How y’all feel about new industry trend — the deluxe album?

[richtree]

Definitely a move to boost up the streaming numbers because people keep going back in to check for the album.
I swear The Weeknd had two additional release after the original album dropped.
You can either get a 14 track album with a later deluxe set of 12 tracks or get a Migos/QC 28 track album they always put out now

 

[SpacelySprockets]

as long as a boogie blesses us with that pop smoke collab on artist 2.0 deluxe im all for it

 

[ISO]

as long as a boogie blesses us with that pop smoke collab on artist 2.0 deluxe im all for it

He been sitting on that deluxe for months

 

[Metal Face]

weak era
weak tactics

 

[Canada Goose]

When I think of deluxe I think of Cheeseburgers


Thread made me hungry


Also it reminded me of when Nas had an deluxe for Life is good, one of the bonus songs was "Trust" which was better than any of the songs on the regular album and is not on Spotify SMH

 

[T.H.E. Goat]

Not a fan of it personally....cool cheat code though for the lazy artists

 

[Hersh]

strictly stream numbers..

just wait till an aritst starts relesing the same album evwry week with doff tracks just to pump the numbers .

....

kanye neess to bring good friday back .. make it the min album length every fri and kill streaams

 

[Hersh]

but as i said before its i gift and a curse.. on both the fan side and artist side..

 

[zoo]

Definitely a move to boost up the streaming numbers because people keep going back in to check for the album.
I swear The Weeknd had two additional release after the original album dropped.
You can either get a 14 track album with a later deluxe set of 12 tracks or get a Migos/QC 28 track album they always put out now

I was gonna post this. The Weeknd dropped After Hours on streaming sites, then a couple of days later put out a shytty deluxe with a few remixes. A couple of days after that, a second deluxe came out, with the remixes and three new tracks. I don't see the point

 

[ISO]

The streaming services manufacturing action figures now

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

Transparent hustle to boost streaming numbers for "older" albums. Deluxes and the merch "bundles" are thing nowadays.

 

[Shadow King]

It's going for the "one of X number of artists with 2 Platinum albums in 1 year" distinction.
I'm not sure I can fukk with nothing going on in "hip-hop" right now.

The do it because they can drop an album, see what fans are reacting to, and then drop more songs in that vein. It also extends the life of albums in this microwave society. Reheats them

Also this. Editing albums after release.

 

[-Quikness-]

Feels like the fans gonna get everything now from the album sessions

If only this was the way things was for the pioneers and legends of this game

I think the deluxe shyt is a good look if it’s good music and you like the artist

I remember Chris Brown doing it with that heartbreak on a full moon album,basically added another album .. but that “deluxe” was a letdown imo

 

[L. Deezy]

I'd have a stronger opinion if any of this applied to artists I listen to and care about.

This...

 

[shopthatwrecks]

lol deluxe albums being new ...deluxe albums been goin almost for a minute now...

itunes always had deluxe versions ...or retail had it..it flip flopped