OK, I'm sure you�re thinking; �Geez Fever, calm down..it�s not all that bad.� WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO FOOL?!!??! Let�s examine a little closer...(BTW-I'm gonna get specific and I may miss a few..forgive me)

1. Backstreet Boys/N Sync/98 Degrees/LFO/etc, etc: OK, these worthless wastes have a pedigree so to speak in things like Menudo and New Kids on The Block. But, the recent explosion is totally unexplainable...well, not totally. All of these �groups� (loose term) all sound/dress/look the same and they all have the same purpose...to suck every last dollar out of every teenage girl from age 12 on up...and younger actually. There is no talent here..these guys were thrown into a mixer and then they were s*** out. Think about it. Hell, one of our lovely major network television station did a show based on the process...with the purpose of making a new boy band..which is the last thing we need right now!!! Do you see what I'm getting at here? When network TV starts doing shows on how to �make a boyband� then we are ALL in deeper trouble then we could ever imagine!!

2.Eminem/DMX/Jay Z: First, let me go on record..I love all three of these artists. I�ve been a fan of rap music ever since I got my hands on Run DMC�s �Tougher Than Leather� album. Most of my hip hop collection is centered on the �street� hip hop that is the s*** you won�t see on MTV...BET yes, MTV no. Now, what I don�t get is the ungodly popularity of all of these artists. Eminem..this kid is a lyricist of the purest form, black/white/brown/rainbow..it doesn�t matter! This kid is good. DMX...sure, he�s a rip off of Tupac (RIP)..but, the kid can bring it plain and simple. Jay Z...the heir to the thrown left by Biggie (RIP). King Of NY, hell, King of the world. So, now, we�ve got three of the greatest rappers on the planet and they ALL keep permanent residence on TRL...can someone explain this to me?? why?? I know, this falls to the catagory of every white kid (age 12 on up) who wishes he were from the ghetto and had �money, clothes and ho�s�. The type of kid who lives in a $500,000 house and wishes he lived in Marcy Projects...you know the type. But, reality check kids...you are not a thug, you are not ghetto and you are lying to yourself if you think you are! Perfect example of this-when the uproar hit over Eminems use of homophobic slang on his new album.  The main reason given for concern was the fact that his core audience was so impressionable that they will mimic his actions and words and start there own gay bashing...living out the life of Marshall Mathers words. This, my dear readers, is sad..very sad! Another example is the Preppy Redneck bitch I work with at my day job that can NEVER (and I do mean NEVER) get the words to Jay Z�s �Big Pimpin� right....and she only knows the chorus! and she screws up the words differently everytime! nuff said on that one.

3. Courtney Love/Fred Durst: Short and sweet...Love- The pack of smokes in my backpack has more talent than her, period. (edited for legal reasons)

Durst-worthless, no talent hack who couldn�t write a song to save his life..sold over a million records for rhyming nookie and cookie. OH BOY! that�s talent!! 

AND FINALLY...

4.Britney Spears/Christina Aguleria: Big tits.tight clothes. Nuff said.

But then again..this is just my opinion and I could be wrong.

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