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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
part of it is distribution. when an album used to come out, you could pick it up on release day/Tuesday, in most major cities. If you lived in a small town you had to wait, or try and mail-order it. Or, you waited until your friend who could buy it would copy it on cassette for you. It took time to develop.
Nirvana released Nevermind, toured a couple of tours, and waited about 9 MONTHS before it actually hit with teen spirit.... That shit don;t fly no more. If you do not get instant exposure, you will NEVER get exposure. There is nothing to be gained by hip hop fans digging for old releases they may have missed. They either sound old and dated by the time you listen to them, or, like the old days, you will be the only one in your peer group that knows what you are talking about (like me and sonic youth in Alief TX circa 1989)
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what are you talking about nine months?? Teen Spirit and Nevermind were platinum within 6 weeks of release!! The original 50,000 printed sold in the first few days when DGC thought it would take six months to push those units!!! Within 9 months of release (June 1992) Nirvana had already become a cultural force, and indeed pushed out Incesticide to capitalize on their buzz, make some quick cash, and make up for the fact that they otherwise did not have an "actual" record ready for release.
Further Nirvana almost NEVER stopped touring from 1990-1994 because (a) touring was generating huge revenues and (b) it was advertising for the record company releases.
The way Nirvana met the more "instant gratification" demand in the market for new and more was through music videos (hence why the decline of MTV has hurt contemporary music sales) and B-sides/Maxi Single releases..
Rappers now are pushing out too much lower quality product because in the modern decentralized era they are unable to possibly create or generate the kind of buzz or publicity ("trending" or "viral" in today's terms) that something like Nirvana was able to, and Nirvana did it entirely through traditional record company mechanisms and strategies..