CJ vs Lamar gonna feed families

Nobody said library of Alexandria. All I said is that archiving is important. And you made a blanket assumption about rando poster art when you completely missed the point being made.

Niggas been getting on him for being quantity over quality for a while dawg lol.

No argument on that from me. I’m just saying it for what it is. Most people aren’t listening to vinyls. If an album is undeniable to me and I wanna support the artist I’ll cop a shirt or a vinyl but I’ll never play it. I have it as a show of how much I like the album/artist.

Where’s with a physical game I can get more discounts, I can resell it if I don’t like it, etc. it just holds more value to the consumer than a vinyl does

Dedication is such an insufferable user dawg lmaooooo.

Legacy artists having no problem in a struggling industry… what a shocker!

We truly should know less about each other and artist

The kayfabe (the illusion/image that artist could draw and consumers would knowingly buy into) is pretty much gone. While it’s important to treat artist as humans, the world of entertainment and reality has to be separated because no artist can be fully authentic in the entertainment industry unless your someone like kanye and look where he at

Just so you all know, whatever near-extinction level event wipes out Apple and Spotify's servers
is also frying your CD, DVD and vinyl players

That’s a whole different conversation. The point is there’s still rappers dropping tapes. That’s never gonna change.

YouTube the new hub for s*** that isn’t on streaming. DJ remixes, old stuff, current music that can’t get cleared for streaming, etc

I dont think it got anything to do with none of that lol.

Ppl just gotta make better music.

ya, history has def proven that art is integral.

niggas be bored bored and start making s*** cuz it's fun.

who we throwin shade at today?

i wouldnt say that

Or just have patience... not tryna gonna go viral.

Build s*** up from the ground.

Take their time.

Real talent will always come to the forefront eventually.

Adam smiths invisible hand

Tell me how spotify or apple deciding a certain artist shouldnt be on they platform effecting my iTunes library I’ve had since 2009 playa?

When Snoop Dogg took all of Death Row biggest catalog off of streaming because of NFTs for a week guess who wasn’t tripping? Niggas that bought Doggystyle/any of their works and had it in their homes.

When one of the best rap groups of all time weren’t put on streaming for a decade because of label/sample issues? I had already gotten the 1st 4 de la soul albums on my itunes lol.

It dont gotta be extinction level events that f*** up streaming, which is the scary part imo.

bro u know they be removing s*** for no reason right

I'm not going hard against it. Buy it all. Do what you want. Be a consumer. Stop pretending it's more than that.

Oh no, I better get an INSANO vinyl in case Apple Music, YouTube, Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, and Soulseek all go down on the same day. If that happens, I'm guessing I'm gonna have bigger problems than getting my ear fast food.

its not even about the streaming services going away. like i said, lets say ur wifi drops or u aint got no internet. u never downloaded it, etc. boom

you sound like he hit a nerve

yes yeat they said in unison

I was talking about the exact same thing yesterday, in fact we exchanged the exact same thing you just pointed out with literacy rates decreasing and it beginning with the music people are ingesting. We spoke for about 2 hours on the topic, so I understand exactly what you are talking about.

While that is true, I am simply talking about if I come across, let’s say, a post of a group of friends getting a studio sessions as an artistic activity to engage in together, similar to going to a museum or having a painting/poetry/music picnic, where they make music where they are just having fun and let’s say they like it so much they release it for their other friends to listen to. To me, there is nothing wrong with that and it allows people to feel good about expressing themselves and an activity they experienced with others or even by themselves.

To me, that’s awesome and actually keeps the childlike joy and wonder of creating. Like I said, to each their own. I’m not here to gate keep, I welcome everyone and I’m happier for it. This is no way means artists who still have an important message to share also can’t thrive and be successful and also garner other people to their cause, even in the same space as the people in it just to have fun. It allows for an even larger community where we are all together loving what each other has to offer

No but I used to at least read their s***. They’ve been going downhill for quite some time and got caught using AI to write articles last year

theguardian.com/media/2023/nov/28/sports-illustrated-ai-writers

When was the last time you didn't have access to the internet? For any significant amount of time.You've got a wireless carrier, an ISP, and McWifi every square mile in America lol.

These doomsday scenarios to justify buying merch records is so silly.

Right. This problem and the tweet in OP is about more than just the music industry. I don’t even know if I agree with OP but the issues are bigger than just music

You know what kind of publications are going to replace everyone with AI? Conde Nast ones like Pitchfork and GQ. Sports Illustrated which you're still mourning somehow.

You know what won't be AI? Artisanal creators on platforms like Substack, Patreon, Youtube, etc