As you know today in early 2010, chances are if you releasing an album, people gonna be bumping to that ish before you decide a title for the project. As everyone becomes computer-savvy, No mp3, .wav or any other track is safe(unless you know how to protect it)
I'm gonna start from the beginning. JD and Usher did a track together for Usher's upcoming album, "Raymond vs. Raymond" As it happened 90% of the time and to the previous tracks by Usher, it got leaked. JD ranted and complained about it, which he had a right to do. (He even got depressed by it, which i thought was ODin)
Lowkey from UHTN had a response to JD about his opinion bout leaked tracks. Heres the article
http://blogs.bet.com/music/soundOff/jermaine-blows-fuse-about-leaked-usher-collabo/
After seeing one of my musical connects put his two cents i gotta reply. lol. Yes a leaked record has its advantages. I should know. Leaked records are like candy bars to DJs. To some DJs thats all they depend on, unfortunately(thats another story). Leaking a record is great to test the waters. An album can change for the better by the feedback from the public. Trey Songz dropped Brand New. it was wack. did a 180, dropped other records, and now he got the top R&B album. DJs are happy because they got exclusives. People are happy listening to their ipods while driving, eating, fucking, whatever. Everyone is happy.
BUT
There's a lot less amount of dollars in the industry because of this. Any hot LP could hit platinum in the 90s. Now, unless you Weezy, TI, Shady or soon to be Drake, you ain't even going to hit gold. fuck it. not even wood. I mean don't you think thats a reason why a good amount of artists fell off? You can sell 100,000 and unless you got a good percentage of royalties coming back or not a lot of middlemen to pay off, you basically improved your bank account by jus a few digits.
Leaked records can go other places. Why you think a mixtape or an EP is there?
I think if there was a guardog or a sniper on the roof of a studio guarding your label project, you can probably crack gold in a week(that's if you hot in the game of course) and think about it. More money makes more opportunities. If everyone was striking it rich like the 90s (Not NOW. the 90s), it might be a more prosperous industry.
But with all the methods of how a record is leaked......
i think the word exclusive is going to be deleted off of webster's. Mixtapes, EPs, street albums are fine. But can Christmas or halloween goody bags stop with LPs?
oh well...until then imma keep downloading from Lowkey Lol
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