>Let me rephrase my point then. Dre has been selling coast to
>coast, LA to NY, to hip hop heads for decades. Hip hop heads,
>meaning he's appealing to the people who apparently don't want
>"crisp and clear" beats. Why would he continue to sell to hip
>hop heads for 25+ years if they didn't want beats to sound
>clear? Not to mention he wasn't a "brand name" when he
>started, so why's he been able to sell his shit since, like,
>1985?


he's been a brand name since NWA.. and surely by the time the G Thang 12" dropped.. he stepped into his solo career AS a brand name.. he was gonna SELL records.. they just didnt know that he would become so mainstream/pop


>Whether or not you like it, sales do sometimes have a little
>to do with how successful an artist is. Is it the only way I
>or anyone with half a brain measures a talented artist? Of
>course not. But people like you seem to think that hip hop
>heads aren't part of the general population, like they're
>sifted out into their own genre, and anyone who sells over
>500k is pop and a sell out becauese they succeeded and sold
>their records, and should not be considered good in a "hiphop"
>sense. Only people who sell to the hip hop population, 100k
>or less, are really talented.


again.. you dont make a single point.. we are talking whos the better producer.. dont bring up sales to me.. you bring that up cuz ur boy is losing the poll and its pathetic..

>Again, a brainless argument.

yet again.. you failed to make your own points...