I think the fact though that record sales are at their lowest levels in history says something, digital downloads, legal or illegal don't mean shit either as bootlegging has been going on since the 1950s. The music business is such a shame these days, rap beefs aren't even real anymore like that Kanye vs 50 Cent. If you didn't know about here is how it goes, the same parent company owns both Kanye and 50 and they said that if the other outsold them, they were going to quit while claiming they visited the studio of their rival, they liked their sound. Where is the beef in that? Another thing is these days it's not about the music, it's about a pussy emo making yourself look like shit so you can feel depressed and cut yourself up as a fake suicide attempt. Also, drama at awards shows, this year it was Kanye saying Beyonce should have won. In 2003 or 2004 Madonna and Britney kissing, it's no longer about epic live shows or even talent. That through the flames solo sucks my nuts, it is nothing but synthesized shit and there have been no circulating bootlegs proving that "skill" live. Now listen to early bootlegs of Dazed and Confused, you have a violin bow solo and one fast, fierce non-synthesized guitar solo, and later for the LZ debut album thrashing drums.
