The Unified Law of Subsequent Albums relates the pressure of popularity to the phenomenon of album release and resultant relative quality. 'Every subsequent album sucks, unless it rules.' We see examples floating on the airwaves and hear them coming from the TV daily. Hacks with talent and hard-working bands that couldn't make money on a street corner if they didn't have a thug beating ingrates just around the corner. Masters of the arcane art of sadomasochism paid pocket change by guys in faux fur coats and rainbow socks. The theory was distilled to a few simple equations by Dr. Dre in 1872: