what's the best way to download music these days?

[fatty fat fat]

emule? torrent? etc?

[steve dave]

I think torrent is the safest way.  Oink and Demonoid were by far the safest torrent sites before they got shut down.  I think it is pretty safe to use most torrent sites though.  Download Azureus and the SafePeer plugin (if you haven't already). 

[Saulbadguy]

I dunno..internet?

[ksuno1stunner]

isohunt.com

albumbase.com (if you have rapidshare)

esnips.com (if you hate limewire and want to dl individual songs)

[ew2x4]

utorrent and peerguardian2.

[ChicagoCat]

torrentscan will search a few of them for you

[ChiefCatchacold]

esnips.com (if you hate limewire and want to dl individual songs)

Hadn't seen that one before, good stuff. 

[AzCat]

Usenet

[WildCatzPhreak]

I really hate using torrents to download music.  Torrents are great for large files, but if you just want a single song?  It's almost not worth it unless you're downloading an entire CD or collection.  Finding a single mp3 would be so much faster..but I don't trust P2P networks.

There's always old reliable IRC.  Heard good things about usenet too.

[ksuno1stunner]

a really fast way with rapidshare:

say you want soulja boy's album.  just type, "rapidshare" and "soulja boy" into google, and you would usually find a link to a copy.

[Grade School Sexy Pants]