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Originally Posted by i get high sometimes
Decline in sales isn't proof of anything. The sales of rock music albums has been declining since the mid-90s and no one is coming out saying things like "rock music is dying". The music industry as a whole is dying. It isn't just rap. People don't buy albums anymore because it is just more convienient to stay in the comfort of your own home and get the music imported directly to your computer for free. It is easy to cherrypick the genre of rap because so many people have a problem with it, just like people had a problem with rock in its infancy, and say it is dying.
Saying rap is dying is just such a stupid thing to say. The music industry is dying is more appropriate.
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While music-industry sales have plummeted, no genre has fallen harder than rap. According to the music trade publication Billboard, rap sales have dropped 44% since 2000 and declined from 13% of all music sales to 10%. Artists who were once the tent poles at rap labels are posting disappointing numbers. Jay-Z's return album, Kingdom Come, for instance, sold a gaudy 680,000 units in its first week, according to Billboard. But by the second week, its sales had declined some 80%.
This year rap sales are down 33% so far."