Yes, I do know what Im talking about. I take classes in music production, which is alot different from reading about the latest cute-alicious boys in Teen People. The music business works in waves, where something becomes popular by a 1st musician(backstreet boys/nysync), gets capitalized on by other get-rich-quick groups and their managers(98 degrees, 5ive, the ABC making of the band, etc.), then it MAY get parodied extensively(2gether), before it finally dies out. The dying out phase is rapidly approaching for this genre(don't believe me? Compare record sales), but in another 5-10 yrs they'll be a new boy band and the cycle will start again.
If you dont believe me, look at Latin music, same story, a few innovators(Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez), followed by get-rich-quick groups(Baha Men...ugh), and it will soon die out.
Rap Music has had a few of these. Late 80s with Run DMC, Funkmaster Flex, and MC Hammer. Then Vanilla Ice and Sir Mixalot. It came again with Snoop Dogg, the NWA, and Dr. Dre. Then came Easy E and Ice T and the like. Right now we're at a Rap peak, but it will soon end. The sooner the better, Ive had enough of the word bling-bling.
So in conclusion, Im right and youre wrong.
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