@ Flawda thank you for putting so many good points down. I have seenmany artist come and go and at their present time like you said were flavours and their fans thought they would never disappear. The biggest shock is 50 cent. JAy has been through it all. Rappers come thhey go, those hotter than him and more hyped but he still remained true to himself. There he is most respectfull rapper. Had white people running in the store to get his cd's. In the next 5 - 10 years I would love to see these artist maintain these gimmicks. Niki is so business swavy yet still made only 6 milllion last year!!!!! Please people have fun with these gimmicks until people get tired of these techno pop on the radio. It will not last forever. To mention \beyonce the same will happen. Artist will come and go, but she stays to her root and will be there years to come. bravo. Niki will never see that sucess of Jay and those who come against that know nothing about jay and music history.