[Superpower]

Originally posted by AMENHOOKER

Nicki Minaj, for sure.

Hmmmm no. Then Eminem, Kanye, Jay Z etc... are all sellouts

[Royal Culture]

Charli XCX, hopefully she'll return to her better sound for the next album

[Jeiboy]

Nelly Furtado with "Loose"

[B'Day]

Originally posted by Gary

Taylor Swift
Beyonce

Only ATRL would say Beyoncé's music 'sounds the same' and 'she's not versatile' but yet call her a sell-out
As much as Taylor Swift makes me aggy + I think she's so overexposed right now - she's not a sell-out. She was successful in country. Her first album sold like 6-7m. Switching genres =/= sellout
OT: Iggy.
Nothing Like Me didn't get any attention so she read up a few things about Tupac and the history of rap on Wikipedia and claimed rap is her passion.

Originally posted by Superpower

In my book both are worth praising

I agree!

[UNNAMI]

Originally posted by Gary

Taylor Swift
Beyonce

explain beyonce.

[eleganceislearned]

Nelly Furtado

[NewRihannaStan]

Originally posted by Superpower

In my book both are worth praising

So true

[Cain]

Didn't Beyoncé kinda reversed-sell out tho?

Like I agree she sold out with IASF and she got the biggest success of her career (although her worst album) but she completely left the mainstream field with 4 and to some extent sf

[LEMONADE]

I feel like every artist (esp. pop / mainstream) sells out in their debut era tbh. Its all about marketing.

[RoarRiteNow1]

I feel most popular acts "sell out" to some extent to break through. For example, didn't Gaga start out wanting to make rock music?

[Nikolai.]

literally everyone

[OnikaSlays]

Taylor and The Weeknd.

Nicki didn't sell out, just because she has a few singles that are pop oriented (Starships, Pound The Alarm, Va Va Voom, TNISY) doesn't mean she's a sell out.

[Azealia Banks]

Originally posted by RoarRiteNow1

I feel most popular acts "sell out" to some extent to break through. For example, didn't Gaga start out wanting to make rock music?

Thats not what a sell out means.

[Dark Miracles]

Originally posted by Jei-boy

Nelly Furtado with "Loose"

Originally posted by eleganceislearned

Nelly Furtado

Wrong, that kind of music was already in her repertoire (see: Get Ur Freak On remix with Missy).

[Theus]

Originally posted by Jei-boy

Nelly Furtado with "Loose"

How exactly?

She's has been working with Timbaland since her the start of her career and that has always been her sound she just never released much urban-influenced material before Loose.

[RoarRiteNow1]

Originally posted by Azealia Banks

Thats not what a sell out means.

She switched from wanting to do rock music to making generic pop and dance music with The Fame. That's kind of the definition of selling out isn't it?

[Theus]

Originally posted by Dark Miracles

Wrong, that kind of music was already in her repertoire (see: Get Ur Freak On remix with Missy).

Not just Missy but



She was even on a hip-hop group before she went solo.

[A Little Unruly]

Originally posted by StonedSoulPicnic

Liz Phair. For her fourth album, she worked with The Matrix in order to score some some hits. A lot of her supporters from her indie days didn't like her new sound, so they ditched her.

Screaming. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6255-liz-phair/

[rl231]

The Weeknd has been making nearly the same music this entire time. Just because he finally has a couple of radio hits doesn't even mean that he's a sell out

[gloamingtheplain]

Originally posted by Eeveelution

Marina and the Diamonds

Maybe for two Doctor Luke singles

She quickly realised what was happening, and we got FROOT.