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Eric Rauch / American Vision:
The June 15th edition of the USA Today carried a front page article entitled "Can rap regain its crown?" "With declining sales and rising concerns about its quality and 'gansta' image," the article began, "hip-hop is in crisis. Even some star rappers say it risks becoming irrelevant." The article goes on to interview many industry insiders for their take on the continuing slide of the once dominant rap genre. Rap record sales have fallen 43.6% since 2000, outpacing the general trend of overall record sales (of all genres), which fell 25%.

Posted by Editor at June 28, 2007 06:46 AM