It all Started with the recording artist Formally know as Prince .In May 2000 Prince dropped the symbol O(+> he adopted as a name. He had used the symbol because he considered his record contract with Warner Bros. Records oppressive, which ended in 2000.And from his efforts as a free agent prince enabled the digital concept of his own website where his fans would have direct access to his music and the rest became an historic event(the first digital artist to sale over $7,000,000.00 in the downloads digital concept)of what is seen as now a smart business move by many past decade superstar recording stars,that now are starting see that the majors can't compete with the digital concepts and have no more control over the media and the old payola system which went something like this "Pay-for-play," in which airtime is bought but the payments are disclosed, is still around. In January 1998, Flip/Interscope Records paid a Portland, Oregon radio station $5,000 to play one Limp Bizkit song 50 times over a five-week period. The band was able to generate enough interest to play a successful concert there. Other stations showed interest in their music, and Limp Bizkit broke into the music biz in a big way--a great argument for free enterprise if you're a Limp Bizkit fan. However, the argument against pay-for-play, even if the parties are upfront about it, is that it allows big labels to buy their artists' way onto the charts.So this is where we are at now the new digital multimedia sharing,marketing and promotions of media platform where everybody is all on the same playing feild to control their careers and can't get cheated no more out of whats real and whats fake the next superstar artist to know see this change come and also was apart of that old payola system of pay for play,and now less sales is none other than janet jackson as apart of the change thats coming and has conceptually arrived(they can't pay for play no more so now the real talent can be heard seen and make a living form their passions and life long dreams.
After less than two years on Island Def Jam (IDJ) Janet Jackson has announced her departure from the storied label.
Janet inked a lucrative deal with Island in July of 2007 and released her first album, Discipline, on the label in early 2008. When sales failed to meet expectations, the Grammy award-winning singer expressed her dissatisfaction with Island Def Jam(IDJ) telling the reported media outlets that the label stopped pushing the disc.(Pay4Play) its over now.
“They just stopped all promotion whatsoever on the album,” she said in a previous interview.
Janet has since asked to be released and Island Def Jam has complied.
“At her request, the record label has agreed to dissolve their working relationship with the popular artist,” Jackson’s rep said in a statement. “Now, more than 20 years after the release of her iconic album, Control, Janet will have autonomy over her career, without the restrictions of a label system.”
According to Jackson’s publicist, she is looking forward to being one of the first superstar artists to have the individual freedom that comes along with being a free agent.
Currently on the road for the first time in 7 years, Jackson’s “Rock Witchu Tour" features LL Cool J and Donnie Klang. It kicked off on September 10th in Vancouver, BC and will make stops in major cities across the United States and Canada.
