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Quote from: GottiValentino on January 24, 2008, 10:25:06 PMwhy the fuck would you pay for singles? Well,not digital ones but if the hard copies got remixes and/or bonus/leftover tracks then yes.Artists should re-introduce singles or EP's with bonus/leftover tracks and cut down the amount of tracks to around 10 on their album.The result tighter albums and the budget is cut to half.
why the fuck would you pay for singles?
^^^Maybe they should release "leftover" EP's aswell?That could be something like 4 releases a year. Drop one every 3 months... call the "leftover" EP's something like lost sessions or some shit,so they don't get mixed up with the "official" EP's. So they got the "exclusive" tag on it,some "for the fans only" type of shit.No video and promo for the "leftovers" either...
Quote from: acgrundy on July 29, 2008, 11:29:42 PMYou guys are writing your reasoning as these rappers have good skills. Soldier boy blew up...he ain't got no skills. Its all about making a hit club/radio song. Thats it. These street singles/mixtapes shit...that ain't gonna do shit other than get to the internet heads. CD's are nearly obsolete. I never listen to cd's anymore...its all about the Ipod. In several years there will not be a single rapper going close to platinum. There won't be much of a reason to purchase full albums...in fact when it comes to hip hop, most people only listen to a few cuts on a hip hop album. The music industry is going to change...its going to be all about signing someone strictly for a song or 2. No reason for a label to put up a bunch of money for a full album when the marketing dictates that people only care about a couple of songs. tower is out of business, warehouse is out of business, FYE will be out of business...best buy and target will soon realize that it is not worth the floor space to carry so many cd's. A perfect example is E-40 and Tell Me When To Go. That shit was HUGE. The hyphy movement was HUGE. You can find ghostriding whip videos all over youtube. Yet I don't even think his album went platinum. No reason to buy the full album.Word, either that will happen, or they will start putting out laws to have the internet on lockdown, so that you can't download shit... like they're starting to test out in Europe at the momentIf that happens then mp3s will still be popular, but people will start to buy albums again because if you're going to spend money, people will want to get the booklet and shit, and this time period of no restrictions on internet use, and being able to get anything at any time for free, will be looked upon as a kind of golden age of free stuff
You guys are writing your reasoning as these rappers have good skills. Soldier boy blew up...he ain't got no skills. Its all about making a hit club/radio song. Thats it. These street singles/mixtapes shit...that ain't gonna do shit other than get to the internet heads. CD's are nearly obsolete. I never listen to cd's anymore...its all about the Ipod. In several years there will not be a single rapper going close to platinum. There won't be much of a reason to purchase full albums...in fact when it comes to hip hop, most people only listen to a few cuts on a hip hop album. The music industry is going to change...its going to be all about signing someone strictly for a song or 2. No reason for a label to put up a bunch of money for a full album when the marketing dictates that people only care about a couple of songs. tower is out of business, warehouse is out of business, FYE will be out of business...best buy and target will soon realize that it is not worth the floor space to carry so many cd's. A perfect example is E-40 and Tell Me When To Go. That shit was HUGE. The hyphy movement was HUGE. You can find ghostriding whip videos all over youtube. Yet I don't even think his album went platinum. No reason to buy the full album.
why the fuck would you pay for singles? LOL
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