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Fan Base: Cassie
Member Since: 3/25/2010
Posts: 2,278
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Originally posted by ~ joćo.
But discourage what exactly? (The album release? Or the mixtape? Both still non-existent atm.) Because it certainly won't affect the reason why she keeps recording music since she seems to genuinely enjoy that process. We're not getting releases either way so I don't see how this affects anything tbh.
Hopefully she realizes she has less fans because of the way her career has been handled so far but she didn't have a lot of them over the years anyway and she hasn't necessarily been doing a lot to improve that situation either so...
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she loves CassieArmy and i could only imagine how she'd feel when she finds out. "oh ****, i ****ed up". (maybe this is a little premature and CassieArmy is just taking a short break) in a perfect world, she would see this as an opportunity to win "us" back over, but i don't see that happening. i feel like it'd discourage her because she feels like absolutely no fans now and she has no reason to release anything.
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Member Since: 3/25/2010
Posts: 2,278
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Originally posted by Lana Del Rey
I hope if anything, it encourages her to release her **** because every single person that stopped stanning for her is totally in the right for doing so. I was right there with them a few months ago myself. CassieMusicTV's letter to Cassie really made me sad, i hope she gets a chance to read it because they articulated perfectly what a lot of us fans are feeling.
i don't know if CassieArmy left because of this or not, but if they did -- just disappearing is an incredibly passive aggressive move -- if you are upset over something, voice your opinion, make yourself heard, and then leave. And if they didn't leave over Cassie's insensitive absences, it's incredibly rude to the fanbase to up and leave without any sort of prior notice or reasoning given. Maybe everyone is busy and can't afford to keep maintaining the twitter, maybe priorities have changed and they have to focus on school/family, maybe they are planning to come back and revamp themselves and their tumblr -- but regardless of what it is, your followers should know and deserve the common courtesy of a notice. I, on the other hand, am not losing sleep over this, but some fans are sincerely worried and it's rude to put them in a situation like that.
Anyway, I've dedicated too many words to CA's disappearance. I hope they keep it up.
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YEAH! CassieMusicTV's letter made me sad too and i feel the EXACT same way. i mean, i never went hard for her in the past as far as promoting her, uploading videos, etc, but i can see how she feels that it's a waste of time. just like in her GQ article, she stated that she was fine being an 'underground artist'. at first i thought i was over reacting (switching to #rihnavy) but now i see that she doesn't really care to have a thriving career.
as far as CassieArmy goes, i don't blame them for leaving unannounced because we were kind've harsh to them. but it's not our fault. CassieArmy claimed to be the voice of the cassie stans, and they're not. they sound like her pr agent instean of devoted fans. they didnt speak for us and gave cassie the wrong idea as to what we want.
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Member Since: 11/3/2011
Posts: 478
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Originally posted by electro-love
YEAH! CassieMusicTV's letter made me sad too and i feel the EXACT same way. i mean, i never went hard for her in the past as far as promoting her, uploading videos, etc, but i can see how she feels that it's a waste of time. just like in her GQ article, she stated that she was fine being an 'underground artist'. at first i thought i was over reacting (switching to #rihnavy) but now i see that she doesn't really care to have a thriving career.
as far as CassieArmy goes, i don't blame them for leaving unannounced because we were kind've harsh to them. but it's not our fault. CassieArmy claimed to be the voice of the cassie stans, and they're not. they sound like her pr agent instean of devoted fans. they didnt speak for us and gave cassie the wrong idea as to what we want.
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If anything, Cassie's getting exactly what she deserves. When your longest running fansite run by one of your most ardent stans shuts down, the most largest and most dedicated Youtube channel is deleted, and your fanbase twitter up and and leaves (again, it is premature to say that it is because of this), you should know that something is horribly wrong with the way you're conducting your career and your communication with fans. I really can't say I feel too bad for her, she's taking advantage of our steadfast loyalty and dedication and it's f*cking sh*tty. I have no problem admitting that Cassie didn't deserve one ounce of the time and effort we put into the mixtapes and advertising them/seeking publications to write about them. At this point, she's no longer making music for us, but it's strictly for her enjoyment, so why lie to us and make us deal with the false promises and the lack of initiative and self-promotion?? Would Cassie herself trust someone that repeatedly made false promises for 6 entire years? Why should we? And why should we still care?
And I do still blame CA for leaving unannounced because guess what? If we were the reason for them leaving, the critiques of 5 Cassie fans is no excuse to leave and desert your 31,000 other followers. And if that's enough to make you leave, I don't know what those people were doing in that position in the first place.
That bolded part, I agree with 100%.
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Member Since: 10/13/2005
Posts: 18,646
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Why should we discuss the "potential" loss of some fans? We're here for Cassie.
It's been clear for a long while she's not going to suddenly release a new album every year and start promoting her music hardcore. She's never been like that, people bring back the NextSelection days (that didn't even last that long when you look at it now) when she clearly says she appreciates having more control over her music these days. People change, and so does Cassie.
We're here because we want to, I honestly don't feel like just the few of us that have been waiting all this time will suddenly make her/her label release more material, the singles she's been releasing so far are proof of that. I'm sure she appreciates her fanbase A LOT because of our loyalty and we seem to really appreciate every little thing about her but as an artist they have to look at the bigger picture. Which again would bring us to promotion issues, but we've also said numerous times she clearly does not seem to be here for that so her career kinda gets stuck like this.
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Member Since: 4/12/2011
Posts: 3,104
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I don't see what's wrong as a Cassie fan, who is a fan of her music is expressing their disappointment for the lack of music we're getting. I for one am very disappointed, you've got girls like Dawn with no label, and independent with five people, putting in so much work while Cassie seems to be lollygagging and not releasing anything. And people can say all they want that it's the label, but when you've got a backing like Diddy.. I think you can really do anything. I genuinely think music isn't a priority for Cassie.
That interview where she said she doesn't immediately think about going on tour or anything, kind've proved it for me.
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Member Since: 10/13/2005
Posts: 18,646
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Originally posted by Vlad Spears
I don't see what's wrong as a Cassie fan, who is a fan of her music is expressing their disappointment for the lack of music we're getting. I for one am very disappointed, you've got girls like Dawn with no label, and independent with five people, putting in so much work while Cassie seems to be lollygagging and not releasing anything. And people can say all they want that it's the label, but when you've got a backing like Diddy.. I think you can really do anything. I genuinely think music isn't a priority for Cassie.
That interview where she said she doesn't immediately think about going on tour or anything, kind've proved it for me.
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Fans aren't simply expressing their disappointment now though (hell, we also do that here every day) and like I said, it's not like this is a new situation, you're a stan because you want to, everyone is more than familiar with Cassie's "career moves" (or lack thereof) at this point. No need for all this fan drama, in my opinion. We just need to keep pushing for more music instead of either blindlessly follow everything she does or suddenly jump ship. Cassie is certainly not going to change her mindset because some of her fans are saying they're no longer going to support her, it doesn't really affect her because we weren't a lot already anyway. And the few of us certainly weren't getting her on the charts, recognition or whatever it is that people always hope for. It's up to her/her team but I don't see this changing anything.
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Member Since: 8/18/2010
Posts: 5,070
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Omg i didnt know CA really deleted their account :banana2:
They should of at least spam Cassie for mixtape info before leaving
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Member Since: 8/16/2011
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Cass' wasting her time (not working) with Draya,she is so pretty
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Member Since: 10/13/2005
Posts: 18,646
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flawless as always.
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Member Since: 10/13/2005
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Apparently she was on set again today. Another shoot probably...?
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Member Since: 8/16/2011
Posts: 4,850
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Well where is the music ?
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Member Since: 10/13/2005
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Originally posted by KingSasha
Well where is the music ?
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Member Since: 8/16/2011
Posts: 4,850
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I want my Balcony's vid
please
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Member Since: 10/13/2005
Posts: 18,646
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Sasha sis
And...
I thought AGAG was the first song from the mixtape though Mess.
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Member Since: 8/16/2011
Posts: 4,850
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Dat fuuuuck ;who is her manager ?
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Member Since: 10/13/2005
Posts: 18,646
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Whatever, new music is new music!!! PARTY.
"soon" though
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Member Since: 3/25/2010
Posts: 2,278
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Thank God! I love AGAG but that's a gimmick. I can't wait for the real song.
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Member Since: 10/13/2005
Posts: 18,646
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I thought this was going to be the whole vibe of the mixtape though -- remixes, more urban & stuff.
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Member Since: 3/25/2010
Posts: 2,278
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Originally posted by KingSasha
I want my Balcony's vid
please
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keep the hope alive.
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Member Since: 8/18/2010
Posts: 5,070
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The first single will be IV and it will spend 32 weeks on top of billboards top 200. Bookmark me.
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