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Apple to Start Record Label with Jay-Z and Beyonce?
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It honestly puts me off posting. You don't hear a word from us when John Mayer is performing for the 90th time at a Keynote, or the big skew towards rock music in the silhouette ads (Paul McCartney, U2, the Vines, Dylan, Caesars etc). But whenever Apple associates itself with a rapper, the genre just gets ******* on by many on Mac Rumors. Remember the Kanye West performance? I was embarrassed by a lot of the posts on here.
4God
macrumors 68020
Apple gets it.
The old music companies don't get it. Apple & many of the Artists do!
If Sony can do it then so can Apple and the music won't just be Rap or R&B. I can see many Artist joining this new Label. Most musicians use Apple products and like the company.
Apple just sets up a seperate music division. So what's the big deal?
Apple will still make computers, iPods and iPhones. Just as Sony makes Computers, Walkman's and Cell phones.
As a stock holder I say Go Apple!
The old music companies don't get it. Apple & many of the Artists do!
If Sony can do it then so can Apple and the music won't just be Rap or R&B. I can see many Artist joining this new Label. Most musicians use Apple products and like the company.
Apple just sets up a seperate music division. So what's the big deal?
Apple will still make computers, iPods and iPhones. Just as Sony makes Computers, Walkman's and Cell phones.
As a stock holder I say Go Apple!
Exactly.
A lot of really ignorant crap out there. And especially the guy criticizing people for having "short memories." Um, hello? http://playlistmag.com/news/2007/02/05/applecorps/index.php Settlement, anyone?
Cleverboy
macrumors 65816
You do I guess. Way to be divisive! Um, keep it up? 🙄
Me too. Amazing how articulate Project was, isn't it? He didn't even say "bust a cap" once. Sigh.
~ CB
I don't really believe this rumor. Don't record labels take on all kinds of promotion responsibilities for their artists, and organize tours and recording sessions and things for them? I just don't see Apple doing any of that.
I think it's more likely that somebody in Jay-Z or Beyonce's camp leaked this false rumor to put pressure on Def Jam. They probably want better terms or something.
On the other hand, if Jay-Z and Beyonce decide they're going to form their own label and do digital distribution-only, and if they decide to make iTunes their sole distributor, or maybe their sole distributor for just their first couple albums, I could see that. But I can't see Apple actually becoming a record company.
I think it's more likely that somebody in Jay-Z or Beyonce's camp leaked this false rumor to put pressure on Def Jam. They probably want better terms or something.
On the other hand, if Jay-Z and Beyonce decide they're going to form their own label and do digital distribution-only, and if they decide to make iTunes their sole distributor, or maybe their sole distributor for just their first couple albums, I could see that. But I can't see Apple actually becoming a record company.
Totally Speculative
Couldn't this new label be entirely digital? Instead of record companies controlling the artistic content of the artist, the artist have total control? Or even artist can just directly sale music through iTunes?
This rumor sounds a bit off the left field, but I think if Apple do get involve in the music industry, they may do it in a very very very different way from how we have been getting our music. No more albmns but singles? Who knows...
If anything is needed is a change in the way record companies have been bullying consumers, artists and other distributors.
Couldn't this new label be entirely digital? Instead of record companies controlling the artistic content of the artist, the artist have total control? Or even artist can just directly sale music through iTunes?
This rumor sounds a bit off the left field, but I think if Apple do get involve in the music industry, they may do it in a very very very different way from how we have been getting our music. No more albmns but singles? Who knows...
If anything is needed is a change in the way record companies have been bullying consumers, artists and other distributors.
aux
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dpaanlka
macrumors 601
If their music is so terrible, why are they so popular. It's not like their songs are cheaper than anyone elses.
Oooh I agree!
Oooh I agree!
What tires me most is the horrible quality of such music, especially coming from the so-called "African-American" side of things...it's all about rap and hip-hop on MTV and related crappy channels, or about the artificial affirmative action that turns those "humble" artists into ridiculous posh robots driving their white Mercedes.
It will be a pity to see Apple selling such commercially-driven music and moving away from premium computers...alas, that's what the "majority" seems to like anyway...just bad.
Porco
macrumors 68040
I hope it's true. Online music sellers as agents/distributors for artists. Who needs record companies? They've stifled the industry for years. Apple wants to sell DRM-free music, and artists should be getting a bigger share of the profits, get rid of the music companies. This is the future.
slughead
macrumors 68040
Kanye West is a criminal though.... wait, it's not illegal to be an arrogant, self-obsessed moron who literally compares himself to Jesus Christ and Marvin Gaye?
Well it should be, damn it!
There's nothing ignorant about hating Kanye West.
nemaslov
macrumors 6502a
Again such short sided attitudes. There is a wealth of radio/interent labels...all types of music out there for the picking. It seems there was less racism is music radio (in the sixties than now). Everything is segregated. Rap listeners only hear rap, metal only metal, boomer rock and so on. I miss the stations and outlet who play simply what the DJ feels like at that moment. Yes I love alot of new music but I look back fondly at radio stations like KMPX and KSAN in San Francisco who began the free form movement.
They would play Hendrix, Funkadelic, Bobby Womak, Beethoven , Vivaldi, Wagner Classics and experiemental like Zappa, Ken Nordine, Walter/Wendy Carlos and Coltrane and Miles Davis. Even Marty Robbins and Merle Haggard. Now most listeners stick with one or two genres. Open up your ears!!!! You'll bee surprised.
nemaslov
macrumors 6502a
Again. It has been settled APPLE INC can do whatever they want. They paid Apple Corp.
Peace
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Most top-selling artists have contracts.They can't simply decide to go to a different label at any moment.They either pay off their current contract or wait however long their contract is then change labels.
If this is true it will be a while before we see top selling artist on Apple Records..That's right.Apple owns the rights to Apple Records and licensed it to the EMI subsidiary after the Apple v. Apple suit.
It would be cool though as long as Apple had more than Jay-Z and beyound (sic)
If this is true it will be a while before we see top selling artist on Apple Records..That's right.Apple owns the rights to Apple Records and licensed it to the EMI subsidiary after the Apple v. Apple suit.
It would be cool though as long as Apple had more than Jay-Z and beyound (sic)
ariza910
macrumors regular
I hope that Apple gets in the music business. Look at what they did with Pixar! This is great news. For all those that doesn't like it, go home and clutch your Wallstreet PowerBook and pray that they Sun doesn't rise.
Why would Apple quit making computers? They make a TON of money from it! And do you think that Steve Jobs would really quit making Macs?!! You guys are crazy. Like you're going to see him using a Windows machine for the rest of his life.
GO APPLE!!!
What exactly did Apple do for Pixar?? I believe you should give credit to all the hard working people at Pixar some of those people were at the company long before Jobs bought the company. Pixar didn't even use Apple software of computers to get where they are today.
I think people here are concerned about Apple loosing focus on their computer business, not that Macs are going away but that they are taking a back seat to other, more profitable, businesses such as the iPods and iPhones. Even Steve said that their iPod business now makes just as much as their MAC business and that they hope the iPhone and AppleTV will become the 3rd and 4th leg of their business. In other words Macs would become 1/4 of what Apple is all about. A perfect example of this was the delay of Leopard until October 07 due to the non-mac iPhone release.
Carlos E
macrumors 6502
Replying to the ignorant posts in this thread is not even worth my energy. I'll let you wallow in your own ignorance.
Lone Deranger
macrumors 68000
Popularity does not always equal quality or means is the right thing to do. MicroSoft products, VHS, cigarettes...... you get the idea. 😉