Ari Lennox breaks down and pleads to be released from her contract

[HARLEM AL]

Signing to J Cole is an L

Who she should have signed to?

 

[T-K-G]

sooooo, you saying from all the stories about advances being paid back to the label. Streaming not making money for the avg artist. Management, taxes, various expenses all adding up.. You come here and say she needs to manage her funds better?

We've known all of those things existed in music for decades now

So yea if she got blindsided by any of that stuff the onus was on her at this point, yes she mismanaged herself and her money

 

[T-K-G]

Who she should have signed to?

In this era she didn't have to sign to anyone this isn't the 90's all you need is solid management and connections you'd make yourself through collaboration

 

[ajnapoleon]

No offense breh but I’m hoping you work through whatever is going on personally….not to mention we got hella instances of fans coming to bat for male artists in shytty deals. Lupe fans literally protested his label lol

you got it wrong

it was said its too much information about whats going on with these deals

I got sick and tired of all these guys signing bad deals then bytching i have the same smoke for everyone men or woman

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Who she should have signed to?

Not a rapper label with no proven success stories other than the owner

TDE might have been a better fit

 

[Max Power]

Just realized that the majority of bytches that sing are LOSERS. Irl, the industry, just the biggest, emotionally brittle losers you'll come across.

 

[Donny]

Idk.. I just feel like she doesn’t have “it”

I was never a fan of her voice and her music doesn’t have the edge that someone like SZA or Summer Walker has.

Have to disagree with this take she’s should be right up there or just under Sza tbh most women I talk to are fans of her irl and anticipate her music she just isn’t getting the right promotion/ allowed to drop enough

 

[Insensitive]

Meeting R&B artists offline has been interesting to say the least.

And I'mma leave it at that.

 

[Jean Jacket]

Fumble of the century.

Beautiful woman, amazing voice and ear for music.

Why she stuck with Dreamville is a mystery.

 

[L. Deezy]

We've known all of those things existed in music for decades now

So yea if she got blindsided by any of that stuff the onus was on her at this point, yes she mismanaged herself and her money

How do you know she had money?

 

[spliz]

She's complaining about the lack of promo right now. What does that look like as an independent artist when you get zero promo you don't pay for...and she's already in debt? If I remember correctly, Cole/Ib discovered her performing in a jazz club overseas. Does she want to go back to that life while dropping albums on Bandcamp whenever she wants? Because that's where this is trending.

Crazy shyt about it. Is they had her headlining shows where she wasn't even the most popular one performing. She been complaining since literally forever. Shorty annoying af.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

I’m a huge Ari fan. I hope she knows we’re out here and want to hear from her. Whatever the label situation, I hope she keeps making music

 

[spliz]

Not a rapper label with no proven success stories other than the owner

TDE might have been a better fit

nikka TDE had SZA on ice despite platinum singles for years at one point. She was complaining about her label as well.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Explain?

Signing to a label means using their money and resources to make music

Independent means using your own money and resources to make music

 

[CrimsonTider]

Ari is by far the best female RnB singer in the game. No question dreamville dropped the ball with her. Both of her albums were incredible and she has catchy melodies that should be appealling to mainstream audiences. She's 100% right. She's been mishandled. Dreamville had no idea how to promote her.

She’s not close to being the best