Etta James - She's going to bitch slap you!

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Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Most musicians who make any serious money have sold their souls to do it. In their positions, who wouldn't? The only ones who bother me are the ones who try to make it look like they're 'edgy' and too 'cool' to sell out, when it's obviously exactly what they've done.

The difference between an artist that you think is a sell out and one that you think isn't, is usually whether you like that artist or not.

That's not the way I look at it, I like and have bought what I consider sellout music.

Originally Posted by TIGGER

Aw I knew you were just being argumentative you old dog! I don't know and I suspect that neither do you,what Beyonce',Aguillera,etc went through before they were famous. My Dad was familiar with the Jackson family when we lived in Gary,Ind,they used to perform in laundromats for change. They struggled for many years and finally made it big. It's my opinion that as long as a performer keeps doing the type of music he started with,he can't be labeled a sell out when he makes it big.

I think it was just stated best if you are an entertainer more than an artist, you are a sellout. Basically if you don't write your own music you are a sellout. If you do write your own stuff and you change your band/group/single person act sound to fit with the new fad, you are a sellout. If you require lip synching to perform dance numbers or lip synch, you are a sellout. If you are a major artist in a certain genre and you do a song with another major artist from a genre than has no association with yours, you are a sellout example: Nelly and Tim Mcgraw.





As far as who is pop and who is not, it's simple, if you hear them on your local top 40 radio station, they are pop. Usher, Britney Spears, Beyonce, Nelly, Nickelback, Panic at the Disco, etc... are all pop, because it's simply just popular music.