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Originally posted by Ascension
I don't blame him for trying to take complete control of his business even if it was poorly planned and executed. Even though it hurt the profile and overall longevity of his project, he probably made more money selling 300k on his own than he might have seen selling a million with a label cut. I don't understand people that are cheering on labels shutting out an artist out of the system to make an example of him; that's not a good thing at all.
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Also this. I don't get why ATRL of all places is so against an artist taking control of their career and going independent. If this was Taylor, Adele, Katy or any other white female artist that did the exact same thing, everyone would be all "yas queen show those labels who's BOSS!"
At the end of the day, whether you like Frank/Frank's music or not, this was a great move on his part and it is ultimately a great precedent to set for other artists. It shows that they can go indie if they have the fanbase and make even more money and have more control over their output. That means they can make a better, more authentic project for us fans. Labels are the enemy here, idk why yall are rooting for them (in reality it's probably just because you want to root against Frank).