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Is mainstream getting better?

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Nathn
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I'm usually your typical "oh em gee fuk t3h radio" kinda guy but I'm liking a lot of the new wave of mainstream. Some examples....









Jun 19 2010 1:09PM
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nolan.
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haha not even gonna lie, i heard bulletproof like a week or so ago at the gym and i thought it was a pretty dope song. airplanes by b.o.b and fame are both good, but the problem with the radio is that they get over played..but forever fuck lady gaga and her stupid ass songs
Jun 19 2010 1:11PM
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pat_in_the_hat
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is that robs secretary in the last one?
Jun 19 2010 1:13PM
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Nathn
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haha yeah chanel or whatever
Jun 19 2010 1:13PM
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Funnel
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Haha, holy shit it might be! Good call man.
Jun 19 2010 1:14PM
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Bryan*
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i agree to to a certain extent
Jun 19 2010 1:14PM
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Schlop
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There might be a strain of decent artists and songs, but the rest of it is still here, thriving
Jun 19 2010 1:17PM
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uosdwiSrjewoH
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first thing that i thought when i opened this thread
Jun 19 2010 1:23PM
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nickyp
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No
Jun 19 2010 1:28PM
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Mooserz
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with Rusko and Calvin Harris. Id say so
Jun 19 2010 1:28PM
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Funnel
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FUUUUU. Look at how hood weezy is!

Bulletproof is actually a pretty good song. I like it. The B.o.B. one didn't sound that bad and the Mike Posner one is ehhh. Those three are better than much of the mainstream that's out now.
Jun 19 2010 1:35PM
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FUUUCK
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good music becomes popular eventually
Jun 19 2010 1:37PM
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BootySpunk.
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All pretty sick songs. Airplanes by B.O.B is so dope but there are better songs by Mike Posner IMO and bulletproof is dope but the dubstep version is way sicker.
Jun 19 2010 1:42PM
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wambat
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this.

and a lot of us are working very hard to bring good music to the mainstream.
Jun 19 2010 1:45PM
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TheStudioCC
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no its not cause theres still a ton of useless junk
Jun 19 2010 1:51PM
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kepler.
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Exactly. If you are a good, unique artist you will probably be rewarded for it eventually.

It's a good day when artists you've known for years make it big. If you haven't been on Mike Posner or B.o.B for at least 2 years you're slackin.
Jun 19 2010 1:53PM
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5teve.
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bulletproof >>>
Jun 19 2010 1:58PM
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Wall_Nut
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Well on that first video, no. Hypercrush is murdering the underground of 8-bit/synth music by going mainstream with their overly simple techno beats and shallow (I'm a cool guy who likes attractive women) lyrics.
Jun 19 2010 2:02PM
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No_Dub
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Maybe some songs but I can't say Miley cyrus is getting any better nor is anyone else "popular"
Jun 19 2010 2:03PM
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Dan.
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is la roux mainstream?

in that case, there are a bunch of bands that I would call good and mainstream.

Black Keys anyone?
Jun 19 2010 2:19PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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bulletproof has been out for like 10 months.
Jun 19 2010 2:33PM
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Mooserz
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people hated on hypercrush mad hard a few years ago. Now look whats happened
Jun 19 2010 2:39PM
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Get.Kronk
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didnt really like the cooler then me one, but he wore a wings jacket so i like the artist
Jun 19 2010 2:42PM
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K2skipunk
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Wait the fuck up.

I've never heard of Calvin Harris, but I searched him, and you ranked him the same as Rusko?

You've heard Rusko on the radio? Not BBC radio. On the actual radio? I wouldn't call any sort of dubstep mainstream.
Jun 19 2010 2:51PM
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Mooserz
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rusko has gotten played on west coast radio. and yes. I was a fan of Calvin Harris way before I was Rusko and I hold him high.

and yes. I listen to Radio 1 a lot
Jun 19 2010 3:02PM
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Mooserz
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an on that note Rusko will be producing part if not all of Britney's new album. so expect dubstep to be all over your radio
Jun 19 2010 3:03PM
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Guck
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yeah they are all dope songs, for now. until the radio plays the shit out of them like they do with EVERY good song they play.
Jun 19 2010 3:04PM
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Dan.
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radio would be the tits if each station had 400 songs in rotation instead of 40.
Jun 19 2010 3:12PM
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Lemuel
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Bulletproof may be the worse song I have ever heard. Even worse than "Hey there Delilah"
Jun 19 2010 3:16PM
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CrunkNugget
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no thanks
Jun 19 2010 3:18PM
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Mooserz
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how dare you
Jun 19 2010 3:31PM
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shortdawg
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Mainstream music still has that poppy and cliche type feel to it, but recently it's been moving more towards house and club music so i'm glad its progressing a bit
Jun 19 2010 3:55PM
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squibble
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mainstream pop is a talentless pool of teenagers trying to be rockstars.

mainstream in other areas is actually really great, pop is just going in a bad direction. pavarotti was mainstream opera and he was incredible
Jun 19 2010 4:16PM
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apcaipse
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Cooler then me is one of my least favorite songs of all time.
Jun 19 2010 4:26PM
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Thenowhereman42
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Mainstream music is awful and getting worse. Nas & Damian Marley was the only good "mainstream" record I've heard in ages.
Jun 19 2010 4:26PM
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Nathn
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So the songs i posted are worse than these?




Jun 19 2010 4:37PM
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Thenowhereman42
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I was going to listen to them and then give you an informed opinion, but I pressed play on the first video, heard the first 5 seconds, and was too embarrassed to even play it (there are a couple people over at my house) sounded like awful synth pop. So yeah that first song is for sure as bas a soulja boy, I'm not even gonna listen to the other ones.
Jun 19 2010 4:59PM
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amo
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i would say most definitely

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Jun 19 2010 5:18PM
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Thenowhereman42
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Ok so that second song was actually pretty decent it didn't make me want to gouge out my eyeballs with a spoon at all. The other ones......oh my god. The last one was bad enough but that first one was actually unlistenable I had to turn it off after 45 seconds.
Jun 19 2010 5:55PM
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*Dos*Planker*
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you clearly dont understand what thriving means
Jun 19 2010 6:15PM
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Smuffy
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my thoughts exactly. i still cant listen to the radio for extended periods of time, but i think pop music has improved lately.
Jun 19 2010 6:19PM
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Obsessedwski
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Someone somewhere made this song worse to cater to the "mainstream" music crowd:


Jun 19 2010 6:35PM
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Smuffy
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i hope someone somewhere doesnt make this song worse to cater to the mainstream crowd

Jun 19 2010 6:59PM
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shrEddie
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mike posner sucks.   i cant listen to more than like 60 seconds of him before the voice gets to me
Jun 19 2010 7:33PM
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Snowcase
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I heard hathbanger on the radio last summer so I'm gonna go with yes. Although that was the only time I've listened to the radio in about 6 years. Now I listen to NPR or Jazz if I HAVE to put something on.
Jun 19 2010 7:37PM
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Bar_Down
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this. there are good songs that come up every once in a while, and then the radio stations play them twice every hour for 5 months and you end up hating the song more than anything else in the world
Jun 19 2010 7:37PM
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kepler.
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It's so sad that you aren't more open minded. I used to think I was cool for hating on mainstream music just like you. Then I wised up a few years ago and decided to not be uptight.

Let me list off a few good mainstream listens I've heard the past few months. I won't include Distant Relatives since you've got that covered.

Drake - Thank me later
Ratatat - LP4
Horse the Band - Infinite Arms
Janelle Monae - The Archandroid
Minus the Bear - Omni
High Violet - The National
B.o.B - Adventures of Bobby Ray
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Pt. 2

I won't bother listing the countless other mixtapes and singles I've heard that I have enjoyed. And I won't put MGMT's new album because that's just too much controversy to bring up. But seriously man, all the albums up there were really enjoyable listens. You can't expect every album you pick up to be a 2 year project between two of the biggest names in their respective genre. You wouldn't turn down a blowie from a 7 just because there's a 10 at the party would you?
Jun 19 2010 9:33PM
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Jun 19 2010 10:11PM
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*Dos*Planker*
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la roux is mainstream in Brittan i think but definitely not here
Jun 20 2010 12:19PM
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Smuffy
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^its pretty popular. most know of la roux, and where i live they play bulletproof on the radio pretty often.
Jun 20 2010 12:27PM
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*Dos*Planker*
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^oh i didnt know because its never on the radio here
Jun 20 2010 12:45PM
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