Music is prevalent in our society. In some ways it guides our everyday thoughts, our intentions, our lives. Music is our inspiration. Music is our reason for being. Can you imagine a world without music? Nothing but the sounds of footsteps, horns and chatter. Doesn't sound like a place I want to be.
I've avidly collected music since torrents were just scour.net (and if you remember scour than I applaud you). When singles were in and albums were rare, I was trolling through websites, peer2peer programs and friendly PCs searching for my next fix. Alternative, trance, 80's hits, rap, or hip-hop; just one genre wasn't enough. From that point on in my life I realized that I had a permanent soundtrack in my head that would never stop playing, and I'm thankful for it. Lupe Fiasco once stated that "hip hop saved my life", I can speak for myself when I say that it definitely saved mine and it does so 'til today.
In the passed few years, we've seen a inverse in the evolution of music or the way it is distributed. From LPs to CDs, music is slowly losing its place in the brick and mortar building it called home for over five decades. Music is becoming a commodity among the billions of bites of information within the online universe. Slowing finding its way into secured and masked websites that distribute this digital crack by the millions to fans who don't see the light.
Fans who don't know that, as a whole, we can revolt. We can say that we wont pay. We have been placed in the position to feel bound by these laws, these rules. File sharing was just about that, sharing. It transformed the music industry. Hurt and helped thousands of fans and artists alike. It's refreshing to know that there will always be balance in this world.
Hip-Hop saved my life and I want to return the favor.
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