Friday, February 16, 2024

Kanye West Facing Music Distribution Battle


Last week Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign released their highly anticipated joint album 'Vultures 1 [click here if you missed that].'

Since then the album has been removed and then reinstated to streaming platforms over uncleared samples, and battle is not over yet...

From Variety
Shortly after releasing “Vultures 1,” his collaborative album with Ty Dolla Sign, Kanye West is facing a rocky road in keeping the project on streaming services: The album was removed from Apple Music and iTunes on Thursday afternoon (although several of its singles remain) amid word that its distributor was working to have it pulled from all streaming services. But soon after, the album returned to the platforms thanks to Label Engine, who is now reportedly in charge of distribution.
According to FUGA, which was listed as the distribution service in YouTube’s metadata for the album, West initially uploaded the album to DSPs on Saturday through its automated process after the company had previously declined to distribute the record. Now, as first reported by Billboard, FUGA claims to be working directly with streaming platforms to remove the album from their respective databases. So far, it has been removed from the iTunes store and Apple Music, and a song that interpolates Donna Summer’s 1977 song “I Feel Love,” apparently without permission, was earlier pulled from Spotify.
“Late last year, FUGA was presented with the opportunity to release Vultures 1. Exercising our judgment in the ordinary course of business, we declined to do so,” FUGA shared in a statement to Variety. “On Friday, February 9, 2024, a long-standing FUGA client delivered the album ‘Vultures 1’ through the platform’s automated processes, violating our service agreement. Therefore, FUGA is actively working with its DSP partners and the client to remove Vultures 1 from our systems.”

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

These posts are too long.

Anonymous said...

Don't care, I have him on my suicide watch for this year.

R in NYC said...

He's finished.

Sunno said...

The album is trash. Its worse than Donda....way worse.

Anonymous said...

@10:24

Shame on you

WhichOne said...

His music is so bad. His wife and all her nudes can't sell it for him. He's washed up and about to be 50 years old. Maybe he could get Sexxxy Redd on a song and it might track LMFAO . Ashy /old /mentally ill POS

Anonymous said...

@10:23 Three short paragraphs is too long?

No Chiraq said...

Parading this WOMEN NUDE/SEMI-DUDE is going to COST him DEARLY ONE DAY

Anonymous said...

@1:25 Absolutely the truth💯 She’s setting up his dumb a$$ for a mental and physical abuse charge. When she leave…she gonna leave with over half. Gold digger platinum edition. 🎶He got North drawing his wife half nude and Kim so stupid she didn’t catch her 11 year old child doing it until people started complaining and then it got snatched down. Y’all pray for North be an all the money in the world means nothing without a sane mind and she’s already headed in the narcissistic steps of her mom and certified crazy footprints of her dad. 🎯 His albulb should be pulled stop stealing other artists music because you can’t write your own. 🚯🗑️

Anonymous said...

@1:21 “Yes”

Anonymous said...

North is already a mini narcissist. This whole family is gross as hell

Anonymous said...

Distribution can’t stop his bag. He should distribute his own music. Take your music distribution from the jooish devils.

Anonymous said...

10:24 you’re sick azz fukk to think that, let alone post it. You know what you’ve put onto yourself and those you love by saying that. I hope you pray it away, what could be coming your way.

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