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you certainly do know a lot about a show you don't watch. Your descent into shouting insults about contestants seems to mean to me that my argument makes too much sense.

I am 26, and I am from los angeles california originally. I grew up listening to REAL rap on the radio before it morphed into the noise known as hip hop thanks to P-diddy and Jay-Z.

You have missed the point of my posts entirely. Which is simply that the one truly marketable talented american idol won, and will continue to have a good career. The other point I made was that in order to maintain longevity you must get radio air play, something that Ruben or Fantasia never really got. Clarkson's music is all over the place. Her video's are all over MTV. The executives at American Idol got the Idol they really wanted the first time, and they're just milking this cash cow for whatever its worth before they realize they've used up what little talent they've had the opportunity to get their hands on. There are two styles of music popular now. Hip Hop, and the pop princess. These shows have shown that the audience that powers the pop princess does not neccessarily also want a hip hop person. They're marketing to 12-18 year old girls on the show. Girls in that demographic don't listen to hip hop, they listen to the pretty girl who gets all the attention from the boys, like they wish they did. This is also why you don't hear the R&B/hip hop guys on the radio, who have also been on Idol. When I hear Fantasia on the radio five days in a row, then I might reconsider my argument. Until that time, it stands. I've yet to hear her once.

I prefered Ruben. He released a project, it sold about a half-million albums, pretty good for a black guy not named 50 cent or The game, these days.