Many artists would like you to believe that their distaste for being labeled or pigeonholed is because it confines their artistry. What many of these artists really mean is that by confining their music, you're confining their potential fan base and therefore confining their income. It's not so much an issue of artistic merit, but more so an issue of financial merit. Of course, there are also artists that have genuinely been influenced by a hybrid of sounds and therefore this is reflected in their music, like the ultra... »»