In reply to butterfly.

Have a seat with that grandstanding BS.

I'm tired of the bigoted and cavalier comments that black folks (R&B and Hip Hop fans) don't buy albums. Who do you think made Usher and Nelly stars in the first place? Who do you think were their original fans? Who do you think bought their first million sold? White/pop fans? No. They came later.

If Usher put out an R&B album and Nelly put out a Hip Hop album that flop, then maybe -- just maybe -- it would be largely in part because they weren't promoted with enough fervor to make them successful *or* because they were lackluster in their own rite, and deserved to underperform because of it. In the meantime, the poppier Looking 4 Myself is Usher's poorest selling album to date and I'll bet that Nelly's next album which will probably be pop too (if this first single is any indication) will also be his poorest seller too.

All these pretentious "they do what they gotta do to sell" excuses that people spout to defend urban acts selling out to pop becomes futile, because guess what? Their pop albums end up becoming their BIGGEST flops and basically the most stigmatized of their discographies. They throw their core fans under the bus to chase after a One DIrection/Bieber/Katy/Flo Rida following that they largely don't catch. So what did they get out of selling out?

"Hey Porche" is not going to become a "Country Grammar," "Grillz" or "Dilemma," just like "Scream" didn't match the success of "U Got It Bad," "You Make Me Wanna" or "Yeah."

If chances are you're going to flop anyway, then have enough dignity to flop with some style. I can't think of anything more laughable than a trend-jumping/sellout album becoming that artists biggest commercial disappointment.