To Censor, or not to Censor? That is the Question. It’s a hot summer day and you are bored to death. Suddenly you see a friend pull-up in front of your house and gesture for you to come and listen to his new C.D. Eagerly you rush to his window hoping to here the sweet melody of Snoop Dogg and the Dogg Pound, or 2Pac with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony but as the melodious sound …showed first 75 words of 3855 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3855 total…with their customers. Undoubtedly, the alternatives have limited appeal, but it is worth mentioning that this standard practice takes place and ultimately affects the listener’s perception of pop music. Though as Street (1986, p106) points out "the industry is unable to control the creative process itself". In other words once signed, a band has to gain the approval of its record company before further developing its latest offering, then faces the independent censor as well.