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Originally Posted by Lucien21
Rap music 
All it is missing is a "C" - Must be a silent one. |
Think that up all by yourself? Because I've NEVER heard it before.
Commercial, sellout, indie, low budget, superstar... whatever. Eminem's music is fun to me. It's not high art, but not everything has to be. It's not Talib Kweli (or, for that matter, Xiu Xiu, Tom Waits, Autechre, or whoever buys indie cred these days), but I don't care. It entertains me, and there's enough true art out there that I can allow myself some aural junk food once in a while.
And honestly, this whole "if you make lots of money, you're a tool" thing is annoying. One doesn't have to be poor to make good art. Shakespeare wrote plays on commission for royalty, and Michelangelo didn't paint the Sistine Chapel for kicks. Great art can, and has, emerged from commercial environments and the desire to make some money. Music is music. Judge the product, not the process. Shutting out any music because of the budget spent on it (high or low) doesn't do yourself any favors.
