i was thinking about this the other day. I feel like a lot of growing music cultures are huge parts of counter culture. HipHop was once very counter culture. You wouldn't see your mum bumping NWA in her car. Eventually to wash out the counter culture, the mainstream (hollywood?) hypes up its mainstream versions, and this causes it to go downhill. Selling out the idea of hiphop was what created this horrible pop culture/hiphop scene i see in the states (im from California). Making everything family friendly so they could make more $$$. & i see the same things happening to EDM. Some burnt out names that come to mind for me would be like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, LMFAO, Justin Beiber, David Guetta, Kanye West, and pretty much anyone else you see in this 'spotlight'. I think they make cool music, but i dont think thats the only reason they stay in the eye of the media. Iv heard so many artists that I honestly believe have more talent but they dont get nearly the recognition some of these other artists do. I feel mainstream TV spotlight is an illusion, while artists might think they can get big like that, I think its only a show created to present to the public this celebrity image.
