So Jojo Really Had To Re-Record Her First Two Albums To Be Able To Stream?

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Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it's due to the fact that the label own that specific master of the song, that specific recording of it and not the actual lyrics itself.
So in theory you could replay/recreate the instrumental of the song, re-record the whole song from scratch and you can own that version.
I think your right but I do think that whoever the original songwriter and producer of the track would also get paid from this new re-recording which would also explain “cover songs” that are on streaming platforms
 

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Re-records usually sound worst than the original imo



what! :flabbynsick:

I remember I accidentally added this on Spotify instead of the original song. When that shyt came up on my shuffle I stopped everything I was doing to figure out what the fukk was going on

When I looked up It's Dark & Hell Is Hot and found the original still there I was like :whew:
 

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When EPMD released their greatest hits album in 1999, they had to re-record the songs they wanted to include from their first two albums, because the masters weren't owned by Def Jam.

I don't think it's a bad idea to re-record old songs, especially if you put out the original song when you were really young. You could do it with an improved voice, add some new arrangements, change up some of the lyrics that didn't make sense before. Just don't wait to do it when you're :flabbynsick: and don't have the chops anymore.

Also, I know I'm alone here, but this version >>>>>>>>>> the original:


shyt sounds dope.
 

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Re-records usually sound worst than the original imo



what! :flabbynsick:


I understand the business aspect, but these are pretty much universally horrible.

This is why having them old cds/mp3s is important guys. Nobody wants to hear the Walmart versions of their favorite songs

:mjlol:


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When EPMD released their greatest hits album in 1999, they had to re-record the songs they wanted to include from their first two albums, because the masters weren't owned by Def Jam.

I don't think it's a bad idea to re-record old songs, especially if you put out the original song when you were really young. You could do it with an improved voice, add some new arrangements, change up some of the lyrics that didn't make sense before. Just don't wait to do it when you're :flabbynsick: and don't have the chops anymore.

Also, I know I'm alone here, but this version >>>>>>>>>> the original:



:hhh:
 

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people listen to a ton of music now. From new shyt to the classics. Buying that many CDs is expensive
It definitely works with the current music and helps you keep up with what’s dropping out here. My only thing is if you want to find some old music on there. Producers be making having uncredited samples and stuff that the artists being sampled will find eventually . they mess around and have the hardest part of the beat taken out or the whole song disappears. You’ll be mad if you don’t already have that first version of the song.
 

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There was a Complex article about Blackground. The gist of it was the dude who owns the label (Aaliyah's uncle Barry Hankerson) owes a ton of money from lawsuit a woman filed against him for stalking her, and the label royalties are how he is supposed to pay her, and he's such a weirdo that he would rather just not generate any money through the label than have to pay the woman anything

Bro, that is normal.
 

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Barry Hankerson has been holding on to Jojo and Aaliyah’s music with a lock and key for whatever reason. Not sure why he wouldn’t put them on platforms and make revenue off the streams. Maybe he’ll sell them to Hipgnosis
 

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One of the various downfalls of streaming despite it’s good things. Some know how many times I’ve heard a beat just suddenly be different with no explanation at all.

yeah, its some trash out there. I cant recall who but I was listening to old soul and heard some shyt and was like :wtf: it was a couple female and a couple male singers from back in the 70's-80's. I mean just ruined.

funny shyt is I heard NORE on ep of DC the other day talking about this as a positive...saying he had songs he wish he could re-record.
 
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