Showing posts with label music industry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music industry. Show all posts

Friday, February 19, 2016

Tidal Is Killing Off Record Sales And Major Label Executives Are Angry About It


Jay-Z

The Judiciary Report has it on good authority that music industry executives are not happy with Jay Z and Madonna's weird music streaming service Tidal. The company was formerly named Aspiro and purchased by a handful of entertainers, led by Jay Z and Madonna. Tidal did a very poor roll out of Rihanna's flopped album "Anti" last month. Universal Music, the parent company of Jay Z's Roc Nation, which Rihanna is signed to, slammed Tidal for it, publicly labeling them "incompetent." Rihanna's album sold 460 copies in the first week, which is a dismal failure for a major label artist. 

Fraud transpired in the second week and "Anti" allegedly sold 124,000 copies, which is still half the numbers her albums usually debut with on the charts. However, the numbers still don't sound right. To sell 460 copies in two days, then all of a sudden 124,000 in the five day proceeding it, indicates outright fraud and a buying team or hacking. That is the strangest sales pattern ever seen in music. No album has done that in music history, indicating the numbers are completely fake. The album is dead on arrival anyway, due to it being a poor recording with no hits or meaning.


Kanye West

They've lost approximately $30,00,000 in sales due to Jay Z's nonsensical foolishness. Samsung bought 1,000,000 copies of "Anti" for $1 each, but that works out to nothing in the face of the exorbitant costs of recording the long delayed album and the cut agents, managers, producers and music publishers receive. The deal with Samsung being worth $25,000,000 is  a lie. They have been promised far less money and those funds are to book arenas and hire staff for a tour.  

Last week, the roll out of Kanye West's album "The Life Of Pablo" was botched, ending up as another so-called leak under the misdirection of the rapper's mentor, Jay Z. The leak was done it such a way that it was easily ripped and uploaded to illegal music download sites such as Pirate Bay (why is Pirate Bay still operating - they are flagrantly breaking international law). 

As a result, the album "The Life Of Pablo" has been illegally downloaded 500,000 times, costing West and company an estimated $10,000,000. After the rigged leak by Jay Z, West announced that the album "The Life Of Pablo" will no longer be for sale and only available on Tidal. It is another desperate attempt by Jay Z and Madonna to keep floundering Tidal going at artists' expense. Furthermore, Apple Music streaming is a far superior product that is trouncing Tidal in the sales department.       

 
Copyright stealing Rihanna sporting a new haircut and weave this past week. How Ironic is it that I gave my mother that same haircut A MONTH prior. A woman twice your age wore it better than you (LOL). But yea, Rihanna, you're so cutting edge and such a trendsetter (sarcasm). Seriously though, that haircut looks better on someone with a human sized forehead, rather than an alien one like Rihanna (LOL). 

Tidal is a failure and one the music industry is tired of in many ways. People are signing up for free trials (having to provide their credit card/bank card number) and then canceling as soon as the time expires, as it is a very poor service. Many have complained their credit cards/bank cards were charged anyway after closing their Tidal account, prompting financial disputes (Tidal Ripped Off Consumers Fraudulently Charging The Credit Cards Of Former Customers Who Closed Their Music Streaming Accounts).

The music industry brass dislike free albums and leaks. It drives down overall album sales and averages. Many music industry executives are angry at Tidal and want the company to go. It is not empowering artists. It is being run by crazy cultists with no understanding of business and are devoid of a balanced perspective. For the industry to survive there needs to be solid sales, not botched releases and weird album roll outs that confuse the public. 

STORY SOURCE

Kanye’s botched album release costs him $10M 

February 17, 2016 | 12:10am - Kanye West’s troubled release of his latest album, “The Life of Pablo,” has already cost the hip-hop star at least $10 million in sales, a review of estimated pirated downloads on Tuesday revealed. TorrentFreak, which tracks music piracy and file-sharing, reported that West’s album was illegally downloaded more than 500,000 times in the first 24 hours of its Feb. 14 release. That made it the most ripped-off album by far on The Pirate Bay and other file-sharing sites... 

West also planned to offer album downloads for $20 on his kanyewest.com site. If each of the 500,000 persons illegally downloading the album would have bought it for the $20 selling price, Kanye would have pocketed $10 million in revenue.


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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Chris Brown Paying Protection Money


Chris Brown

The Judiciary Report has learned singer Chris Brown has been paying protection  money to unsavory characters who have made their way into his life. Threats have been issued against him for years and at some points it has turned critical. As a result, Brown began paying protection money to certain people.


Chris Brown and daughter Royalty

Brown needs to work on extricating himself from said individuals and situations, as such unethical people will never be satisfied and keep demanding more funds for the mere fact they think he has no choice. Brown also needs to go to the authorities, as the mess he is in will only get worse if there is not a legal intervention.

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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Ingratitude In The Entertainment Industry

 
Hazel and Yung Berg

Last week, Trina outed fellow rapper, French Montana, for publicly denying her on "The Wendy Williams Show" stating they never dated, when the two lived together for two years and she used her connections in the industry to help him gain a successful rap career. Trina even introduced Montana to the Kardashians, then he started acting like he was famous like Hannah Montana and Trina wasn't good enough for him (and cheated with Khloe Kardashian).

It has also been revealed that "Love And Hip Hop Hollywood" star and aspiring rapper, Hazel, is a co-executive producer of the aforementioned reality show and chose the cast, including her love interest, Yung Berg, who has treated her very badly. Berg has tried to look like a macho big shot at her expense and you don't treat people that way.


Masika and Yung Berg

Hazel did Berg a favor in putting him in the show, as his name has been gone in the black community, after making disparaging, disgraceful comments about dark skinned women. The show was his chance to repair his image and it brought him new fame, but he messed it up by beating up scheming gold digger Masika Tucker, for running up a tab on his credit card, which was declined at a New York bar. Berg was subsequently arrested.

Instead of thanking Hazel for giving him the opportunity to be on the show and gain a new audience, he started showing off for the cameras, insulted her to his friends and hers, betrayed her with her friend, Masika, who is another aspiring artist. Overall he treated her like garbage, which she never should have tolerated. She's a smart girl, so I don't understand why she let him treat her in such a dismissive, insulting manner, other than she must seriously be in love with him. Hazel, a former publicist, is now dating the son of Oscar winning actor, Tom Hanks.

 
French Montana and Trina

At the end of the day, when someone helps you in your life or career, be man or woman enough to say thank you and show some appreciation. It's good manners. It's the decent thing to do. While you don't have to owe them anything but thanks, don't be an ingrate and withhold that.

It's not common that people in the entertainment industry do things for free for others or out of the goodness of their hearts, as many know how treacherous people in the business can be. So when someone cares for you enough to help you, don't disrespect them. Show some loyalty and remember the people who were there for you when you needed help.

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Masika Schemed To Get Yung Berg On 'Love And Hip Hop Hollywood' And It Went Terribly Wrong (When Gold Digging Goes Wrong)


Yung Berg and Masika

Rapper/producer Yung Berg has been fired from "Love And Hip Hop Hollywood" after being arrested for beating up his girlfriend, Masika Tucker. Berg's conduct was completely inappropriate. No one deserves to be beaten up in an act of unprovoked violence. However, it's ironic that Masika, who schemed and lied to her friend Hazel, a woman that was dating Berg, stating she had no intention of dating or having sex with him, yet did the exact opposite. Masika schemed, stabbed her friend in the back, got Berg and it turned out very badly. 


Hazel sat and listened as her so-called friend Maskia lied to her about having no intention of dating or having sex with Berg, but she did the exact opposite for his money, fame and the hope he would make her famous too

History has shown us that in life some people are not meant to be together. Women need to be careful regarding men they are latching onto, as it could turn into a nightmare. I see women in the industry scheming and fighting to dig their claws into men who are rich (in some cases they are not rich but the women don't realize it) when they simply are not good for each other and end up bringing each other so much pain.


Yung Berg and Masika

In the industry I also see men falling for gold diggers, who deceive them that they are in love, then they find out the hard way it was all a lie when the chick takes or spends off their money. When you get into a relationship with someone, make sure it's not for money and fame and that it is actually about love.

Monday, November 3, 2014

Rita Ora Asks Fans On Twitter For 100,000 Retweets To Drop Her New Song And Receives Barely 2,000 Prompting An Embarrassing Deletion

 
Rita Ora's tweet on Twitter that went wrong

Rita Ora, one of the mistresses of rapper, Jay Z, who signed her to a record and management deal, was very embarrassed recently after she sent out a tweet to her millions of followers on Twitter stating, "Dropping my new song monday if this get 100,000 retweets" [Jay Z Is A Pimp (Rihanna And Rita Ora)]. Simple enough you would think for a person with 3,950,000 followers, right? Wrong! 


The tweet barely received 2,000 retweets. This indicates some of Ora's followers have been bought through third party services, where anyone can buy as many followers as one likes, to give one's page a certain look of popularity. Either way, it speaks to the state of Ora's career that this happened. 

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Rapper Bobby Shmurda Lashes Out Online About Not Being Paid For Concerts


Bobby Shmurda

Rapper Bobby Shmurda is famous for the megahit “Hot N*gga” which dominated the internet this summer. The Miami born rapper, of Jamaican and Haitian parentage, is new to the industry, after the internet made him famous in a few short months. He’s finding out the hard way that the industry is smoke and mirrors, filled with financial corruption and pitfalls at every turn. 

Shmurda complained online that he is not being paid for concerts he has done. With record sales in America the lowest in decades, artists lean on concert performances and endorsements to earn revenue. Shmurda stated, "Nah idgaf I’m doing all theses show not getting ma money dey got me doing s**t every f***ing day so its hard to keep up Witt dis s**t den I ain’t got nobody to trust ain’t no help in dis b**** I’m ready to go back to da trap be4 jail #RNS dats how I feel foh."

Shmurda's mother stated, "It’s not that he’s not getting paid, it’s that he’s new to the business. There’s a chain of command that he has to go through before he gets his payment. I guess he’s thinking all the money should go from the front man to his hands — it doesn’t work like that. Of course they hold onto it so he actually does the show. Then it goes to his business manager, then to the touring accountant, and then to him."

Friday, October 17, 2014

Jay Z Is A Pimp (Rihanna And Rita Ora)

Jay Z Rapped "Big Pimping" And He's Not Lying

 

 Jay Z

Rapper turned music exec Jay Z likes to brag that he is a businessman, but he has so many lawsuits for copyright and trademark theft, it’s hard to believe his claims. Case in point, the Judiciary Report received a credible tip about Jay Z from a source responsible for some of the site’s exclusives that were later proven true and the rapper’s conduct resembles that of a pimp when it comes to female stars he works with such as Rihanna and Rita Ora. 

 
Jay Z and Rita Ora

At times during their careers, to get certain Hollywood executives both in music and film to give them career favors, Jay Z has sent the aforementioned singers, among others, to industry bigwigs with the orders “Take care of him.” My source revealed “take care of him” is Jay Z’s term for sex. He has been pimping out Rihanna and Rita Ora to industry men in exchange for career favors. He’s also sent women he has worked with after unsuspecting athletes for publicity. By definition, that’s a pimp.  

Jay Z and Rihanna

Multi-platinum music producer Dallas Austin once reference to this unsavory industry practice as “f***ing for tracks” where female singers and rappers have sex with writers and producers in exchange for working with them and giving them hits. In the film and television industry it is known as the casting couch. Something Rihanna has been on as well. Look for a forthcoming Judiciary Report article on Rihanna and her unsavory career exploits...

Album Sales Have Greatly Fallen In America In A Pattern Worrying Record Labels


A look at the top 10 albums in America reveals sales are down. Way down. The past year has been a rough one for record labels in America, as albums are not selling well in the states. The top 10 for the past month (even year) show albums barely reaching gold during their shelf life, as the current projects by each artist are selling on average 200,000-300,000 copies. 


Considering how expensive albums are to record, with some producers charging between $50,000 to $250,000 per song (or beat) in addition to music videos, buying airplay, marketing and advertising costs reaching into the millions, labels are hemorrhaging money on projects with low financial yield. 


Singles are selling okay, but when you think about the fact artists get a few cents for each one sold, then 20-30 cents per unit goes to retailers and the rest the label and associates, that’s not much money. A time is coming when there will be mergers of well known labels to try to stay in business in the face of what has happened.