jimmy Fallon, its why Eve dropped only one verse in the past 3 years, why Diddy only makes music when its associated with MTV and why Flo Rida is dancing with Alvin and the Chipmunks (or whatever they are).

Now this isn't a criticism of Flo Rida or any other artist for that matter. You have to do what you have to do to eat. Because even your most die hard fans aren't supporting you. (And i'm sooooo guilty of this i'm ashamed to admit it from time to time)

But yeah, its this bad.

Damn

Posted by JusWritin' at Sunday, July 12, 2009

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1 comments:

Mr. Hutson said...

First and foremost, that joint is an underground hardcore ge. Flo rida is clearly bringing the gully back. That's stomp out music right there.

Secondly, if you buy two copies of the Slaughterhouse CD if/when it drops, all will be forgiven.

Again, another problem we can blame on the recession.

July 13, 2009 at 7:51 AM

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