Word: jaye
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...industry sales have plummeted, no genre has fallen harder than rap. According to the music trade publication Billboard, rap sales have dropped 44% since 2000 and declined from 13% of all music sales to 10%. Artists who were once the tent poles at rap labels are posting disappointing numbers. Jay-Z's return album, Kingdom Come, for instance, sold a gaudy 680,000 units in its first week, according to Billboard. But by the second week, its sales had declined some 80%. This year rap sales are down...
During the past decade, record labels have outsourced the business of kingmaking to other artists. Established stars Dr. Dre and Eminem brought 50 Cent to Interscope. Jay-Z founded his own label, cut a distribution deal and began developing his own roster. But most established artists do little development. That leaves the possibility that hip-hop is following the same path that soul and R&B traveled when they descended into disco, which died quickly...
...Elvis-mongers are offering a colorized silver dollar, "the Elvis Presley 30th Anniversary Silver Eagle 2007," yours for only $39.95;, and an Elvis edition of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups with "a specially formulated peanut butter and banana crème flavor." Presley-philes in a higher income bracket - Jay Leno's - will want one of the 30 Harley-Davidson bikes built as replicas of Elvis' 1957 Black FLH model (Retail price: $58,812; each comes with a painting and sculpture of the King). Tonight some lucky souls will attend the sold-out 30th Anniversary Concert at the FedExForum...
...don’t think we should be no holds barred and running right into it,” said F. Jay Barrows, a Republican representative in the state house. “The arguments surrounding the debate are very loud on both sides. The scientific community has one thing to say and the folks with the moral argument have another, so we just need more information right...
...garnered in a wide range of media outlets ranging from national and international newspapers to late-night TV. Stories about the study ran in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, and was remarked about on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno...