music industry integrity

it has come to my attention, that some people don't feel that integrity in the music industry is necessary. i'm not talking about being the most "underground" or what the fuck ever, i just mean, that your releases and bands do well because of hard work, not embellishing. i guess that's a foreign concept for some people. it's very discouraging in the fact that the only way to gain any recognition is by lying about what you've accomplished. fucking posers.