ED LOVER BREAKS DOWN WHY MUSIC IS TRASH NOW!!! THIS GETS DEEP

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

Oh god..why do old nikkas continue to talk about this

If streaming completely stopped today…nikkas like Drake Kendrick, Cole , Travis etc. would still physically sell the most records

Just the numbers itself would look different

“That’s the reason there hasn’t been a rap album to hit #1 yet this year”

No..it’s because none of the super popular rappers started releasing albums til like a month or 2 ago…there’s gonna be a lot more number 1s the rest of the year

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Damn Napster really killed the music industry

There’s some truth to this but…people were still buying albums. Lord knows I was. I just got done uploading a lot of music I had in storage on CD in my iTunes. A significant portion of them joints was up until 08-09. I was still buy albums and singles digitally up until maybe 2015. Got to be less and less because the music went to shyt

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

I still buy CDs. even if i downloaded the album, I would have the physical in my collection unopened.
Anybody I loved and supported I would purchase.

I will always want and own the physical or at least buy it and download.. I do not want my purchases in a cloud that they can cut me off from at any time and basically steal my money

This! All of this! I noticed so much music I purchased on iTunes from 2005-2009 magically “disappearing” but thank goodness I had them on my external (before that crashed )

 

[Atsym Sknyfs]

There’s some truth to this but…people were still buying albums. Lord knows I was. I just got done uploading a lot of music I had in storage on CD in my iTunes. A significant portion of them joints was up until 08-09. I was still buy albums and singles digitally up until maybe 2015. Got to be less and less because the music went to shyt

Last albums I purchased were De La and Tribe in 2016..

 

[Rapmastermind]

I still have my old Napster account on one of my old Desktops. I plugged it in a few weeks ago and went down the rabbit hole of all the songs I had up there. I never transferred them so I finally did it. It was such an interesting time like instead of your friend letting you borrow a CD. Now the whole world was letting you borrow their CD's or whatever songs they had. That joint had singles, remixes, b-sides, vinyl exclusives. Whatever anyone could upload, you type it in and it was there. The loading sucked sometimes, lol. It's crazy that was the beginning of the end sadly.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

I been saying this shyt on here forever. NOONE is EVER gonna tell me music streaming is as legit as purchasing a record. EVER. The music industry is the ONLY industry where a streams counts as a sale. shyt is fake.

I been saying it too. I told everyone years ago, the playlists are all manipulated and shyt on Apple for example. They gonna push whoever they got deals with and others gonna come along for the ride.

But then a guy like Tory Lanez drops an album and Apple don't wanna put it on the front page because of the controversy and don't wanna put it on the playlists, they basically controlled how many people who hear it and see it.

Radio play was manipulated back in the day too but at the end of the day, you still had to go buy the album.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Ed Lover is always a good listen by the way.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Last albums I purchased were De La and Tribe in 2016..

I’ve transitioned over to vinyl. Which, and this is another thread itself, if you’re trying to cop hip hop albums (old and new) they cost significantly higher than their pop/rock/alt peers. shyt disgusts me

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Facts. I been saying the same...all that streaming shyt is fugazi and a promotional tool to make artists look bigger than what they really are so the fans will jack it...if it seems successful fans want to be on board.

You can tell it's fake too just by looking at ticket sales. None of these dudes can sell out a fukking arena Lol. They all end up cancelling their tours. Nobody gives a fukk about them except like the top 5 most popular and that's about it.

Record company gets a couple hit singles, they make their money and then some new rapper pops up for a minute and repeat the cycle.

 

[Sbp]

I been saying this shyt on here forever. NOONE is EVER gonna tell me music streaming is as legit as purchasing a record. EVER. The music industry is the ONLY industry where a streams counts as a sale. shyt is fake.

I mean shyt the music industry as we know it was built on fake shyt

 

[Surreal]

Yes It did. Sadly it was our Generation who took streaming to the next level with "Napster". Kids today aren't really doing anything new. We were streaming in the late 90's basically with Napster. That was the first form even though it was more file sharing. It's evolved to what it is now. But it's more "The Internet" killed the music industry. Napster was the tool to get it rolling. Like is said, Hollywood and Television is also getting hit as well. I still brought albums when Napster was out. But Album sales started to decline. Then record stores started closing. Then Best Buy CD section shrunk. It's just been crazy to see the last 25 years and how music has been so devalued.

I remember when RZA or someone said, "You will be spent 200 dollars for Beats Headphones to listen to music but can't drop 12 for a CD". It was true. The Music Industry is partially to blame. CD Prices were way too expensive even back then. Also the artist were getting jerked too. The TLC breakdown has stayed with me for decades how they were broke after going Diamond. But like Ed Lover said, when you stand in line and purchase a CD. You connect with it more. When it's your hard earned money, you appreciate it more. I remember when "Supreme Clientele" came out Feb 2000. Me and My Boy went at 12 Midnight and stood line to get it.

We bumped that joint till the crack of dawn. It was a different experience. With all that said, Music, Movies and Television survived the Internet for Decades. Now it's slowly breaking down all those industries one by one. The consumer can literally Listen to Music, Watch a Movie or TV Show or Sporting Event or News Program, take a picture, make a video or recording all from a small device in their pocket. The Smartphone could be argued as the greatest technological achievement for putting a mini-computer in your pocket. I'd say Napster, Youtube then the Smartphone were the biggest technological advancements that shifted entire business models. Jay-Z was actually smart with his Samsung and Sprint album deals. More people listen to music on their phones than any other device now. Even more than their home stereos. I'd never thought I'd be in world where the Stereo wasn't #1.

They will never understand driving to work on a Tuesday morning, hype about buying a new album you was waiting for. Going to the record at break and it not being there due to people buying em up. Going back on lunch and then not having it still and getting off work and them FINALLY having the album as you bump it driving to the crib

It was a truly wonderful experience when you look back on it. I miss record stores

 

[Rapmastermind]

They will never understand driving to work on a Tuesday morning, hype about buying a new album you was waiting for. Going to the record at break and it not being there due to people buying em up. Going back on lunch and then not having it still and getting off work and them FINALLY having the album as you bump it driving to the crib

It was a truly wonderful experience when you look back on it. I miss record stores

Exactly, there was an anticipation about it. I think this whole thing is being set up because Physical Media gave you more power. You owned it. You do not own these "Streaming" Services. They do....and they can cut your streaming off at any moment at any time. Then what? I still have tons of Physical media stored in boxes. I will never let them control all of my entertainment. They could cut off streaming, Netflix, the whole internet tomorrow and I'll be good. I'll give it to them though, they focused more on convenience. What's the point of having a book full of CD's when you can have multiple albums on your phone. What's the point of having all those VHS or DVD's when you can just turn on Netflix or some other Movie service. But like I said, if they turn it off. What do you have? Unless your downloaded every movie or album in some external drive or something. Again, I'm from a different time. I peeped game a while ago. They want total control over the entertainment on their "Services".