>> "In other words, he's concerned about a world where people aren't forced into spending over ten bucks to hear the song they want, paying for a bunch of cameo

>> "In other words, he's concerned about a world where people aren't forced into spending over ten bucks to hear the song they want, paying for a bunch of cameos they may not care about, even if those people worked real, real hard on that music." I think it's down to marketing. When the record company picks the single and promotes it that's the song people will buy from the album. It may not even be the best song on it or the one you will like the most. I've seen a few polls recently where people were asked to pick their favourite track from a recently released album (they had bought the full album). The decision was pretty evenly split over all the tracks and the ones that actually fared worst were the singles. So my point is, you're not buying the song you want or will like the best, you're buying the song the record company has promoted the most and probably missing out on some great stuff.