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To: KeepItSimple who wrote (57705)	10/8/2006 11:22:38 AM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 213177

This has also had the interesting result that the top 40 albums/songs these days are basically 100% rap/r&b because those lists simply measure sales of physical CDs. Basically the Top 40 list now represents nothing more than the spending habits of the last remaining demographic who doesn't get their music for free on the interwebs. That, and the fact that rap artists are easier to control and allow the music industry to take all their money, so they walk away with nothing. Only a very few rap media moguls exist- P Diddy and Russell somebody are all I can think of.

To: KeepItSimple who wrote (57705)	10/8/2006 12:09:37 PM
From: Rick Julian	Respond to of 213177

This has also had the interesting result that the top 40 albums/songs these days are basically 100% rap/r&b because those lists simply measure sales of physical CDs. Basically the Top 40 list now represents nothing more than the spending habits of the last remaining demographic who doesn't get their music for free on the interwebs. That might be interesting if it bore any relationship to reality, but since it doesn't,you've simply added the next entry to your encyclopedia of idiocy. The largest consumer of rap isn't the African American community that only comprises 13% of the United States population, it's white kids–a demographic that has a high degree of access to the internet, and who comprise a significant proportion of p2p downloaders. "Despite being an art form dominated by blacks and black culture, rap is very popular among whites (Ledbetter, 1992; Fenster, 1995). Rap artist Common (1999) is quoted as saying, “[at my concerts] all I see are coffee shop chicks and white dudes,” alluding to the large number of whites found at rap concerts. In addition to attending concerts a number of sources identify whites as the largest consumers of rap (Samuels, 1995; Leland, 1992; Kelley, 1994; Kitwana, 1994). Whites are responsible for 70% of rap sales and the owners of major rap magazines such as The Source and XXL, which are major vehicles of rap culture (Kleinfeld, 2000)" rcgd.isr.umich.edu