It's May 26, 2024, 07:15:40 PM
most everyone knows how i feel about bootlegging, shit, i used to lecture people on here daily about it. but since I'm not famous yet nobody cares right? anyway...i think downloadable music could of been so dope for the industry, and in a way it has been. It brings new music to new listeners. it allows you to preview albums you might never have checked out etc etc. but mufuckas just abuse the shit like they abuse everything in the world.i'd never d/l a whole album. i'll be honest, im thinking of just getting the 5 tracks i like so far from the wash and not buying it, but i havent decided yet. but yea i have about 30 or so CD-R compilations, mainly unreleased stuff or soundtrack/compilation songs. i still feel guilty about it kinda, especially as I work for a label myself. but i refuse to pay 15 bucks or whatever for 3 dope songs and all filler. People need to put more fuckin effort into their music (this isnt relating to the wash btw, just music in general).but anyway my point is. downloading music is great, but people shouldnt be gay and get whole albums. okay im done.
I download songs off albums that haven't been released yet but not the whole album. I know what Mellow is saying about the rush you get from listening to an album for the first time because you don't know what to expect. Thats the problem, you don't know what to expect. Some artists are unpredictable and you don't know if the album is gonna be good or bad. And sometimes there's a new artist that you like that is featured on other artists songs and is coming out with a solo album but you don't know what to expect. That's when I will download a few songs from the album to see if it's good or not.Example: I purposely downloaded some songs off the Dead Prez album to get a taste of how the entire album may be. I doenloaded a few songs and I liked them so I ended up buying the album. I did the same for Jadakiss's album. I checked a few songs and I wasn't feeling it so I didn't cop it. I have bought way to many albums that I didn't like and wasted money since the store policies won't allow me to get another album. As a consumer I believe I have a right to get my dollars worth and by previewing parts of the albums I am interested in I think... no I KNOW its fair.
the expectations a lot of people put on something like a dre release are so ridiculous, unfair and unrealistic, not even jesus could meet them.