Commericializing Hip-Hop - Hip Hop - tribe.net Tribe.net. Local Connections Commericializing Hip-Hop philip http://hiphop.tribe.net/thread/1151aee6-6379-4cc6-aac4-4e54d08b1da4#cfd0b136-43f1-4ebd-a83c-6c582a0ec3fb 2007-09-09T17:12:15Z 2007-09-09T17:12:15Z It's ironic in a certain way that Hip-Hop is practically the only music genre at present where much of the artists are so concerned with selling records. The fact that most artists now only strive for how much platinum/gold status their albums can grab rather than concentrate on the message they have to deliver. Is it all for the good? philip 2007-09-09T17:12:15Z