Started out in 1996 as M2, later MTV-2. The original plan was to bring back music videos since MTV dropped them. MTV-2 had a pretty decent variety. On January 1st 2001 it merged with The Box Music Network (which was a pay per view music video network seen on cable and Low Power TV stations) Not all that much changed other then the fact that they cross promoted it much more with MTV. In 2002, the boneheads at Viacom decided to start adding more rap and non music programming to the schedule. Fianlly they did it again. MTV-2 is now just another MTV with nothing but rap and shit shows. Then they re imaged the network with a tacky logo with 2 dogs. Instead of the video names being on the bottom left like most music videos, they flash them in the middle of the screen. They also flash pointless messages in the middle of the screen such as "Stop thinking about your hair" MTV-2 is now officially a big waste of bandwidth. Their website is also a worthless piece of shit.
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*"MTV Worthy" usually applies to the new Millennium of Artist.
*"MTV Worthy" usually applies to the new Millennium of Artist.
Dude! I heard this new crap from Fall Out Boy! They're incredibly MTV Worthy! MTV turns everything on it into crap.
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The MTV Syndrome has led to the steady reversal of that.
before MTV: Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zepplin, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Rolling Stones
after MTV: Milli Vanilli, Ashlee and Jessica Simpson, nSync, Spice Girls, etc.
The MTV Syndrome has led to the steady reversal of that.
before MTV: Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zepplin, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Rolling Stones
after MTV: Milli Vanilli, Ashlee and Jessica Simpson, nSync, Spice Girls, etc.
Say, have you seen the new video by My Chemical Romance?
No, I refuse to be part of the MTV Syndrome.
No, I refuse to be part of the MTV Syndrome.
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MTV kills music, it makes people think rap is all about selling drugs, disrespecting women, when it so much more than that. DO NOT judge rap from, 50 Cent, Soulja Boy, Hurricane Chris, D4L, T-pain, Ja Rule, DFB, or anything else that is played on mainsteam TV or radio. Rap is about using poetry to express life. Living in poor urban areas is hard, that's why rap was invented to lift people's spirits. Of course corporate America saw this at a chance to make money and soon tried to commercialize rap. Real rap artists are, Tupac, Rakim, Gangstarr, Wu-tang clan, Mobb Deep, Public Enemy, Warren G, Nas, and more. Listen to their music before you judge the stupid garbage that MTV plays.
MTV kills music, it makes people think rap is all about selling drugs, disrespecting women, when it so much more than that. DO NOT judge rap from, 50 Cent, Soulja Boy, Hurricane Chris, D4L, T-pain, Ja Rule, DFB, or anything else that is played on mainsteam TV or radio. Rap is about using poetry to express life. Living in poor urban areas is hard, that's why rap was invented to lift people's spirits. Of course corporate America saw this at a chance to make money and soon tried to commercialize rap. Real rap artists are, Tupac, Rakim, Gangstarr, Wu-tang clan, Mobb Deep, Public Enemy, Warren G, Nas, and more. Listen to their music before you judge the stupid garbage that MTV plays.
Rocker Kid: Rap is crap.
Me: You probablly are talking about Soulja Boy and other idiots like him. Listen to Rakim, or Tupac, not MTV Rap.
Me: You probablly are talking about Soulja Boy and other idiots like him. Listen to Rakim, or Tupac, not MTV Rap.
by Jersey Kid January 24, 2008
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