His music will be on Apple Music and Spotify in time...once he starts losing too much money and needs the sales he'll cave like everyone else does that holds out. Why people continue to do this I have no idea. I don't get why you just can't get your music out to as many people as possible. It would seem to me like you'd make way more fans and money by doing this than trying to get them to buy yet ANOTHER service just to listen to your music. Your music isn't any more special than the next artist.
It’s a publicly stunt. When you hear him saying crazy stuff. He has product on the way.
West reminds me of Howard Hughes. He was another talented person with severe mental problems. Like Hughes, West also has lots of money so people to tell him he’s great, clean up his messes, and prevent him from getting the psychological help he desperately needs. And I expect like Hughes, West will end up a pathetic shell meeting an ignominious end.
Pure speculation on my part - Kanye probably wanted another event to release his new album. Apple felt that he already owes them 2, since they had 3 events for Donda and told him so. Kanye then decided Apple was oppressive and decided to skirt releasing his album on existing streaming services.
West reminds me of Howard Hughes. He was another talented person with severe mental problems. Like Hughes, West also has lots of money so people to tell him he’s great, clean up his messes, and prevent him from getting the psychological help he desperately needs. And I expect like Hughes, West will end up a pathetic shell meeting an ignominious end.
Big difference here, Howard Hughes was talented. West’s 15 minutes of fame are over and he keeps trying to get back into the limelight with ridiculous publicity stunts. He’s the biggest has been in the industry and his name has become a punchline. I do agree with your conclusion.
Why does anybody pay attention to this idiot? His music is awful, he's an asshole, and he's a liar.
And why does the rich idiot dress like he's homeless? In the picture with this article he's wearing a hoodie and an insulated vest. It's obviously warm in the room, most of the other people are wearing short sleeves.
Because there are lots of idiots out there and they like supporting one of their own.
In this case the idiots tend to be white male teenagers with high income parents. Spoiled kids showing us what regression to the mean is all about.
What the story fails to properly represent is that Apple’s $100M offer was not for his music, but rather for him to STFU. This was a move to benefit the environment as part of their green initiative.
$2M sales, not $2M profit on those player sales. Not sure what margin is, but whatever cut he gets on those niche players will never come close to the $100M PURE PROFIT he would have gotten from Apple.
You don’t actually believe that’s real, do you?
Doesn't matter if it's true or not. He's admitting that he gave up $100M for a cut on profits on some gadget that a handful of people will buy. Might as well be wearing a hat that says "I'm Stupid". Although most people already know that.
It’s like slowing down to look at a car accident with this guy. Only, it’s like a temporal anomaly because it’s the same accident, in the same place, with the same car, over and over and over again. On repeat.
Just for fun, AI should do a review of one of those Stem players before they all end up in a landfill in the desert somewhere. I’ve seen stranger reviews, and I guarantee it would generate a ton of clicks.
Oh, look, the Zune didn’t die, it was just quietly morphing in the shadows. “I’m baaaaaack”
West reminds me of Howard Hughes. He was another talented person with severe mental problems. Like Hughes, West also has lots of money so people to tell him he’s great, clean up his messes, and prevent him from getting the psychological help he desperately needs. And I expect like Hughes, West will end up a pathetic shell meeting an ignominious end.
Big difference here, Howard Hughes was talented. West’s 15 minutes of fame are over and he keeps trying to get back into the limelight with ridiculous publicity stunts. He’s the biggest has been in the industry and his name has become a punchline. I do agree with your conclusion.
I'm in no position myself to judge West's talent. I'm not a fan of Hip Hop, I just see the news and he's mentioned a lot. It did make me curious so I checked out the Billboard top 100 selling albums for 2018-2021. West had one in the middle of the pack in 2018, and then a movie soundtrack album the following year and then nothing. So yeah maybe his schtick has finally worn out its welcome. We can hope that as he fades away he will finally get the psychological help he needs.
There is one part of this that should be mentioned. This is only West saying this. He’s such a BS artist that until there’s some corroboration, I just do not believe the whole story. Maybe he walked away from a deal with Apple, but the amount is very questionable. Maybe he demanded $100 mil and Apple countered with $10 and a gum wrapper so he walked. I don’t know but as long as it’s West talking I doubt everything related to the story.
$2M sales, not $2M profit on those player sales. Not sure what margin is, but whatever cut he gets on those niche players will never come close to the $100M PURE PROFIT he would have gotten from Apple.
You don’t actually believe that’s real, do you?
Doesn't matter if it's true or not. He's claiming that he gave up $100M for a cut on profits on some gadget that a handful of people will buy. Might as well be wearing a hat that says "I'm Stupid". Although most people already know that.
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