Maybe Interscope forgot she's signed to them? Anyway, if she's actually threatening them to release it, I hope this works for her because I'm still excited for this damn album
This is obviously a scare tactic in order to make Interscope finally release her album. I mean, who puts up a date where they'll leak their album? If she plans on leaking it, might as well do it now and get it over with. No point prolonging this nonsense any longer.
Ngl, even though I used to stan hard for her and now I couldn't care less about her, I feel bad for her. Her album has been delayed for what? Like 2 years? There's absolutely no reason for her to be in this situation. She's obviously trying to scare her label with this, but its still a sign that something is happening
I know everyone here is likely gonna trash the **** out of her but you have to understand the way this industry works. If you are not hot, then the record label is not going to invest their time and resources. the way it works is that Azealia Banks has a niche audience - the gays (just stereotyping) and hipsters. These are the people who are going to buy her music, and the label has said that they haven't found that commercial single but the thin about Azealia is that she is an artist she doesn't make commercial music she makes the music that she wants to make. unfortunately (many of my friends are struggling artists who are trying to get signed), the way it works is that the record labels want people who are going to get them money and back when 212 came out they all thought that azealia would be able to give them those commercial smashes. You know what i say? I say more power to her for pulling an angel haze and leaking her record because honestly these labels don't know **** about real music- all they care about is raking in the dough.
I honestly hope it all works out for her because i really think she's talented, and I don't think it's fair FOR ANY ARTIST if the label continually shelves their record just because they haven't recorded music they THEY deem commercially fit. What does a record label CEO know about how a song is going to do commercially, Most of the time these record label people are not musicians themselves so they don't understand the way art is supposed to be made. Art/music is supposed to be made for the musician, and not just for commerciality. Broke with expensive taste, is going to be good (if we ever do get to hear it, because it's distinctly Azealia. END RANT