How an unsigned rapper changed music

Re:How an unsigned rapper changed music by dominicmauro on Thursday January 24, 2013 @11:00AM (#5110159)

Lisa Loeb also did it. http://www.merrimackhall.com/lisaloeb.html

I winced when the guy hedged by saying "in modern history" — remembering this doesn't make me that old.

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Re:How an unsigned rapper changed music by robrenaud on Thursday January 24, 2013 @04:25PM (#5112333)

When Lisa Loeb hit #1 in 1994, less than 50% of Americans approved of Black-White marriages. Maybe 1994 really isn't modern.

[1] http://www.gallup.com/poll/149390/record-high-approve-black-...

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Re:How an unsigned rapper changed music by dominicmauro on Friday January 25, 2013 @12:02PM (#5116410)

Absolutely perfect.

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Re:How an unsigned rapper changed music by loso on Thursday January 24, 2013 @11:23AM (#5110294)

When I read the article I had in the back of my mind that this had been done before but I could not remember who. Thanks for the reminder. Her song was introduced to people because of the movie Reality Bites. This song going number one I will take as a positive thing because it shows the still growing influence of the internet.

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Re:How an unsigned rapper changed music by dominicmauro on Thursday January 24, 2013 @11:43AM (#5110448)

Oh, agreed entirely that it's apples and oranges. Reality Bites was a Universal movie, the soundtrack was on RCA, and they put five tracks on MTV. It was very much top-down.

Now these guys, on the other hand...

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