Why did itunes pull ”American Gangster”...?

[rootlesscosmo]

if you read the XXL article, the purple tape was sorta supposed to be single story also.

 

[grandpa_shig]

if you read the XXL article, the purple tape was sorta supposed to be single story also.

are u talking bout that camron prince mashup thing?

anyone heard the psycho realm? i mean, i know you all didnt its a rhetorical question. but its a concept album that has a bibliography in the liner notes of some really odd reads n such.

 

[luck]

im sure it exists but can someone name a rap concept album that was actually good?

Disposable Arts.

...because I'm not sure you'd count the first two De La albums.

 

[Imperial_Mao]

The metaphor would be more apt if most films were a collection of shorts, like that movie coffee and cigarettes, which by the way, totally sucked ass. And the only part worth watching was the wu-tang,

What ??? No love for Steve Coogan ???

 

[funkyexample]

if this is true, why would they service a single and try and work the album through radio? is there going to be a video? i would love to see them commit to actually marketing it this way in all forms, rather than pulling it from itunes that will get them some pr...

 

[MikeFreedomRock]

Sounds more like a deal of universal trying to stick it to itunes, rather than any real artistic integrity issue, even though that's how it's being spun. I wonder if it will hurt Jay's sales, though. How embarrassing if he loses wk 1 sales to Chris Brown. right now universal and itunes are working with a month to month contract.

 

[PABLO]

is there going to be a video?

 

[theory9]

if you read the XXL article, the purple tape was sorta supposed to be single story also.

are u talking bout that camron prince mashup thing?

anyone heard the psycho realm? i mean, i know you all didnt its a rhetorical question. but its a concept album that has a bibliography in the liner notes of some really odd reads n such.
Dude, I liked the Psycho Realm album, and I still have it...

 

[33thirdcom]

its a stupid reason for a stupid move.

LOL, i wouldn't expect you to be a big itunes supporter
I don't support itunes personally, but reality is reality and they are going to be one of the last stand outs for retail music outside of used/collector items.

And I believe iTunes already has an option to download whole albums which would make this excuse even more flimsy.

 

[bull_ox]

I don't support itunes personally, but reality is reality and they are going to be one of the last stand outs for retail music outside of used/collector items.

And I believe iTunes already has an option to download whole albums which would make this excuse even more flimsy.

While I think its early to give the paid download market entirely to itunes, I'm almost sure this is an excuse to blow them off

I've never looked at the site so I'm not sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are no album-only DLs though

I can't blame Jay as a record company head for making an effort to save the full-length format - and if that means making quality, cohesive albums I'm all for it (I'm applauding the idea in theory here, I've never heard the CD in question)

 

[theory9]

I don't support itunes personally, but reality is reality and they are going to be one of the last stand outs for retail music outside of used/collector items.

And I believe iTunes already has an option to download whole albums which would make this excuse even more flimsy.

While I think its early to give the paid download market entirely to itunes, I'm almost sure this is an excuse to blow them off

I've never looked at the site so I'm not sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are no album-only DLs though

I can't blame Jay as a record company head for making an effort to save the full-length format - and if that means making quality, cohesive albums I'm all for it (I'm applauding the idea in theory here, I've never heard the CD in question)
I bought it from Target.
It's a Jay-Z album.
But the album-only experience?
Nah.

 

[white_tea]

if you read the XXL article, the purple tape was sorta supposed to be single story also.

are u talking bout that camron prince mashup thing?

anyone heard the psycho realm? i mean, i know you all didnt its a rhetorical question. but its a concept album that has a bibliography in the liner notes of some really odd reads n such.
If only more hip-hop albums came with a bibliography. Hum, that's a very interesting crack cocaine allusion, but I did not see a reference in your notes..

 

[batmon]

...enquiring minds wanna know why this wasny posted in the Jayz AG thread?

 

[Jonny_Paycheck]

There are plenty of album-only downloads on itunes. Television "Marquee Moon" being one of the more notable that I've encountered recently. If you have the balls and the suction, you can make sure the only people that buy your shit are full-album sales. Don't know how this affects the bottom line and I suppose it's somewhat self-absorbed but I'm not totally mad at the decision (I was when I was trying to download just the Television title track though).

 

[batmon]

If you have the balls and the suction

 

[Jonny_Paycheck]

If you have the balls and the suction

 

[SoulOnIce]

There are plenty of album-only downloads on itunes. Television "Marquee Moon" being one of the more notable that I've encountered recently. If you have the balls and the suction, you can make sure the only people that buy your shit are full-album sales. Don't know how this affects the bottom line and I suppose it's somewhat self-absorbed but I'm not totally mad at the decision (I was when I was trying to download just the Television title track though).

I was curious, because this was the first I had heard of this, so I went
to Itunes and checked it out ... what's weird is, you can buy ANY song from
the Marquee Moon LP individually, EXCEPT for the title track ... strange.
Maybe it has something to do with the length of the track? Like, they won't
sell a 10 minute song for 99 cents?

 

[theory9]

...enquiring minds wanna know why this wasny posted in the Jayz AG thread?

I dunno...seemed like a different point. Y'all was talking about how good/bad it is, I had a question that didn't seem to relate.

All in all, I do suck though--no question.

 

[SoulOnIce]

All in all, I do suck though--no question.

Batmon sees no crime go unchecked.

 

[CinisterCee]

The album will not be sold on iTunes to respect JAY-Z's creative vision of AMERICAN GANGSTER being experienced as a complete story. "As movies are not sold scene by scene, this collection will not be sold as individual singles," stated JAY-Z. The album is available in its entirety in traditional retail stores as well as at rocafella.com, Amazon.com and rhapsody.com.

Prince's 1988 Lovesexy is being sold on iTunes as one 45 minute mp3.

The CD was only one track as well.