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By Funkworm
Hip hop artist Rhymefest wrote a thought provoking article at DJ Booth.net posing the question about who is more responsible for breaking records currently; bloggers or DJ’s? This has become increasingly frustrating for artists who find out that a lot of club DJ’s only want to play what’s hot on the streets and a terrestrial radio push demands that you have “mucho deniro”. So you’re stuck in a fucked up “chicken or the egg” scenario. They won’t play you if you’re not hot, but you can’t get hot if they don’t play you. (read more…)
Excerpt Retrieved from: http://www.indiehiphop.net/whos-really-breaking-records-bloggers-or-djs/Related articles (January 24, 2012) and used here by permission of the owner.
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