I've seen this term but dont really know what it means

Does anyone? A quick google showed an in depth rolling stone article (idk if they're a good source) basically saying its payola

Lets take kanyes next "singles" according to ye sxn, off the grid and something else i forgot

They're saying it "impacts" radio next week

What does that mean? Its being "sent" to radio?

So established mainstream artists just get to "send" their songs to radio and thats it?

Payola

It’s when they first start playing that song on the radio

Just read the "Background" part.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Forever

Clearly remember a tweet from 2013 yeezus era that was from some industry dude saying "if kanye is doing no singles why did def jam just service me a clean kanye west single to add to radio?"

It appears as tho its not just radio adding their songs, the label "SENDS" the radio the song to play

Label doing every thing they can to force a hit

Driver's License out now

That doesnt explain anything just adds another term

"Serviced to radio"

This became so abundantly clear to me when I heard that Like An Astronaut In The Ocean song on local radio

It means labels pay radio stations to add the song to their rotation. If their listeners keep requesting the song to be played after it’s been added, the radio station keeps the song in rotation.

Dont get it misunderstood

Radio will obviously play the new kanye off the strength

But if a song is being serviced/sent to radio after its already been out, what does that mean? The radio didnt choose to play it. They got the record sent to them to play it

Labels pay radio stations. Thats what i was looking for.

Direct, clear, obvious answer

How did payola become a non issue?

Even the rolling stone article says the industry is relaxed when it comes to payola now

the idea of "they'll play the it off the strength" is just not true. Yeezus was not a commercial album and if the label wasn't sending songs out and paying them a sum of money they'd be s*** outta luck expecting radios stations to play it. every label pays for radio, at least a little.

The post u liked was about yeezus but the post u quoted wasnt.

Its about kanye in general but there's other examples hes just a random one

I think they spin the record for some time,if the listeners have a positive reception they will keep playing it,if not they remove them

The point is they're paying to get songs on the radio

The Queen on this topic

payola never became a non-issue cus it never became an issue it's an inherent, intrinsic part of the entertainment industry

this thread is straight out of 1962 but its kinda cool in a vintage bit-way

this section is gonna get hell when op finds out about awards

I swear...I remember hearing Wayne's mixtape songs on urban radio around 07 and very few of those were released as singles.

Radio dead anyway

Sorry mr know it all take ur condescending ass the f*** out of here if u cant contribute in a non condescending way a****** piece of s***

Payola is illegal whether everybody does it or not

If everybody made it a bigger issue it would be a bigger issue. Nobody cares so it gets a pass

Rolling stone did an indepth investigation on it very recently

You're a f***ing idiot.

omg

fam the issue you're speaking to has been going on for like 70 years on a medium that started dying like 20 years ago
U think this is a new issue or u just bored & old enough now to sit around & actually ponder this s*** ?

that being said this comes from a place of love & i want you to know that. you cooked my ass i love that energy esp from a legend

I know its an old issue nothing i said implies its new...at all

Im sorry are we only allowed to discuss new s*** here?

I made the thread cos i saw ye sxn talk about new kanye songs being sent to radio next week

I thought "i always see that term used. Are they really that blatant with the payola"

Thats it. Not really a big deal. Then u come in here like "OMMGGGGG THATS ANCIENT U PREHISTORIC F*** WTF THIS IS SUCH OLD NEWS WTF MAN"