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Another possiblity is they could put out another full length compilation which had unreleased tracks from both the most recognizable artists (Dre, Snoop, etc.) and the lesser known acts. That might help make the casual fan more aware of who some of the lesser-known artists are.
Quote from: Tha Crip on June 15, 2009, 01:13:57 PMfuck a nina or a crooked i album, give me Sam Sneeds album and we cool A Sam Sneed album would be dope, but I was trying to think of an album from an artist that might be recognizable enough to be a commercial success. While I hope they do put out a Sam Sneed album, I'm not sure if it would be smart to make it the first album they put out. Another possiblity is they could put out another full length compilation which had unreleased tracks from both the most recognizable artists (Dre, Snoop, etc.) and the lesser known acts. That might help make the casual fan more aware of who some of the lesser-known artists are.
fuck a nina or a crooked i album, give me Sam Sneeds album and we cool
IMO iTunes/paid download is the only way they can go if they're out to make a profit of it. 2pac, Snoop & Dre are the only Death Row-names that could guarantee decent sales, every single other artist ever signed to the label is basically without mainstream value today, so paid downloads would defo minimize the costs of releasing the material, and maybe they could supplement with compilations...
Well, I admit I don't know how much the casual fan will be into it. I find it curious that they would start off their releases with yet another re-release. I'm sure the completists like myself will be happy though.
I think sales are going to go horrible worse than wide awake expects. With the way the economy is, seriously how many sales do they expect, of a re-release of a 15 year old cd? Add to it, there is damn near zero promotion. I mean, how many death row fans are going to buy this? I know that a majority of hardcore DR fans are borderline psycho and willing to pay like $200 for a cd...but other than that handful, how many people are willing to shell out $15 for a cd that you already own? Especially when you know that you can just download the new songs that leak.I want this dr music to come out...but as far as a business move...other than getting the royalty checks, I don't see how they are going to really be making much money off of this deal. And I hope that they don't have these super high expectations, only to become discouraged, and stop after 2 or 3 releases.
Quote from: acgrundy on June 15, 2009, 10:40:17 PMI think sales are going to go horrible worse than wide awake expects. With the way the economy is, seriously how many sales do they expect, of a re-release of a 15 year old cd? Add to it, there is damn near zero promotion. I mean, how many death row fans are going to buy this? I know that a majority of hardcore DR fans are borderline psycho and willing to pay like $200 for a cd...but other than that handful, how many people are willing to shell out $15 for a cd that you already own? Especially when you know that you can just download the new songs that leak.I want this dr music to come out...but as far as a business move...other than getting the royalty checks, I don't see how they are going to really be making much money off of this deal. And I hope that they don't have these super high expectations, only to become discouraged, and stop after 2 or 3 releases. I think you underestimate it. What promotion does it really need? You think people don't buy re-releases of "Thriller" and all them old Beattles album twenty years later? It's not like they are looking for some first-week platinum kind of sales. They aren't going to be losing any money on this, trust me. There's always money in updating classic catalog titles. Re-releases especially with bonus content always sell. When you have albums like these (Chronic, Doggystyle, All Eyez), they are constantly mentioned in magazines, MTV, etc. When a new hip-hop list drops and they are on it, this is gonna spark renewed interest somewhere. There's a reason why these albums have been re-released about three times before and we had two different "15 Years Of Death Row" within a couple months of each other despite a previous "Best Of" being released only a year before that with nearly the same songs. There's a reason why Bad Boy put out a remastered "Ready To Die" with new songs and was still able to release a "Greatest Hits" with Biggie after that and a soundtrack with a lot of the same songs. This music will always be profitable. If I own the Death Row library and my call is between re-releasing the classic catalog and putting out new artist shit, from a business view, it's the biggest fucking no-brainer in the world. Same as people are still buying Motown songs, people will continue to buy Dr. Dre and Tupac CD's.