But it goes deeper than that The artists aren't the problem as much as the consumer's the problem Most of these artists know better The consumer doesn't Especially the black/pop consumer....they've been so tricked that they believe a good show is the ability to sing along to every song or to see shit that the performers supposed to do like someone said above, i refuse to spend $100+ to see jay z because I KNOW BETTER there's a reason why cats like the ojays can still tour after 40 years in the game i dont see the bep's or kanye being able to do the same or maybe i can because of the consumer