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Old 08-07-2015, 07:40 PM   #1 (permalink)
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My understanding is that its popularity has been in decline over the past decade or so.
Record sales and stuff yes. Just read an article about rap record sales in 2014 being down ~24%. I just feel like it's so heavily incorporated in Pop music to the point where they are practically the same genre, which kind of blurs the reality of it's success.
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Record sales and stuff yes. Just read an article about rap record sales in 2014 being down ~24%. I just feel like it's so heavily incorporated in Pop music to the point where they are practically the same genre, which kind of blurs the reality of it's success.
That's the main indicator that a genre is past its prime.
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