Kelis got finessed by the music industry*

I really wonder what it was like back then for black women to come up.

You listened to Shootings Star and didn’t feel nothing

They are white. She would never.

The control of her masters (different from songwriting/comp royalties) for those two albums have less to do with the neptunes and more to do with the label. Even though the neptunes could've gotten points ( which is completely normal and at a higher % at that because they had a proven track record) on the master too but the majority of that is split to between the artist and label and the neptunes are not liable for the label finessing her nor will a label let them take too much off of that because they're getting paid off that too. Plus she didn't do too well anyways commerically on top of that and kept going into debt.

This is no one but Kelis' fault at the end of the day which is highlighted because she doesn't complain about Tasty, but rather the s*** she did while she was on Virgin.

Hmm alright always thought control of the masters and royalties went along but this makes sense pretty sure she doesn't own either though

Lotta caping going on for people who knowingly exploited someone they worked with

Typical KTT tho

They pick and chose who to hate on

You see it

First page is completely wild

Yall rock w these entertainers doing the same thngs white execs do to black artists and yall f*** w it heavy too

How much child support is nas paying her again?

Where’s the other proof? Genuinely interested. He comes off as a stand up guy.

Pharell a complete a****** if this s*** is true

Does it matter

Why? Y'all taking any possible fault away from P and Chad is insane to me when the artist that got exploited and has first source knowledge on this s*** is saying herself that they are to blame.

Like this s*** is crazy to me. Even now that she's more aware of the business, she says that she wouldn't do business with P and Hugo, not the label.

Yeah punk

when?

Ok so it doesn’t
Good to know

Two aspects of it. Sound recording (masters) and songwriting (notation and lyrics to simplify). The sound recording is mainly splitup between artist and label with other people taking smaller percentages here and there (could be producers, even engineers) while the latter is usually splitup between songwriters and publishing companies.

if it wasnt for them she wouldnt have a career rn

who cares wanderland is a f***ing classic

Is it good to know deez nuts?

This thread is extra revealing lol

But she didn’t write the songs

I want to see the skin color of some of people posting in this thread tbh. For a moment i was almost riding with yall, but yall get mad when your favorite artist gets f***ed over. Stop blaming the victim when the perpetrator did the act

Cute fan fiction weirdo

"We recorded that album in a big house on the beach. She didn’t want to spend money on studio time, but Pharrell insisted she come to Virginia Beach because that’s where we all were. There’s this area in Virginia Beach called Sandbridge where there’s these giant houses that sleep like 20 people. It’s common down here — these houses have 10 bedrooms — and you can bring your entire family down for Thanksgiving or a week during the summer. This was during the wintertime so the house was probably $2,000 a week or something, as compared to $2,000 a day paying for a studio."

thefader.com/2017/11/14/kelis-wanderland-the-making-of-interview-andrew-coleman