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Blood, Sweat & Soul: Survival Of The Fittest In R&B

Despite how good their craft may be, an artist can only hope (and pray) their music career endures the trials and tribulations of the record industry. Pitfalls like disputes with management, poor control of finances, and drug and alcohol paraphernalia can too often be the demise of a promising profession. However, once a musician has “made it” (i.e.: made appealing and profitable music that remains memorable over a period of time- hopefully longer than a year) their career can go one of three routes: they can either keep making appealing and profitable music and stay relevant to society, completely fall off the face of the earth and are never heard of again, or completely fall off the face of the earth, return to the industry and stage a comeback- by (trying to) successfully make music like they originally did.
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