does it really matter? people will seek out the music they want to listen to regardless
this is the wrong way to look at things. it doesnt matter to me or you but it matters to someone or it wouldnt be happening. you need to do some research on Jay and Bey and the vampiric shyt they be in to. its all about drawing energy from source(s) to feed your energy.
and again...on the flip side of that, I am not saying that Nas isnt in on it either. he just may be.
the point is....we in here on a thread talmbout Jay-Z, they asking him questions about Jay in an interview, people talmbout it on social media, and Jay really aint done shyt. this is Nas' album....yet somehow Jay manage to sneak in and get a little bit of that energy to feed his name.
You don't think Jay had any control/influence over when those projects dropped?
an artist can really drop an album ANYTIME they want. they can set or be given a release date but as long as the song/album has been set for release they can change that to whenever they want. as a side note, I used to work at a record store and release day was always on Tuesday but we would get the records/cd's in on Thursday/Friday. cant remember the album but remember when Nas decided to go against the grain that time and drop his album on Friday? that was the first time I think I had seen that done, especially in hip hop. Now artists drop on Friday, Sat, Sun, Mon, or any other day they feel like.
now think of someone in the position of power as Jay. when they dropped Carters (on a Saturday "surprise release"
), that shyt was a big deal on The Coli and people thought it was a direct hit to take shine from Nas (maybe Kanye too). I dont know about yall but I didnt even know the shyt was coming out that day. Fif be callin that shyt out too, he did it then. hell, we didnt find out Nas was dropping KD until about 2-weeks prior. Maybe he kept it quiet on purpose. Maybe if he didnt, Jay wouldve dropped another album with Jay Elec or sum
there are always moles that run back with info. this is also the reason why bootlegging was impossible to stop back in the day whether it was music or movies.
on his face is priceless
