Dont think its mostly rappers. They have a bunch of unknown singers and groups

They have been saying this same thing since 2021

What part?

People do on Bandcamp all the time. I think that the cost of streaming services offering something like this would outweigh the earnings on their end though

Layoffs. Bad economy.

I imagine the payoff has to be worth it, no? $20 is like 3000 streams

Streaming will go down as the biggest mistake the music industry ever made

Either way the number of audiophiles or people that want to feel like they “own” something or just have too much money to spend will be >= 0

It makes sense to give an option to buy an album it’s just extra free money

(You really think no Swifties would want to waste money buying a digital download and brag about how big of a fan they are online?)

they was signing anybody who was internet famous

Apparently an insider said that one of the dropped artists said it was one of the worst days of their lives

Privledged Rappers

Idk rico nasty better be safe though

Burn a whole village, we start over, it's really that time

This isnt funny but it is lmao

Is there a way we could get a list out of curiosity?

I would assume it happens in a cycle so maybe that’s why the topic seems repetitive? I’m not an expert tho

fk corporate culture

Hoping it's an artist I hate so I will feel okay laughing Let's say 100 gecs or one of the country artists

I don't feel bad for the industry. They created this problem. You devalue the product, you water it down, this is what happens.

Barbs are insane They really think Atlantic execs are sitting in a boardroom somewhere plotting to drop 50 artists so they can save more money for their Elimination of Nicki Minaj fund

someone been listening to alot of joe budden

thank God they taking next pod off

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lol you laughing but this really what happened 2015-2018