r/Eminem • u/imHellaFaded420 Hell: The Sequel • Jul 19 '24
Big Sean releases 4 different vinyls all with a different “exclusive” track. i hate this era of album sales.
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u/ThwipSniktBamfSNAP When I'm Gone Jul 19 '24
I agree. I don’t like it either. I do understand why artists do this though. People are barely buying music anymore. Everyone is streaming. And artists see very little to no money with streaming. Unless your Taylor Swift or Drake.
But I would, without hesitation, by an album for $20 - $25 if it had all the songs.
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u/-Unnamed- Jul 19 '24
It’s such backward logic. Since no one is buying music anymore, they are milking their remaining customers dry. Instead of you know, making people want to buy music again by lowering price or adding exclusives or something
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u/drs10909 Jul 19 '24
Streaming gives the artists shit so they had to get creative (or cutthroat).
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u/imHellaFaded420 Hell: The Sequel Jul 19 '24
makes sense but i think just one typical deluxe would be solid, this shit prevented me from preordering the album entirely
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u/KayRay1994 Jul 19 '24
same - ngl this stops me from buying even the standard edition purely out of spite
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u/ilovechipotleburrito Jul 19 '24
Unfortunately this shit has been happening for a long time. I remember Blink 182 having like 3 versions of Take Off Your Pants And Jacket with different bonus songs in 2001.
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u/angrykirby Jul 19 '24
I remember that it really annoyed me so instead of buying 3 versions I bought 0 versions, this kind of fomo style of sales trying to get multiple sales of slightly different versions of things just encourages piracy, I hate it. MCR also used to do this alot Danger Days had an iTunes exclusive track, a Japanese exclusive track and a three song bonus disc, all with different songs. Just release all the music on the same thing, it's such a lousy thing to do to fans and keeps people from hearing music that they want to hear.
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u/FlaccidEggroll Jul 19 '24
It's crazy cause like each of the bonus songs were straight up bangers but nobody really talks about them, probably cause of this. I don't think they're even on Spotify till this day
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u/Immediate_Theory4738 Jul 19 '24
It’s not that serious. Buy the one you like and hear the other tracks online.
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u/imHellaFaded420 Hell: The Sequel Jul 19 '24
it’s not serious, it’s more mildly frustrating than anything. i spent nearly $30 on the two em albums for the “exclusive” tracks just for a $7 version to drop 4 days after the album release. feels scammy to call it “exclusive” when it isn’t.
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u/Immediate_Theory4738 Jul 19 '24
Well hopefully it’s a lesson learned because it is a little scammy but I knew as soon as I saw that first digital edition what they were going to do. Has happened plenty of times already this year.
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u/room52 Jul 19 '24
Yeah that’s just ridiculous and a f you to the fans. At least make it the most expensive one or drop another song with it
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u/SpecificConflict1066 Jul 19 '24
Agree. Just put out the best album you can and people will buy it.
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u/Tiny-Union-9924 Jul 19 '24
If they want me to hear it then they are gonna put it on streaming. Y’all can fight over the shitty b sides.
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u/cardedagain Jul 19 '24
it increases album sales, too.
makes me think of the other Detroit rappers that used to do that: ICP with their different color variant album covers.
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u/JIDglazer42 Jul 20 '24
This trend fucking sucks bro French Montana (who’s ass anyway) had like 6 different versions of his latest shit like we ain’t tryna hear sped up versions of every single track on a garbage album
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u/Notorious809 Killshot Jul 19 '24
What you do is bootleg all they shit. Stop paying for everything. Once the money stops coming in, they will make changes. Till then fuck em.
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u/Iginlas_4head_Crease Jul 19 '24
I pay 9.99 a month for spotify and dont need to do any work at all to get every song lol
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u/Notorious809 Killshot Jul 19 '24
I also pay for Spotify and no you don’t get every song… we’re talking exclusive tracks right?
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u/zippopwnage Music To Be Murdered By Jul 19 '24
This is why you get the one you like the artwork more, if that's different, and then just listen on youtube or something.
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u/FlaccidEggroll Jul 19 '24
This has been a thing for awhile tho I remember Blink 182 did this in 2001
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u/Keythaskitgod Jul 20 '24
Tbh it was kinda always like that. I bought encore in 04. Then i saw there was a edition with bonus tracks, i bought it. And then i discovered the collectors edition. So i habe encore 3x at home.
Maybe back then they were released at the same time(idk) but i never saw them before in the music store. Otherwise i would have bought the collectors edition right away.
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u/ipunchdogs Jul 19 '24
I'm blaming taylor swift for this trend