Like am i missing something? Its 20 f***ing dollars lmfao

But they not even selling it for $40, most hoodies going for $100 on tour tops now, $80 minimum

It’s your money if you don’t want to buy it that’s cool I fully understand but it’s been 6-8 hours of the same circular discussion

An artist isn’t conning you for wanting money for their work . I would say the same thing about Sevdaliza , James Blake , snoh Aalegra or anyone who questions streaming

So is there a listening event today?

Gta 6 100$ no problem im a rockstar games fan
But ye 20$ nonono

This site isn’t that big at this point so ik for a fact I’ve seen some of yall complaining talk about how “streaming killed music”

$20 merch is honestly not being talked about enough

That alone is monumental

Listen, I probably won't pay $20 either but there are people out there who still use pre-paid cellphones

It’s crazy cuz the iTunes era really wasn’t that long ago lol

It did kill music especially with those so called fans b****in

Like I don’t care if vultures 2 is on billboard or sets records or even if sales live up to ye 1 million aim I rather have him try and fail then put it on streaming than feel like a slave to streaming and go on more rants about Jewish people

This is an interesting topic because you can argue it also decreased the value for musicians as well. Because distributing is much easier the amount of trash is higher as well. Which plays a part as well

Ye really not going to take it off there either so it’s like get YouTube premium like I’ve been saying lol

Back in my day I woulda mowed as many lawns as possible and done extra chores just for a chance to buy the new Kanye CD

And $20 was worth a lot more when I was a youngster

It’s so sad what streaming has done man

Craquers are entitled

I dont buy most merch cause most the time, the s*** is wack looking.

BUT I did purchase a Badu shirt from her tour last year at MSG that s*** was $40.
And considering merch is literally the ONLY way artists even make money these days (fellow musicians homies that are on tour with these niggas tell me that, the tour itself aint even making them money), that doesn't really surprise me.

An artist like ye can afford to take the loss on $20 merch though all things considered

Look at the amount of newcomers and so called star rappers. Those people never would have made it in the old era because you had to be really special to get recognized

When GUN TO MY HEAD gets played

If movies were day 1 on Netflix it would be the same way

He’s also funding all of these LP’s and using his own money to produce the merch, it’s expensive to be independent

That’s why mixtapes were brilliant too