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# 10 Things DJ Shadow Hates About The Music Industry
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/dj-shadow-10-things-i-hate-about-the-music-industry/
- Published: 2011-10-04T11:27:17.000Z
- Updated: 2011-10-04T11:27:17.000Z
- Description: Today marks producer and turntablist DJ Shadow's 20th year in the music business, and the release of his latest album The Less You Know, The Better. In a recent self-written post. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/10/dj-shadow-10-things-i-hate-about-the-music-industry.html]
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Today marks producer and turntablist **[DJ Shadow](http://djshadow.com/?ref=hypebot.com)**'s 20th year in the music business, and the release of his latest album *The Less You Know, The Better*. In a recent self-written post to [Black Book](http://www.blackbookmag.com/?ref=hypebot.com), Shadow explains 10 things he hates about the music industry, touching upon the topics of oversaturation (quantity over quality), the demise of the record store and MTV.

"It annoys me when I hear artists talk about the 200-odd songs they left off their latest masterpiece. 

How is that supposed to make us feel better about the end product?"

Read the post in its entirety [here](http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/10-things-dj-shadow-hates-about-the-music-industry/27171?ref=hypebot.com).

*This post is by regular Hypebot contributor, music marketer, and musician *Hisham Dahud* ([@hishamdahud](http://twitter.com/hishamdahud?ref=hypebot.com))*