What has happened to the music industry?

On Saturday I enjoyed an afternoon of listening to music with a good friend. While sitting around we got to pulling out cds and listening to “old school” music. Now when I say old school I’m not talking about our parents music (which a lot of us grew up on) I’m talking our old “new” school. Artists like H-Town (knockin’ da boots) Tevin Campbell, Tony Toni Tone, Uncle Sam, Sam Salter, Jesse Powell, Shai, Donnell Jones, Rome, Jodeci, Mint Condition (breaking my heart) okay ya’ll get the picture. Don’t get me wrong we enjoyed the rap as well DJ Jimi (“where they at” and “there’s some garden tools in this house” lmao, the old no limit ( silk the shocker, master p, mia x the pre lil romeo era lol), a couple of Memphis classics Mr. Big (eightball and MJG) getting it on (playa fly) act like you don’t know. Songs for the most part that would either get your party started or make you wanna grab somebody and hold em’ close!!! What happened to that? These days any ole Joe off the street can make a song and “hot” 107 (and I use that word hot very loosely) will give it plenty of airtime. Now I’m not hating if this is how they making money go ahead and do ya thang but damn come with some substance. I mean come on “that baby don’t look like me WTF? The song was funny and all but geez should it really be in every hour hell OR everyday rotation?  Soulja boy give me a break how many times could you possibly crank anything?!!! And also what’s up with all of the nursery rhyme hooks? Is there a new rap manual out that says in order to make a hit you have to find a lullaby and make a song out of it?!!! Lets not talk about the R&B circuit. True enough we have good young talented artists like Jazmine Sullivan and Trey Songz to go along with seasoned vets like Alicia Keys, Ne-Yo, Beyonce’, Musiq Soulchild, Mary J., Usher, John Legend etc.who can flat out sang and entertain. There are also sleepers like Pretty Willie, Urban Mystic, and Raheem Devaughn who can hold there own and set a mood LOL but the thing that kills me are these jokers who just mess R&B all up!!! The perfect example is Pretty Ricky. First off how you gone name yourself Pretty Ricky and there are like 35 of ya’ll in the group. Secondly are you singers or rappers? Unfortunately someone listens to their garbage so they stay around. Last thing and I’m going to leave them alone where in the heck do you get off remaking classics like H-Town’s “knocking da boots” and adding rap verses to it *sigh* and what may be worse is On BET the new member had the nerve to start singing Mint Condition’s pretty brown eyes and sounded a hot mess!!!! I’m sorry but if this is the quality product being put out these days I see why limewire and other file sharing sites are so big how could you expect someone to spend his or her hard earned money on this garbage. What happened to the days of putting a 12 or 13 song cd in and letting it play. Now you buy a cd with 16-20 songs on it and may only listen to 3… the madness must stop somebody help me out!!!!