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WHAT YOUR LOOKING AT IS THE NUMBERS ON SUSAN BOYLES NEW RECORD WHICH THEY’RE SAYING IS NOW THE HIGHEST DEBUT SINCE SNOOP. THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS IS I HAVEN’T HEARD 1 SONG OR SEEN 1 LEAK. 50 CENT CAME OUT LAST WEEK AND SAID HIS ALBUM GOT LEAKED A WEEK EARLIER. I’VE SEEN PROBABLY 5 SONGS FROM CHRIS BROWN, TIMBERLAND THE CLIPSE, ECT …….. WHO’S ALBUMS ALL COME OUT NEXT WEEK. IN THE PAST IF PEOPLE HEARD NEW MUSIC FROM ALBUMS THEY REALLY WANTED, IT TRANSLATED IN SALES. I’M NOT SEEING THAT RIGHT NOW, NOR AM I SEEING OR HEARING ABOUT LEAKS FROM THE POP ARTIST. JOHN MAYOR SOLD 300K THE SAME WEEK AS 50 AND I HEARD NOTHING BUT THE SINGLE NO LEAKS. SO MY FIRST QUESTION IS WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS ONLY HAPPENING TO R&B AND RAP?
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE ARTIST ARE THINKING WHEN THEY LEAK RECORDS? WHAT DO YALL THINK BECAUSE ITS FOR YOU?
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DON’T GET ME WRONG, THEIR ARE GOOD SINGERS OUT THERE WITH GOOD MUSIC, IT’S JUST THEY NOT GETTING ENOUGH EX-POSER.
MUSIC TODAY IS NOTHING BUT SHIT THAT COMES OUT OF MY ASS, WHAT MORE CAN I SAY. MUSIC TODAY IS BOGUS AND BORING AS HELL. LOOK AT BEYONCE’S NEW SINGLE “VIDEO PHONE” FEATURING LADY GAGA; THAT SONG IS STRAIGHT UP GARBAGE. BEYONCE IS TRYING TO COPY LADY GAGA’S RETARDED-ASS MUSIC. YOU CAN KNOW FOR A FACT THAT EVERYONE LIKE BEYONCE IS TRYING TO BECOME MORE FUTURISTIC/SUPERFICIAL/UNREALISTIC WITH THEIR STYLE AND MUSIC. THAT’S WHY I SAY NONE OF THE ARTIST ARE BEING ORIGINAL. IT’S EITHER BEEN DONE BEFORE OR DONE RECENTLY. LIKE I DON’T GIVE A SHIT IF THE SONGS GETS LEAKED, I STILL NOT GOING TO DOWNLOAD THE SHIT. IF I WANT TO SUPPORT THE MOTHAFUCKING ARTIST’S SONGS, I WOULD GO BUY THE MOTHAFUCKING ALBUM, IF ONLY THEY HAD 4 HOTTEST HITS THAT I’M ADDICTED TO. LIKE I’M TIRED OF EXPLAINING MYSELF ABOUT TODAY’S MUSIC INDUSTRY.
THIS WILL BE MY LAST TIME EXPLAINING MYSELF ON THIS TOPIC. WHAT I REALLY HATE IS THE LYRICS IN TODAY MUSIC. IT’S LIKE PEOPLE ARE NOT WRITING SONGS FROM THE HEART, THEY JUST WRITE SONGS THAT COMES OUT OF THEIR ASS. LIKE LIL. WAYNE FOR EXAMPLE, HE JUST FREE STYLES BULLSHIT. MOST OF HIS SONGS ARE NOT WORTH LISTENING TO BECAUSE THE LYRICS ARE FUCKING RETARDED; IT JUST DON’T MAKE NO SENSE WHAT’S SO EVER. HE JUST RAPS ABOUT SHIT THAT HAVE NO MEANING, NO POINT, AND NO SENSE. GOSH CHEEZES! WHAT LIL. WAYNE IS DOING RIGHT NOW WITH HIS MUSIC IS WHAT EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING RIGHT NOW WITH THEIR MUSIC. IT’S LIKE NO ONE PUTS ANY EFFORT INTO THEIR MUSIC. SO WHY THE FUCK SHOULD PEOPLE SUPPORT IT????????????? JUST TO MAKE THEM RICHER THAN US????????? FUCK NO. I SUPPORT THE REAL THANG MAN!!! PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT TODAY’S SHIT HAS NO TASTE IN MUSIC WHAT’S SO EVA, LIKE O.M.G. DO’OH!
ANOTHER THING THAT I HATE ABOUT TODAY’S MUSIC IS THE RHYTHM AND BEAT THAT’S LACKING EVEYTHING. SOMETHING ABOUT IT DOESN’T WANT ME TO GET ON THE DANCE FLOOR. LIKE I CAN’T EXPLAIN IT. YOU SEE WITH 90′S R&B MUSIC, IT GETS PEOPLE IN THE GROOVE TO DANCE AND IT GETS PEOPLE IN THE MOOD FOR SEX. WITH TODAY’S MUSIC, ITS JUST MUSIC TO SING A LONG TOO. NOTHING ABOUT IT WON’T GET ME IN THE ZONE. EVERY SONG THAT YOU HEAR ON THE RADIO THAT’S R&B, POP AND RAP ALL HAVE THAT SAME SOUND WHEN IT COMES TO THE BEAT AND FLOW. I DON’T KNOW WHICH SONG IS R&B, POP OR RAP BECAUSE ALL THE BEATS ARE FAST TEMPO. PLUS WITH R&B AND POP ARTIST, THEY BE SINGING TOO FAST LIKE HOW RAPPERS BE FLOWING THEIR WORDS IN THE SAME SPEED AS THEM. IT’S BOGUS!!!!!! OH MY GOSH!
THE LAST REASON WHY I HATE ABOUT TODAY’S MUSIC IS THAT I JUST DON’T SEE IT GOING ANYWHERE. I DON’T LISTEN TO THE RADIO AS MUCH ANY MORE, I DON’T WATCH MUSIC VIDEO CHANNELS ON TV AS MUCH ANY MORE. WITHOUT SUBSTANCE, PEOPLE WON’T REMEMBER TODAY’S MUSIC 10 YEARS FROM NOW. LIKE THERE’S NOTHING TO REMINISCE ABOUT TODAY’S MUSIC. I’M FUCKING 21 YEARS OLD, AND I LOVE 90′S MUSIC BECAUSE THE SONGS BRING BACK SO MANY MEMORIES OF WHEN I WAS A KID.
IF ONLY TODAY’S MUSIC HAD SOME SENSE. RIGHT NOW, I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN 10 YEARS FROM NOW. IT’S LIKE PEOPLE ARE RUNNING OUT ON IDEAS. WHEN WILL R&B MUSIC GO BACK TO IT’S NATURAL HABITAT? I NEED TO COME THE GAME AND CHANGE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IF I HAVE TO.
@KANDI, MOST OLDER PEOPLE DON’T SUPPORT TODAY’S MUSIC BECAUSE IT’S SHIT, THEY RATHER STICK TO WHAT THEY GREW UP LISTENING TO LIKE 80′S AND 90′S MUSIC THAT HAVE MEANING.
I didn’t mean to steal anyone’s points, I just didn’t read it all until now.
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I am in agreement 100%!! I find myself listening to the radio, asking myself: When did the train run off the track????? I love when artist like Monica work very hard to establish a name a brand and a lifestyle!! Record labels are becoming more and more aggravated by the fact that we have more up and coming entrepeneurs than was expected. Now if we as whole could support that with going to the stores and buying the music….the people could actually let the record labels know excatly what we want to hear!!!! Not taking anything from those who have astounding record sales but like my guy Ed Lover says: C’Mon Son!!!!!!
and that’s all I have to say about that
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You go Girl!!!!!!
JD look at your cable news companies. They have the most talented young bunch of techs in the fields that you talked about the music industry recognizing. They have to best quality in everthing. Their graphics are flawless and everything is so perfect. Look at FOX News. Don’t they own a movie company. Do they also have something to do with American Idol and that show the Susan Boyoles lady won on. I think it was politics within the industry and a lot of good exposure being that she tied up with this major news corporation. Headline, CNN, Fox I’ve been watching since Bush beat Al Gore and they have gone from small company to large corporation. They have a lot of power and they get their hands on all of the good talented people of broadcasting, graphic design, production a/v, etc.. I’m not suprised at all that she was successful because it was their intention to make her a star. They have the power to destroy people as well. I opinion on the R&B and Hip Hop end songs being leaked. I would think somebody is making shady deals between the studio, distributor, and administrationof the artist for it to be leaked.
The only other way is when they give the tracks to whatever music host and administrator, they are setting up the site without protection and someone is hacking and steeling the files but there would still have to be some kind of word givin from the above mentioned. It does affect the artist’s sells badly.
I think the leaks are working in reverse. Before a leak meant that you were hot and translated into album sales. I’ve read some other posts on here and agree that labels are trying to use the leaks as a way to gauge whether they should push the album or not. Also seems like the labels are keeping the R&B & Rap world compartmentalized, compared to the other genres of music. R&B and Rap don’t need the major labels to sale the music or get the music to the fans. You won’t find any Susan Boyle songs on a blog, but you could find Wayne’s Carter III on every Hip-Hop site on the net before it came out. We need to be in control of our music. I saw a 50 Cent interview where he said his album got leaked in London and then I saw a clip of Lil Wayne’s Carter documentary where his manager said his Carter III album got leaked in London. So I think it’s time for Rap & R&B to move toward controlling their music. These labels want to keep control so they can keep the money flowing in.
I Personally Feel That The Issue Beyond The Artist’s Leaking Their Records Themselves Is The Security Of Where The Tracks Are Uploaded. I’m A Computer Science Minor At A Top 30 University In The Nation And Studying Technology Has Made Me Realize That Many People Might Not Even Know That Their System Files, Specifically Music Files Can Be Penetrated Even WITH A Firewall Through Almost ANY Free Music Download Software.
So The People In Camps Like 50 Cent’s, Which I Recall, Had Leaked Some Tracks Off Of A Recent Album Without 50′s Knowledge, Probably Don’t Realize That They Were Sharing Their Files With The Public When They Placed It On Their CPU’s That More Than Likely Had A Program Like Limewire On It. And I Sincerely Believe That A Large Population Of The People Involved With The RnB and Hip Hop Industries Still Illegally Obtain Their Music Which In Turn Leads To Leaks Through Their Own Cpu’s When They Get A Copy Of A Track That Isn’t Supposed To Be Released To The Public. It’s How Sites Like “rnbxclusive” and “hotnewhiphop” Get Their Leaked Material From Artists Only To Have Them Be Taken Down.
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I Totally agree with @bootyinyoface. She said everything I was gonna say.
We are lacking a lot of substance in our music so we are only buying the songs we want or we stop buying all together and just have someone burn it if they purchased it and even then it’s like well I don’t really listen to it that much but it was free. I do love the mixtape thing. That turned me onto a lot of artist I had no interest in or was even curious about. And on that Trey Songz..I’ve always liked him..he was overlooked when he hit the scene cause there wasn’t too much of anybody really singing shit. It was crap and here this young dude comes along and can blow and singing about love and trying to make it for his family and stuff. People was just on that bling bling shit. And Dondria…man oh man..I’m so glad she’s coming up on the up cause it’s been sometime since we’ve had singers singing about something and can actually sing with there voice and not the computers doing all the work for them.
I agree I’m tired of mix-tapes and leaks. It’s so much music available now in R&B/Hip Hop, that honestly who get’s excited anymore. Every artist think it is cool to leak their music. By the time the CD is release we have heard it all. R&B acts need to get back to releasing good product and stop trying to saturate with a bunch of garbage. Im tired of the records that are released and never turn up on the album. Why by the album if the song u like is not on there. The R&B/Hip Hop acts have done nothing but trained us to get music free because the release everything free. So why pay, if the artist are going to leak their music and keep releasing garbage songs all over the net. The record companies and artist need to stop putting everything behind the first week sales. It is so funny after the first three weeks then you don’t hear anything else about the artist at all. Shouldn’t the artist be out promoting the album through other kind of marketing. I guess that is why i have giving up on R&B/Hip Hop and turned to Pop. Check out the new wave of black artist Jason Derulo and Iyaz. You hardly hear of leaks by Pop artist. Thats probably why they have the huge records sells from the anticipation.
Oh and 50′s excuse that his album was leaked and thats why it didnt do well means NOTHING. Wayne’s album was leaked and he did 1.5 the first week. So miss me with that bullshit Curtis. LOL
rap and r and b simply have to much exposure or maybe to much exploitation of its own product.
I think the urban music market purposely leaks records to decrease their record sales. It is a conspiracy and it is effecting a lot of people’s pockets. Because we’re in the internet age consumers are boldly stealing records that have yet to be release. Personally, I think Jay-Z was right when he said “women lie, men lie but numbers don’t”. Numbers don’t lie but, if your record’s being leaked, the numbers don’t count to people who’ve received the album prior to the official release.
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I think it’s just the nature of the urban market. It’s the mixtape, bootleg culture and people just not wanting to pay for shit along with the youth culture. John Mayer and Boyle audience is not really a young audience. It really for 30 and older JD. So you always have less leaks with that audience. I didn’t really hear a lot of leaks off Whitney’s album either.
50′s shit just flopped man. Eminem and Jay-Z leaked and they still did their numbers. I heard RnB/Rap doesn’t really do well digitally either. That most of the sales are physically product. I just think RnB/Rap genre is played out. It has really been dominate for like 15 years now. I think people want to hear something different. I mean you look at Keri Hilson, they spent made money promoting Keri and she has just now went gold. How many singles and video Keri had like 5. Energy, Superhuman, Knock You Down, Turn Me On, Slow Motion, Let’s Make Love. That’s alot of money to break a new artist.
WHY DO YOU THINK THIS IS ONLY HAPPENING TO R&B AND RAP?
Honestly, because there is nothing new or exciting these days in Rap and R&B to inpsire those types of numbers. When someone or something exciting comes out, people will buy it. Little Wayne did it so it can still be done.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE ARTIST ARE THINKING WHEN THEY LEAK RECORDS? WHAT DO YALL THINK BECAUSE ITS FOR YOU?
I’m not sure what people are thinking when they leak records. If something is good, I will buy it whether it leaks or not. I think leaking may affect sales but not so much so that an album will not be successful because of it. I never understood the whole leaking thing anyway. What happened to building the anticipation for an album?
In regards to Susan Boyle, her rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” was beautiful and it was broadcast all over TV and the internet after she performed on “Britain’s Got Talent”. It’s a single on her CD. She’s an underdog with a beautiful voice that inspires people. That’s why she was able to sell so much in her first week. I really feel folks just need to be inspired to buy music from artist. That’s why I feel artists like Jay-Z are still relevant after all this time. He can still inspire people.
For me it means im not interested in the album anymore if its leaked. Why should i pay for something if someone is giving it to me for free. Anyways now a day most of these albums are just horrible. I think there’s only one or 2 songs that are great in the whole album. NY is just floppin cuz no hype is comin out of there anymore.The south seems to put out only dance music and weird songs which has no sense at all. Rap is becoming a joke now a days and i feel a lot of people are not taking it serious. Degrading our women, fake image (“cought” “Plies”) and about 90 percent of the rap industry. In the words of Ed Lover “C’mon SON!!!” i think rap artist and R&B artist can do alot better if they just take sometime off and look on what all these videos have and do the opposite. I think they might benefit from it.
I just think it has to do with the artist and the music itself. Yes the leaks are bad for the industry but they are also good to the artists that are putting up good music that you can listen to espcially with artists that have/or can get a good solid fan base. for example look how much music wayne leaked alone and look how well the C3 did. I think if Drake keeps releasing music like his SO FAR SO GONE material and comes hard with THANK ME LATER he will easly do Waynes numbers too. IF YOUR MUSIC IS LEGIT & HAVE A STABLE FAN BASE AND THE RIGHT MACHINE BEHIND YOU leakin music helps you more than it hurts you.
p.s….an example is Wiz khalifa who is also some what new, he has a fanbase and his music is solid only thing is he doesnt have the right machine behind him
i don’t know i love my r&b and some rap music not all……..mos def…common
i don’t know why they leak shit because it just allows people to get music for free and it hurts sales. i mean sales are already down these days because everyone uses lime wire and stuff. which is stupid because i feel like if you like that music and artist why not support them and buy their music instead of stealing it. ya the artist may not need the money but its not just about money its about having respect for that artist and they work they do. so respect the music .
garbage ass music is the problem…there is no life in it just a bunch of synth & artificial drums sounds and weak singers..you can’t use a dope single to trick us into buying a whole album
To be brutally honest JD and this is from the bottom of my heart, this is truly what I think… Niggas don’t have nigga’s backs the way we try to make everybody think. Rap and R&B music is mainly black folks driven music… Sad but WE still have this “eat or be eaten” mentality. I strongly believe that the folks, friends, whoever whom are the closes to our urban artists are on some “Scheme, scheme, plot, plot, I’m headed for the number one spot” type shit! (shout out to my boo, Luda.) I feel like somebody is doing what the fuck they think necessary to knock these artist off they shit because that person(the offender) with somehow benefit.
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Imma just be honest Jermaine. I can’t stand 90% of the music from the rnb/hip hop artists today. I used to buy a good 10 cds a year and get mad because I’d have to pick and choose who goes in the car…until I got a 12 disc changer.
But now I have a truck with a 6 disc changer and the newest album in there is Discipline. I was already picky with the music that I buy…but now these folks make my choice not to buy that much easier!!!
As for those that are “leaking” their albums, they’re just proving that they don’t have the skills to sell like other artists did back in 01 and 02 because their albums are wack. I mean Amerie sold 12,500 her first week and Susan sold 669,843…who’s more hungrier?
HIP HOP AND R&B ARE SO WACK RIGHT NOW IT’S A SHAME. LEAKED OR NOT LEAKED IT’S TERRIBLE MUSIC.
i dont know about everybody else but i personally feel when an artist album leaks it lets me know if i want to go buy the album or not. it encourages me to buy it or bootleg it. but its a recession now a days so i think people just be bootlegging lol. idk, but if i really like an artist and their album leaks and its tight, ima go support it. thats just me tho.
Listening to that Whole Chris Brown Now!…Got Timbaland’s new Shit.got clipse new shit.been had 50′s.Shit I might even have Dondria’s lol Naw ill suport her!!! Cuz she Sex-A!!!!Its fucked up cuz yall gotta eat to you know but I support SOME ppl if I like their albums!! Usher is a number 1 for me..That dude always gets my damn money ya dig b/c I am a listener of his music..Real Talk….50 SHIT WAS UMMMM HMMMM BUT THE MOVIE MADE THAT ALBUM RELEASE WORTH GETTING AND I THINK IT CAME WITH JAM’S DOC BUT I STILL HAD THE BOOTLEG!! THEY FUCK UP WHEN THEY RELEASE THEIR SHIT EARLY CUZ IF I HEARD IT AND BUMPIN IT IN THE WHIP THEN WHY THE HELL WILL I GO BUY IT AGAIN TO BUMP TWICE??? SEE MUSIC IS A LIL DEFF….FOR INSTANCE TKE GAMES…I GET BOOTLEG PC GAMES 2 BUT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOME SORT OF BUG IN IT TO MAKE ME SAY FUCK IT AND BUY THE REAL THING U KNOW..OR A MOVIE…I MIGHT ONLY HAVE A CAM VERSION TO WATCH WHEN IT FIRST RELEASES SO IM LIKE FUCK IT WE GONNA GO SEE THE CLEAR SHIT FIRST THEN WATCH THE BOOTYLEG!! SO THEY HAVE WAYS TO STILL MAKE MONEY YOU KNOW..NOWW MUSIC WTF DO YALL GOT JD!! A FUCKIN ALBUM COVER WITH CREDITS….IDC ABOUT THAT SHIT..I WANNA HEAR SONGZ ND DON’T CARE ABOUT READING THAT DAMN TAT ON HIS CHEST LMAO!! …ALSO PPLE DON’T EVEN BUY FROM THE CORNERS NO MORE…THEY DOWNLOAD IT THEIR DAMN SELF SO NOW BOOTLEGGERS DON’T MAKE ANY MORE MONEY EITHER..ONLY OFF OF MIX TAPES PROB..IM FROM NJ/NY SO I KNOW MY SHIT! TRY GETTING RID OF FUCKIN CD’S FIRST. I GOT TV’S IN MY CAR THAT PLAY SD CARDS AND LOAD ALL MY MUSIC ON THAT SHIT..I ONLY USE CD’S FOR MOVIES AND THEIR DVDS TO B EXACT. TIMES ARE CHANGING AND THOSE RECORD SALES ARE SLOWLY LEAVING…AND ALSO STOP PUTTING OUT FUCKING 12/13 TRACK CD’S….ARE YOU KIDDING ME…..PUT OUT A FUCKING 18 TRACK ALBUM WITH AT LEAST 13 GOOD SONGS IF YOU WANNA MAKE FUCKIN MILLIONS.STOP BEING LAZY….50 STOP LETING DRE FUCK U AND EM’S BEATS UP…ITS WACK BUT 50 MY NI99A HES ON POINT BUT MUSIC IS UMMM HMMMMM….MARIAH CAREY HAD AN GR8 LBUM AND IM A DUDE SAYIN THAT SHIT NOW SHE HAD A STR8 PLAY THROUGH ALBUM…NOT TO MANY HAVE THAT…TREY AS POPPIN…GUD SHIT…JAY WAS IITE…BLUEPRINT 3 WAS NOT FIRE…IT JUST PRODUCED HEAT..SO I BOOTLEGGED THAT SHIT TO!!!R KELLY NEW SHII IS NOT BETTER THAN 007 MY OPINIONS LIFERS) JD COMMENT BACK ON THE VID AND LET US KNOW WHO YOU FELT HAD THE BEST RESPONSES PLEAS..LATER LIFERS
O YEA YOU KNOW WHAT I ALSO WONDER JD???? HOW MAN ARTISTS OUT THERE REALLY BUY THESE ALBUMS OF OTHER ARTISTS…JUST LIKE DJ’S….THESE NI99AS DOWNLOAD WHATEVER YALL DON’T GIVE EM TO PLAY!!! THEY JUST WONT PLAY IT AHEAD OF TIM BUT THEY BE PLYING THAT BOOTLEG SHIT TOO…
I dont care if the single or the whole album leakes I thinks its better that way that potential music buyers can listen to what they might purchase! imo For example I like Chris Brown songs and I will buy his album only because he leak some of his songs I like I will def support him!
JD, we need a Oceans 7 LTL video on this topic! I think I agree with most of the post so far, Artists messed up the game by being lazy and dropping bullshit music! Wale dropped the best music of the year, he’ll never get the sales he deserves cause it was leaked waaaaay to early. By the time it dropped most people was tired of listening to it. We want to support Artists but I can’t justify paying for something that we get for free.
It’s nice to see that a lot of the younger folks feel the same way about the current state of rap & r&b and the industry. It’s good to know that its not just something that the 30 something and over crowd feels. The last time I got excited over any new R&B artist was Chris Brown with Excuse Me Miss. Run It was cute but Excuse Me Miss made me take a 2nd look at him and his work. Now, I’m looking forward to what Drake has to offer. He seems to have what it takes. We’ll see. I think what he did with his mixtapes was genius. He had a hit record on the radio that was free. Building anticipation for your album through releasing QUALITY free music is smart to me (not leaking your album that you’re about to sell). A lot of the songs on his mixtape were good enough to be sold. The bar is already set. People are expecting a certain level of quality from him and I think his album will sell because of that.
As far as rap goes, there are few current quality brands in Rap. Little Wayne is a brand. Kanye is a brand. 50 is a brand. I’m not sure about some of these other rappers…what are they selling? What is their brand? Where is the inspiration?
People have been tryna band Rap 4 a while, so if songs/albums r then there’s no reason to buy the album(not me personally, I’m just speaking from a general consumers point of view). Which will result 2 a reduction n sales & @ dat point “Old White Guys” will no longer invest $ n2 an artform dat has no positive income.
When I saw this topic it really made me begin to think about why only urban media suffers from leaked projects. I would say its a plot by the “MAN” but really its not because a lot of urban artists put out so much music that is a lot better then material on their projects that gives consumers a distaste in purchasing the music and look to free outlets to get music. Also the leaks that come from the urban network is the labels fault for not protecting artists material in the urban market. While urban artists are left to fend for themselves against the leakers, pop and rock artists are very well protected by both the label and management team of their projects, why don’t urban acts get the same protection. Lastly, it boils down to the fan’s loyalty, rock and pop fans are so loyal to their camps they go out and buy the music the first day, week, whatever. You don’t see to much of that in Hip-Hop anymore; however, that is because of the embarrassing material both Hip Hop and R&B acts put out. Nothing exciting seems to not be coming unless its from the usual suspects like Wayne, Jay, Jeezy, or other big budget artists. JD I really think you should do a living the life episode about this topic seriously.
There is the possibility of positive and negative reactions to leaked songs and albums. If consumers dont like the leaked songs, they may hesitate to buy the album. If too many songs are leaked and none of them are HOT, im definately not buying the album. Its all about branding now. A hot record does not mean you will sell 500,000 the first week. Susan Boyle was made a brand b4 she even started working on a project. They could put her on anything right now and people will eat it up.
On the other hand…. consumers know what they want from certian brand names. For example, LL COOL J is a brand name. But nobody wants to hear him rap anymore. They would pay to see him in movies or on tv.
In todays paparazzi world.. one can become a celebrity just by dating a celebrity…lol.
I think the current state of Rap and R&B has been in trouble for some time now. I actually will be glad when can get to a point where true talent is appreciated. I think what the record industry is doing with RAP and R&B is looking to the consumers to let them know what to put out. How did that happen? Consumers should not determine what an artist puts out, I think the artist should be able to be creative and put out what feels good to them, not what the current trends is. That’s what keeps the music industry exciting when artist are free to be yourself and do u. That is the reason no one is able to distinguish one artist from another artist they all sound the same. When a Luther song comes on you know that’s Luther, or Stevie, Marvin Gaye, because those cats had their on sound, when it stop being cool to be an individual?
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John Mayer did leak but was shut down across the board in 5 minutes…
I think the current state of Rap and R&B has been in trouble for some time now. I actually will be glad when can get to a point where true talent is appreciated. I think what the record industry is doing with RAP and R&B is looking to the consumers to let them know what to put out. How did that happen? Consumers should not determine what an artist puts out, I think the artist should be able to be creative and put out what feels good to them, not what the current trends is. That’s what keeps the music industry exciting when artist are free to be yourself and do u. That is the reason no one is able to distinguish one artist from another artist they all sound the same. When a Luther song comes on you know that’s Luther, or Stevie, Marvin Gaye, because those cats had their on sound, when did it stop being cool to be an individual?
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I don’t get why artist would leak their albums themself unless they think it is the only way to get fans excited. Instead just release some songs that are not on the album as a gift on the internet and don’t act surprised, put a mixtape out to show your talent…
I think most of the leaks are not the artist fault… Like Jay-Z album, there is no reason he would get his album leaked because he doesn’t need that to sell. Or Alicia Keys’ album that just leaked on the internet :she already had 2singles out and she performed 2 new songs live on youtube the other night, at that point you know if there are chances you’ll like the album or not. The only thing it can do is being damageable for sales number especially in these financial times.
I think at that point it is due to bad surroundings, or being unfortunate that someone somewhere in the production chain is not reliable!
easy not to be racial or anything but most black just dont buy cd’s white teenager or older people do
imma just say, um, you can preview a sample of album songs on websites like amazon, and get a vibe if its something you would bump. i dont know how that turns out sales wise for artist, but for those talkin bout the leak helps them decide if theyll buy it. well there are means to sample songs before you purchase them without gettin the bootleg. plus, its the day and age of the net, and the rap game has just created little value for itself over time in my opinion. too many rappers, too much crap, too much beef, too much shit to weed through. i think thats affecting a lot of sales too. people are like, okay, another rap album. why 50 didnt do to well, who knows. shit was fire. maybe because he dropped some hot mixtapes and people were content with those, and the shits they get off mixtapes. maybe they didnt know, maybe they didnt care. susan boyle was a phenomenon because of how she just shocked everyone with her voice and well, looks too. no shocker she did some good random shit. nowadays i just bump whats on a mixtape, and i unfortunately dont care to much to download an album nowadays. r&b is just not my thing anymore, its either boring as fuck, or too whiny, but personally it just aint really my thing anymore. but im a complex consumer. im stuck in limbo of caring and being like, how will spending 10 on an album change anything in my day. i could spend ten at the bar for two jack and cokes, meet some randoms, and kick it. maybe im just not a fan anymore. so sad. im a spoiled internet brat who knows there is tons of free music out there, even legally, so fuck it, ill go do that.
again, i dont know. there is just too much hip hop too me. thats one of the reasons i dont purchase like that. shit needs to get slimmed down. its like hollywood throwing out a new movie every week, and most of them are shit. too much to keep up with. where’s the worth in the product if you just dumpin shit after shit hoping for a hit. i aint gonna lie, ive copped albums off torrent, listened to them, and been like, shit, the hottest joints is the ones on the mixtapes. NEWJACK CITY 2, the hottest joints to me where the shits that were already out in the streets beforehand on his previous mixtape, or other mixtapes. i follow bow, thats the dude, but honestly after years of the hottest joints being on the mixtape, i just dont care anymore. give me whats on the mixtapes, and ill work with that, everything else i catch it in the club. i aint hype for hip hop right now, but i mean the country is in a slump. hell, the world is in a slump. shit happens
ugh, i do miss the hype of album releases. i could probably type out something even longer and drawn out, but thats too much work. i think we all know why,and its a vast collabo of all things going on that are affecting the entertainment industry. the economy, piracy, lack of worth, beef, shitty rappers, shitty content, corny lyrics and beats, ect.. there is a lot of shit affecting the game
leaked music:I thought the record execs was doing that to get people interested in the music. Black people are not the only bootleggers somebody had to release the music for them to get it. IF music was real again it would be sooo nice again….I have heard 50 cent talk on the radio and he is soooooooooo smart but he dumb down his music which is disappointing. He not in the street anymore but a business man lead folks to be leader of their own domain and forget the coke bottle girls and hood life. That the same for you JD talk to people about how to make it and stay there and not about the chicks and drinking and clubbing. Also I think Leaking music is a sign of the album aint that great too. I never heard of MJ album being leaked??? R&B and Raps fans keeping asking for some REAL music and they aint getting it and then it not making the radio when there is something worthy. IT a recession too people aint going to waste music like they did at one time either you betta bring it nowadays or get low numbers as well. Think Chris Brown is going to smash it with numbers next week(shall be interesting to see)
hmmmmm very interesting, never thought of it like this.
point blank – nigga shit is out. come with something worthwhile. this means stop with the faux gangster, bling-bling, party till i die crap and give us some real substance that doesn’t sound like the same old crap we’ve been hearing forever. Put some soul back into the music. Susan Boyle has real talent. That woman can sing her butt off! When she sings “I Dreamed a Dream” I can feel every emotion. Monica has the ability to do that as well…which is why we love her. But if her album is filled with club BS, it won’t sell. It will be bootlegged. We are tired of nigga shit and gimmicks. How many more ways must we say this?!?!?!
Chris brown shit is ass
Being able to hear an album before you spend your funds is just being smart
Chris brown cd and 50 cent cd have NO content or quality at all
But most folks buy albums based off other shit that has nothing to do with the music
Like most people (chicks) is buying chris cd because of looks and wanting to marry the nigga And cause they feel sorry for him
Not because the music is good
Because its ass the cd is lacking
And 50…. no ones really checking for him
And gucci the folks that are easily entertained are gonna buy his album
Gucci album has no content whatsoever
R&B and HipHop been fell off with so called artist like Soulja Boy, JBar, Chris Brown, Gucci, OJ, Wacka Flame, Rich Kids, Sean Kingston, FloRida, Bangs, Cassie etc
These people are gimmicks with no quality music and they will never give music any kind of classic because they wack
Andrea Bocelli is truly a master. He has a super great voice that sounds heavenly.;:*
Josh Groban is one of my favorite classical-pop singer after Hayley Westenra’~-
Josh Groban and Charlotte Church are two of my favorite classical singers-”"
there is no other great male voice than Andrea Bocelli, “”;
josh groban is my favorite classical artist , he has a very beautiful voice~,~
Definitely Travis.
i like Josh Groban and Hayley Westenra, both compliements each other when it comes to vocal quality”:,