Apple Inks Apple Music Deal With Cash Money Records [Update: Documentary in the Works]

[pat500000]

More like very weird, very unAppley news because Apple has grown into this huge multinational hip-hopping amorphous blob of weirdness that kinda sorta makes computers on the side...maybe...we think so...we hope.

lol, yes, very unappley news....but it's true though. I understand that company like Apple gotta go where the money is, but....it's like they forgotten where they came from. Ipad or any idevices is all good, but a company shouldn't forget their initial long term success.

Emojis, music, security (which is good), and lately I see Tim's face on interviews.

 

[mreddie]

Just give me a new Macbook Pro please Apple.

 

[5105973]

Cash Money is NOT g double o d good. In-depth with my hip hop history especially early-1990's. We can go further back to late-80's like Lady Loves Cool James. That stuff with Kanye West was only tapping into a small part of my brain. After 1996 is went hip hop went dead. I agee with Michael Jordan who thinks hip hop sucks.

Mr. Andre Young had a say it. Hip hop is still a billion dollar industry just like WWE. Dr. Dre, Sean Combs, and Jay Z are close to billionaires right now. This is financial gain. Apple doesn't cater to mostly suburban, nerdy Caucasian and right wingers like most posters here. Those black folks you might label thugs are still richer than us.

Gawd, I miss old 90's rap songs like the beat from Soul of Mischief's "'93 Til Infinity", lyrical delivery from "They Want Efx" by Das Efx, and The Pharcyde's humbleness in "Passin' Me By". They don't make it as smooth or lyrical like they used to. Early Drake mixtapes was good stuff. But Lil Wayne? Oh, hell naw!

Jenny Lewis once from Rilo Kiley knows what's up with her hip hop history. I got to admit I used to loop Troop Beverly Hills (1989) as a child and she was ths daughter of Shelley Long's character in it. Carla Gugino is a babe. Cash money move for Apple. The color of green paper is the great equalizer between all ethnicitie$.

It's all about the dolla dolla bill, y'all!

The only rap song I ever liked was a really serious one about a gang banger realizing he was losing his soul as he was going through his initiation into the gang by killing a woman that turned out to be his mother. I can't remember the name nor can I find it but I think it was by someone named Prodigy. I just looked up Prodigy on Bing but can't be sure I've got the right guy, but what I've read about him is cool in that he's against all the Luciferian Baphomet crap that Jay Z is promoting and he really cares about where that stuff is leading people. At any rate that rap that I heard was intense and told a real poignant painful story and was not all that "Yay money money money and foul language for the sake of being foul and degrading remarks about women" garbage that I hear blaring out of car stereos anymore. If I could find more rap like that or that particular rap again then I would be open to listening to it. But Kanye and Jay Z can take a hike as far as I'm concerned.

 

[ipedro]

This entire post contradicts itself.

You have reading comprehension issues. Here it is in bullet point:

1. Limited time exclusives are normal in the music industry and are an acceptable practice.
2. Permanent exclusives are not.

 

[ghost187]

Maybe the Apple execs who made the deal forgot that they wouldn't have the job they have with tattoos on their face.

 

[Frign]

The only rap song I ever liked was a really serious one about a gang banger realizing he was losing his soul as he was going through his initiation into the gang by killing a woman that turned out to be his mother. I can't remember the name nor can I find it but I think it was by someone named Prodigy. I just looked up Prodigy on Bing but can't be sure I've got the right guy, but what I've read about him is cool in that he's against all the Luciferian Baphomet crap that Jay Z is promoting and he really cares about where that stuff is leading people. At any rate that rap that I heard was intense and told a real poignant painful story and was not all that "Yay money money money and foul language for the sake of being foul and degrading remarks about women" garbage that I hear blaring out of car stereos anymore. If I could find more rap like that or that particular rap again then I would be open to listening to it. But Kanye and Jay Z can take a hike as far as I'm concerned.

I assume you are talking about "Dance with the Devil" by "Immortal Technique".

Am I right?

 

[JamesPDX]

I think he was making a reference to Beethoven's "Archduke" trio. (Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, Op. 97 "Archduke") The words "Cash-Money" is clearly scrawled in the composer's hand, albeit in a ham-fisted fashion above the piano part at bar 12 of II: Scherzo, Allegro.

 

[lowendlinux]

I wonder if the documentary will be a long form "Behind the Music" that VH1 used to do? I think I've caught them all at this point and think something like that would be pretty interesting.

 

[Cloudane]

Cue the racist comments in 3, 2, 1...

Far from it, and I doubt they want to set the world on fire... that's a really awkward title to use though.

 

[producer26]

Tim goes BLACKED

 

[truthertech]

Well I've heard of Drake and it is kind of hard to miss Nicki Minaj, but no, I have never heard of Cash Money Records or Birdman, either. And yet my life feels so full.

At any rate by the time I saw this article there's an amendment to it stating this is all about a documentary. I'll put it on my must see list along with Planet of the Apps, for when I'm in the old folks home and bored because the kids don't visit often enough.

Lest anyone accuse me of racism, let me just state I don't know very many country artists, either. At least not any current ones. And I don't care to see any documentaries about them, either. And now I must leave to go look at a large frog according to the text my husband just sent me from the backyard. Ciao.

Why would you be afraid to say whether you knew or cared about some record company? Apologizing for an opinion and cowering under fear of racism because you hadn't heard of them??? SMH-- Fascists are smiling.

 

[Savor]

Tim Cook era of Apple is much nicer and open to all kinds of people. Can tolerate different sexual orientations. Made iPhone and iOS7 for the girly. This is news becomes forgotten tomorrow. A footnote. Green paper is that great equalizer that capitalism doesn't forget.

I mean, people are saying Apple should expand to China and India. Why not appeal to the hip hop community? That's how a company grows. Not catering to the same types of people when it is saturated enough in certain demographics. Expand your mass appeal.

Companies can't grow appealing to the same ol', same ol'.
Again, I hate Cash Money Records. Hip hop became garbage once Master P came along with No Limit Records. Cash Money brought it to an all-time low. But I know Apple's rea$on$ with this is for some more bling bling...

More stupid ****.

Doesn't lead to new Macs.
Doesn't lead to new iPhones that aren't falling behind.
Doesn't lead to a productivity iPad (excuse me, "PC") that doesn't suck to type on.
Doesn't lead to a standalone retina Apple display.

I'm going full Kanye.
"Tim Cook doesn't care about Mac people."

 

[Three141]

Damn! OK Birdman, I'll put some Respeck on your name; now sort out the Lil Wayne issue (and other artists who complain of not being paid) and keep making good moves.

Hope the documentary is good!

 

[Arcus]

Do now apple makes documentaries about rap artists? WTF

 

[kyjaotkb]

Cash Money is NOT g double o d good. In-depth with my hip hop history especially early-1990's. We can go further back to late-80's like Lady Loves Cool James. That stuff with Kanye West was only tapping into a small part of my brain. After 1996 is went hip hop went dead. I agee with Michael Jordan who thinks hip hop sucks.

Mr. Andre Young had a say it. Hip hop is still a billion dollar industry just like WWE. Dr. Dre, Sean Combs, and Jay Z are close to billionaires right now. This is financial gain. Apple doesn't cater to mostly suburban, nerdy Caucasian and right wingers like most posters here. Those black folks you might label thugs are still richer than us.

Gawd, I miss old 90's rap songs like the beat from Soul of Mischief's "'93 Til Infinity", lyrical delivery from "They Want Efx" by Das Efx, and The Pharcyde's humbleness in "Passin' Me By". They don't make it as smooth or lyrical like they used to. Early Drake mixtapes was good stuff. But Lil Wayne? Oh, hell naw!

Jenny Lewis once from Rilo Kiley knows what's up with her hip hop history. I got to admit I used to loop Troop Beverly Hills (1989) as a child and she was ths daughter of Shelley Long's character in it. Carla Gugino is a babe. Cash money move for Apple. The color of green paper is the great equalizer between all ethnicitie$.

It's all about the dolla dolla bill, y'all!

I just added all three songs you are mentioning onto my hip-hop playlist.. on Spotify. Alongside A tribe Called Quest, Gang Starr and the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy Loving these vibes!

 

[rctlr]

Reading about Cash Money Records, do they represent Drake and co though? Is this just a grab for back catalogue.
I wonder how much Apple are paying for 16 active artists, and whether or not the law suits will be paid for (the $57m Lil Wayne is asking from CMR, and the $50m CMR are asking from Tidal).

 

[malexandria]

Put some respeck on Eddy's name

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There is absolutely nothing beneficial for the consumer with exclusive deals. Nothing.

Especially when it's for a service as DESTRUCTIVE as Apple Music. It DESTROYS nearly everything it touches by insisting on adding it's own DRM garbage on private documents, music, etc... I've had 3 music libraries totally destroyed by iMatch and then Apple Music did the same thing.

Now half my music library is totally f'ed with mislabeled tracks and artwork and the ultimate sin the f'ers added DRM back to some tracks even though I specifically paid Apple to remove the DRM and other tracks that I uploaded from CDs! Now I'm completely locked into iTunes because of this a 3rd of my library will only work with iTunes again. They should be SUED.

I've completely soured on this company, but can't do anything about it because everything I have is Apple. But I'm not buying anything else.
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Seriously, I wish they hadn't replaced the "For You" tab with "Absolutely Not For You" tab. I feel like that was a bad product move.

Sad thing is, I would absolutely listen to stuff in the Absolutely Not for You tab before listening to For You. Maybe I'd discover something new - the eternal optimist in me. Or I'm a masochist.

 

[Koodauw]

... Am I the only one who has never heard of Cash Money Records or these rappers?

They took over in the nine nine and two thousand.

 

[robjulo]

It's par for the course for Apple and Tim Cook. Cook will set morals aside when it comes to money. See the deal with Dr. Dre, who assaulted a woman and then apologized 25 years later after basically being made to. See the latest deal with China, a country where someone like Tim Cook would not exactly be welcomed, if he weren't leading Apple and which has an abysmal human rights record.

Came to say this. I have no problem with Apple working with labels but Birdman has a history of not paying people who work with him so it's disappointing for me to see Apple co-sign him like this.

 

[Thunderhawks]

Nice job getting it started.
Here ya go.

Shouldn't that have ended in 666 (or is that the CIV # on the back)
AND btw it is expired.

Please renew!

 

[Juicy Box]

Good news for Birdman, not so good for his artists since he stopped paying them royalties.

Birdman

Birdman, huh?

Birdman? Isn't he the rapper who raps about f****** b****** and making lots of money and mistreating woman?

I think I'll pass.

Birdman? Gosh that guy is old news - like last decade old news. Hip Hop has been dead for a while now.

Damn! OK Birdman, I'll put some Respeck on your name;

I know that Birdman does some type of music, but whenever I hear his name, I think of that old cartoon on Cartoon Network back in the 80's and 90's.

BIRRRRRRRRRD MAN!

 

[nt5672]

It's hard to believe people actually listen to that crap.

But it is what teenagers listen to. It is the new and different. Most generations like to pick something new and different, whether its better or not. My granddaughter wanted a Jimi Hendrix tee shirt for her birthday. After we gave it to her, I asked if she knew who Jimi Hendrix was, she did not. So I played some Hendrix and she was disappointed. It was not rap and she thought he was a cool rapper. Its sad, but to her it is more important to be popular so she adapts to whatever advertising is telling her and her friends is popular and in.

 

[RickInHouston]

Apple really seems to be throwing money in the wrong direction.

 

[Juicy Box]

Nice job getting it started.
Here ya go.

So where are those racist comments?

Nice!
I love it when race baiting blows up in the baiters face.

I couldn't quote the original post, maybe it was deleted?

 

[S.B.G]

Update: According to Bloomberg, Apple's deal with Cash Money Records was about a future documentary rather than exclusivity agreements. Apple and Cash Money Records will team up to make a documentary, which will likely be used to promote Apple Music.

Apple executives see exclusive and original content as a way to drive subscribers to Apple Music and they have worked hard to establish deals with artists like Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, and Katy Perry over the course of the last few months. Since its launch in June of 2015, Apple Music has seen steady growth, and as of June 2016, the service has more than 15 million paying subscribers.

Regardless of the update about the documentary, exclusivity deals with artists and labels aren't enough of an incentive, for me, to make the switch to Apple Music. There are plenty of other music artists and such available on other platforms to keep me entertained in lieu of exclusivity deals.