Will they be the same band? That's something we used to worry about. From the post-Nirvana early-'90s grunge boom all the way through to the mid-'00s, some of us would bellyache every time one of our favorite bands signed a major-label deal. We would want these bands to succeed and thrive, but we would always fixate on the idea that these labels could take away all the things that made these bands special -- that they'd streamline these bands, dumb them down, in the hopes of getting radio play. Those worries were not unfounded. But now, those worries are obsolete. If a major label even bothers to sign an indie rock band, they're absolutely not going to attempt to change that band's voice. There's not enough money in it, and there's no hope of that band getting airplay anyway. Instead, these days, we have to ask a new question: Will they be the same rappers?