Quote Originally Posted by BigBoss View Post
The majority of those going independent got whatever fame they did have from their origins.

Look at NWA - Easy E/Ice Cube/Dre.
Look at Grandmaster Flash back in the early 80's.
Look at Run DMC.
Look at artists like Chuck D and Slick Rick.
NWA, Grandmaster Flash, and Run DMC were all huge. geto boys weren't. They never made an impact on the general public. Their only mainstream exposure was a 2 minute clip in a movie from 20 years ago.

Rap nerds are even worse than rock nerds 'omg you don't know the lyrics to thrak by king crimson what were you raised in a cave?? don't you know how influential they were in the progressive rock scene?? blah blah blah about time shifting and genre defying and other nonsense 99% of the music buying audience doesn't care about'