If You make it We Will Buy it -Lil Wayne Debut at No.1

With all this hoopla out there over DRM, piracy of music and movies, it seems that customers are having their say. Labels and the movie industry have vehemently blamed illegal downloads and pirates for decrease sales and increase prices. Well current albums sales are proving to the contrary. Lil Wayne busted up the charts last week with the "Carter III" and the reviews are in. The highest weekly sales figure since 2005, Lil Wayne crashes in at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 with "Tha Carter III." With sales just over 1 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. So what happened? Does the Music and Motion pictures industry have to step up their game to get the numbers? Are customers becoming more demanding and raising their standards when it come to media distribution? Is there a thought out there that the industry must earn our money? iTunes and services like iTunes continue to be successful with their distribution model? If they make it will we buy it? Lil Wayne seems to states just that.

Music and Politics

They are coming out of the wood works. New artist, old artist, all want to put their political perspectives to prose. From Nas to Obama Girl, there's quite a few videos and tracks expressing their political view points. From professional to amateurs, every body wants to give their two cents. From Wyclef's "If I was president" to Pink's "Dear Mr. President", some are hits, some are misses and some are just plain sad. I'd love to get an idea about what you all think. Are any of them effective? Have some gone too far? What are some good ones and bad ones? We can expect to get more as the general election approaches.