So what I got from this article is that she's going to release her album through Samsung ala Magna Carta Holy Grail, and it's going to backfire on her just like it did with Jay-Z?
Of course. Cause every deal she gets is a derivative of what Jay & co have already gotten.
She's getting 5x times bigger deal than Jay
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The company also cut a $5 million marketing deal with Jay Z’s Roc Nation in 2013, surrounding the release of the hip-hop star’s Magna Carta Holy Grail album, according to reports. In exchange for a $5 million check, Jay Z provided Samsung 1 million copies of the album to be downloaded on the company’s new Galaxy SIII and other devices.
Rihanna, the 27-year-old beauty from Barbados, is releasing an album in the next few weeks, reportedly titled “Anti.” It will be her eighth studio album. She has talked about wanting to approach an album release in a fresh way.
Not really. It's just a fact. I didn't mean it negatively. But that it's easier to extend deals when there's already an established relationship. Roc Nation has rapport with some companies (Samsung is obviously one of them) so most of their artists end up doing different deals with the same company.
