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2026-09-08 -Great Cultural Revolution

Trump defunded USAID and now rap music has crashed out. No songs in the Billboard top 100 for the first time in 50 years.

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Posted by Clyde Thaviling6482 2026-09-08 07:51|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [340 views ] Top

1 Another talking head video.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-09-08 08:38|| 2026-09-08 08:38|| Front Page Top

2 At last!

Posted by EMS Artifact 2026-09-08 08:59|| 2026-09-08 08:59|| Front Page Top

3 Whatever the reason, it's a reason to celebrate.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-09-08 09:05|| 2026-09-08 09:05|| Front Page Top

4 Taylor Swift has put over 170 in the top 40 since 2006 or so.

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-09-08 09:38|| 2026-09-08 09:38|| Front Page Top

5 @4 That's not something to celebrate

Posted by Chantry 2026-09-08 09:50|| 2026-09-08 09:50|| Front Page Top

6 Also a drop in Summer Riot Season participation.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-09-08 10:41|| 2026-09-08 10:41|| Front Page Top

7 ^5
also not much of a fan

but obviously others are

in fact over a dozen of her songs reached #1

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-09-08 11:38|| 2026-09-08 11:38|| Front Page Top

8 Taylor Swift has put over 170 in the top 40 since 2006 or so.

And I never listened to a single one of them.

I did, however, enjoy Motown music.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-09-08 12:09|| 2026-09-08 12:09|| Front Page Top

9 I think it's pretty common knowledge: Today's music ain't got the same soul.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-09-08 12:44|| 2026-09-08 12:44|| Front Page Top

10 ^Anything except Bob Seger

Posted by Beavis 2026-09-08 13:02|| 2026-09-08 13:02|| Front Page Top

11 Thankfully and not surprised. Seemed the only ones besides the idiot gang bangers and their wannabes that liked that garbage was the arty libtards that made crap movies.

Posted by DarthVader 2026-09-08 13:09|| 2026-09-08 13:09|| Front Page Top

12 Black fatigue. It's killing Nike too.

Posted by Regular joe 2026-09-08 14:36|| 2026-09-08 14:36|| Front Page Top

13 No matter how much money they sunk, they couldn’t make the WNBA relevant before CC.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-09-08 15:13|| 2026-09-08 15:13|| Front Page Top

14 ^^ you beat me to it on the WNBA. Absolute rubbish.

Posted by DooDahMan 2026-09-08 15:41|| 2026-09-08 15:41|| Front Page Top

15 @7 Just because a musical artist is profitable and popular does not make them "good", but that's subjective.

Posted by Chantry 2026-09-08 17:51|| 2026-09-08 17:51|| Front Page Top

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