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Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic' Also Available Exclusively on Apple Music
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Certainly pretty weird reasons to sign up for Apple pay. Maybe your wood forest debit card will get you to sign up for Apple music.
Man. Take a chill pill. And a reality check.
My 2008 posts were kind of like yours. Trying to find reason and taking Apple's side on whatever. Apple is a company and, like others, they are just after our money.
This whole streaming thing is just a huge dildo up our rear ends (or to the people who are too lazy to organize their own music). I am an apple shareholder and I hope people stick it to them on this one.
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I'm not trying to be patronizing here. I'm just trying to point out that I've been around for sometime now. peace
I am not taking Apple's or any other company's side. You want everything available to you from what ever source you choose. I am pointing out that this is unrealistic as it is not true for anything else.
Yeah, I'm the same, and that's what I was trying to get at but apparently did a poor job of.
It's weird though, if the idea is maximum exposure/access (I can get it anywhere) to limit to apple.
(And of course, I get that this is an outcome of the strengthened business relationship)
It actually, at the time, was considered transformative as far as its defining the west coast rap sound and influential within hip-hop in general.
I agree with the theory and the spirit of what you're saying, but it's just not realistic. I haven't seen a contract for any of these streaming, but I'd imagine that certain artists can get more money or perhaps a bumps in advertising (featured artist or whatever) if they agree to exclusivity. Surely they've done the math and figured this is the best way for them to get paid for their work.
Eminem being the first interview on Beats 1 is really smart on Apple's part. He rarely does interviews and has an ENORMOUS worldwide die-hard fan base.
No, that would have been years earlier, with Eazy E and NWA...the band Dre came from (as I am sure you know).
You'll still be able to buy the tracks from iTunes or Amazon; sure, it's a slight inconvenience and an added expense but I doubt it'll cost users a ton of money at the end of the day and it's part of the competition.
It's not anymore inconvenient than Spotify's TS fans having to buy 1989 because TS decided not to stream it on Spotify... and that had nothing to do with exclusives.
So, Apple will throw its market share around, to extract exclusive deals and fragment the streaming market
I am starting to hate Apple.
I stuck with Beats for about six month after they took over MOG and completely screwed it up, so I am not holding my breath that it will have improved much.
But now Apple will be doing to the music market what it did to the ebook market: changing it for the worst by getting sweetheart deals on exclusives and smothering "freemium," so it doesn't have to compete.
I really hope the regulators jump all over Apple and slap it hard. Much harder than over the ebook market-fix.
I am starting to hate Apple.
I stuck with Beats for about six month after they took over MOG and completely screwed it up, so I am not holding my breath that it will have improved much.
But now Apple will be doing to the music market what it did to the ebook market: changing it for the worst by getting sweetheart deals on exclusives and smothering "freemium," so it doesn't have to compete.
I really hope the regulators jump all over Apple and slap it hard. Much harder than over the ebook market-fix.
I think they established the west coast sound but they didn't make party music. It was straight gangster rap as it were. Dre updated the sound to be more of a party-funk kinda sound with a George Clinton vibe almost. I'm shocked at how many just dismiss or forgot how much of an impact this record made at the time and impacted the course of the genre.
I guess we'll just differ but it's cool, appreciate the discussion at all rather than just dismissing it as "garbage and "thug" music as some here are prone to do.
On another note, does anyone know what "the chronic" actually is?
(I do, and it is 'somewhat' illegal, depending on what state you are in, and still federally illegal...lol)
Apple, has an exclusive deal for an album who's title is about illegal drug use...especially it was in 1992!
(I do, and it is 'somewhat' illegal, depending on what state you are in, and still federally illegal...lol)
Apple, has an exclusive deal for an album who's title is about illegal drug use...especially it was in 1992!
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At some point they do. Otherwise they wouldn't be spending millions on wining and dining your local Congressman and pushing for the death penalty for kids downloading stuff....
But yeah, for many people, it will be a return to piracy. If artist X is unavailable for streaming at the service you subscribe to, for many it won't seem fair to have to buy it, on top of their monthly fee. So, piracy will become much more tempting for many users.
Kind of ironic, as Jobs initially sold iTunes as a way to alleviate the piracy problem. Now Apple is helping bring it back.