“If we stop pressing the buttons, the people at the labels would not be able to be getting the type of response and support they’re getting,” Mack says on the audio recording. “That’s the honest truth.”

This s*** so scary bro.

This is so obvious. There's artists out there that have songs with 50 mil+ streams that most have never even heard of

good read thanks OP

How much do labels pay for this? 👀

Oh,you slick. I see what's up. "KTT Promo Ltd"

ty op for posting
wanted to read the article yesterday but it was behind a paywall

G Eazy

Somebody get in contact with Q

Tell him we found the machine

this is what happens when u dropkicks cant stop paying attention to your beloved top 200 / units sold popularity contest

Great article.

“We’re good; we just need performance-enhancing steroids to be a little bit better.”

Plenty of major artists are on that digital juice for sure

Why they just call out G eazy when it's alot more than him

next time you wanna read something and it's behind a wall use archive.is and it usually loads it up for you as a pdf

The bigger story here is that streaming makes such little money for artists that they have to resort to faking Streams

didnt it go gold because of the singles that released before the album. what does that have to do with fake streams?

cole should use these machines because his last 2 pack came and went

Yeah you got that but he still tried to fake streams tho

ktt2.com/should-playlisting-be-regulated-by-the-fcc-to-prevent-payola-on-dsps-109957

Yep, time for the FCC to step in

"In the 3BMD sales deck obtained by Rolling Stone, the company offers 1 million YouTube streams for $12,000 and comparable rates for Spotify and Apple Music. (YouTube did not respond to a request for comment.) The deck also claims that 3BMD has had a hand in more than 100 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100."