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Can you explain this further? I am a little confused. I am not sure where you are trying to go with this but I like it!!
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Well if most of the audience for mainstream music is casual listeners, than if Janelle Monae was a superstar in the mainstream media she would only become more famous to casual listeners. ie not people you would be having in depth conversations about music with in the first place. So whether she's incredibly famous or not; it shouldnt really matter. Your original post asks why isnt she more famous; why would you want her to be more famous though?
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Well I don't think its fair to boost a singer up that is really just a performer or entertainer as an artist when they are not. Like pop stars like Katy or Rihanna are not technically "artists"
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If it's easier, think of Rihanna as more than one person. The writers, and her. Together they make the artist, just as any band that has one person predominantly writing their songs.
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Originally Posted by realtalk92
Really???? Why?
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Ive never been a fan of 60s pop in general, and I quite like a lot of what is played on the radio these days.
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Thats because older music tends to be of better quality in terms of production, instrumentation, lyrics, etc. Now of course, there are some pretty bad songs from the 60's but overall it is a much better decade musically than todays.
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No, it certainly is not.