felli_varda

1y

My guess is that he did some amoral s*** like just flat out lie. As asap Rocky Said in that interview, people got fired and/or reprimanded because of it and it made the whole industry re look at the contracts to make sure that s*** doesn't happen again.

So they prob thought the deal wasn't what it really was. We have to remember that blonde was hidden even from the people who were making it, solely for that reason. Not just so it won't leak to fans.

Les we forget as well his shady release of nostalgia ultra. Was supposed to be an album but def jam shelved it. Frank finessed and released it as a mixtape. The only reason why he didn't get dropped was because he was wildly successful and it would've been stupid to drop him at that point. The strained relationship with def jam started when he wanted to be a solo artist, so I'm sure he had no qualms playing them

And yeah he essentially stole money from def jam to make blonde quasi-independently. Thus taking all the profit for himself. I bet the label didn't even know about his blonded llc or thought it was for merch. Idk but the only thing I know for sure was that it wasn't a cut and dry deal. Frank most def did some shady s*** in order to pull that off

felli_varda

1y

My guess is that he did some amoral s*** like just flat out lie. As asap Rocky Said in that interview, people got fired and/or reprimanded because of it and it made the whole industry re look at the contracts to make sure that s*** doesn't happen again.

So they prob thought the deal wasn't what it really was. We have to remember that blonde was hidden even from the people who were making it, solely for that reason. Not just so it won't leak to fans.

Les we forget as well his shady release of nostalgia ultra. Was supposed to be an album but def jam shelved it. Frank finessed and released it as a mixtape. The only reason why he didn't get dropped was because he was wildly successful and it would've been stupid to drop him at that point. The strained relationship with def jam started when he wanted to be a solo artist, so I'm sure he had no qualms playing them

And yeah he essentially stole money from def jam to make blonde quasi-independently. Thus taking all the profit for himself. I bet the label didn't even know about his blonded llc or thought it was for merch. Idk but the only thing I know for sure was that it wasn't a cut and dry deal. Frank most def did some shady s*** in order to pull that off

voriox

2mo

how the f*** he didn’t get sued is what’s the biggest mystery for me

v12

2mo

he can’t get sued because he handed them an album at the end of the day and it got him out of his contract. they also don’t own the masters or publishing rights for blonde so he can do as he pleases. also it’d have been a bad look and a waste of time

voriox

2mo

yeah i know all that im riffing on what bro said before about how technically if he used the label’s money to make any portion of blonde that could’ve cooked him. they probably just couldn’t prove it i guess

Batracho

1mo

"Cost of master recordings: two Nike gym bags full of unmarked bills ..."

It was more than just handing Def Jam Endless

voriox

1mo

what’s that from again? sounds familiar

ILoveCheeseCake

1mo

From the vinyl reissue liner notes

SinceKumbaya

1mo

I thought there was only one endless vinyl drop. I copped mine end of 2017 and arrived in 2018 🤔🤔

SinceKumbaya

1mo

I thought there was only one endless vinyl drop. I copped mine end of 2017 and arrived in 2018 🤔🤔

SinceKumbaya

1mo

The endless being the last def jam release makes no sense

Surely to fulfil their obligations it would actually have tone available om streaming etc

JPEGMAFIA

1mo

Frank probably signed that contract way before streaming was as dominant as it is now. I'm sure streaming is baked into every contract now but it was a different time back then

Besides, Endless is technically available on streaming as a visual album