Metro Boomin Debates Quitting Streaming Platforms With Future Albums

    Metro Boomin has raised the prospect that his future albums may not be released on streaming services.

    Speaking on Instagram, the super-producer shared a post which said: “A fan needs to stream an artist’s music 20 times a day for a whole year for that artist to make $25 from a fan.”

    Metro wrote over the post: “This is why my next album will probably be the last one streaming.”

    Metro is not the first artist to question continuing to release music on streaming platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music.

    Kanye West has stated that he wants to release Vultures 2 directly to fans, skipping streaming distributors.

    “We sell albums on Yeezy.com. I got 20 million instagram followers,” he wrote in a text exchange with fan account YeFanatics. “When 5% of my followers buy an album [t]hat’s 1 million albums sold[.] That’s 300k more than the biggest album last year.

    “We sold 1 million items on Yeezy.com on Super Bowl Sunday so we know it’s possible. How do you feel about us not streaming and only selling the album digitally[?]”

    Ye followed that up by asking YeFanatics if it was possible to sell a million copies of the album.

    “When we do that we won’t have the streaming companies in control of the artist anymore,” he wrote.

    The decision was supported by his collaborator Ty Dolla $ign in response to a fan who criticized the proposal, citing privacy concerns.

    “That’s what these streaming services want u to to believe so they can stay on top. Music cost us money and time to make but they don’t want us to get paid for it,” he began.

    “There [sic] selling the audience subscriptions and renting our music out while giving us a fraction of a penny [crying laughter emoji]. I hear what you’re saying but we’re already #1 with the first.”

    He concluded: “It’s time to figure out the unlock on how to bring the music straight to our audience and cut the middle man out. Artists are getting raped and that has to stop.”

    The much-delayed Vultures 2 still does not have a release date or confirmation regarding how it will be made available to fans.

    6 thoughts on “Metro Boomin Debates Quitting Streaming Platforms With Future Albums

    1. heres an idea microsd cards are only25+ years old not that selling direct online also hasnt been possible for 25+ years its 2 generations of idiocracy though they dont buy they need apps & to subscribe to radio oh well rich get richer hell be alright

    2. I wish streaming would just go away period. Im sick of all these stupid little white headphones and dancing kids not looking where they are going. Bring back boom boxes. Bring back big speakers in the back of cars rattling the trunk. Bring back CDs so people learn the value of music. Even if you bought a bootleg, that shit wasnt free and if you get that shit all scratched up you outta luck. And also none of this pulling music cancel culture crap. If I bought it, I own it. If you dont like what was said in the song, tough shit.

      1. Good. Maybe that will force them to put out quality over quantity or their career is done, never to be heard from again. As it should be. I don’t need to hear from an artist more than once a year anyway.,

    3. Good idea. People should either pay for music directly if they can. Or listen to it on online radio tor free. If they can’t. But it’s time to cut out the middleman.

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