Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Camels and Apples
Posted by Bossip Staff
The Jay-Z and Apple record label collaboration rumor has hit mainstream waves:
There’s an intriguing rumor floating through the web this morning that Apple is getting into the music business. But this new rumor is something totally different: That ousted Def-Jam CEO and star rapper Jay-Z is about to create a new recording label with Apple Inc.
You gotta respect the man’s business swag.
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this rumor has been around even when he was still with def jam
You knew this man had a ace up his sleeve.
First?
More Jay-Z.
Never mind…*****.
and if it’s tru it’s a good thing superhead is already off the market….lmao
APPLE AS IN THE COMPUTER?
so sorry @ getyourhandouttamypocket
lol
Who cares?
he’s genius! good 4 him!
ohh weeeeeeee jay looks sexy. i wonder what he looks like naked
i didn’t know Jay-Z was no longer with Def Jam. Been a while since i’ve been on this site. SMDH!
Online music is bad for everyone. first off online record labels are not hard anybody can start a label and second the Internet has become the Major label in a way.. artist shouldnt be looking to be signed anytime soon.
The only people that matter in music is artist that create CONTENT or CONTENT controllers like managers or producers, online record labels dont need staff to run, so there goes more jobs lost. Advertising is the only thing that matters for online stores or online record labels.
Music online is also bad because the quality of music is at a all time low because artsit dont need to hit a studio anymore. Since everyone listens to music on my*****e or MP3s , our EAR will get use too bad music sounding good.
Now Jay looks so silly – he is tryin a look that is well – let’s just say WEARING HIM. It looks Sloppy.
OHHHH JAY has BABY FEET. LMAO BABY FEET!!
BABY FEET = BABY (you know what) HAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAH – Having so much fun on the site today!!
Good job Jay. I can’t wait until the Blueprint 3 my dog.
GET IT WHERE YOU LIVE
I wish people would stop believing this stupid rumor it’s been around for like 6 months. First off getting into the record business is a dump move for Apple and why would an artist sign with a label that can only distribute there music through iTunes that would essentially lock you out of every other online music retailer and lock you out of the top two brick and mortar music retailers Walmart and BestBuy unless Apple is willing to start pressing music CD’s witch I’m sure there not.
Apple as in iTunes. Online music is were it’s at. Napster changed music and the way it is listened to and distributed. Broadband made it possible to download multiple files in a short amount of time. The iPod made it possible to take all the newly acquired music from the computer and listen to it non-stop. No longer held to the 80 minute restriction of traditional CDs.
iTunes continues to grow while the physical CD market continues to see decline. It’s a no brainer. And it’s not just Music, movies, tv shows–is going digital. Technology has reached another milestone. Just think, the music is now being created digitally, *****og is going the way of the 8-track.
It makes sense. People aren’t walking around with Discmans. No they walk around with a cellphone that carries some of their favorite MP3s. It’s getting to the point were music can now be purchased via wifi and on the go. Who needs to go out of the way to find a CD shop and pay taxes on an overpriced disc.
All I have to say is thank you.
THEM SHOES IS CLEAN THO
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everyone knows the mainstream media reports gossip now. didn’t he take American Gangster off of Itunes because he didn’t want singles sold. Is that album ever platinum yet?
SEE thats my man, he keeps it moving. Hustle in 2008 is the Slogan!!!!!!
AMERICAN GANGSTER WAS A DOPE ALBUM. I BLAST THAT THROUGH THE TWEETERS LIKE EVERYDAY…I LOVE IGNORANT *****… ONE OF MY FAVORITE TRACKS. PEOPLE STARE @ A YOUNG BLACK GIRL DRIVING A LATE MODEL EUROPEAN CAR, WEARING GL*****ES, HAIR PULLED UP LISTENING TO LOUD RAP.. I ESPECIALLY LIKE TO TURN IT UP EVEN LOUDER WHEN I STOP NEXT TO CAR FULL OF WHITE PEOPLE, AND ROLL MY P*****ENGER WINDOW DOWN.. THEY ACT SO OFFENDED BY LOUD RAP MUSIC LOL
I wonder will he break up the songs from American Gangster and release them when his hiring process is complete? The entire album wasn’t a banger, but had a few nice songs on it.
Still as he stated…the album won’t be broken into singles for downloads, great movies aren’t sold scene by scene and his album won’t be either.
We’ll see…
It’s Hova baby!!
If it’s true, I have to agree that it is a very smart move on his part.
Apple cannot get into the music business. That’s a deal they made with The Beatles years ago.
his next move is always his best move.i new there was a good reason why he didnt wanna continue with def jam.
It was reported that his contract issues were about Def Jam and Columbia investing in going digital and not money for himself. So basiclly he gave them both a chance to match Apple.
THIS IS HUGE!FOR PEOPLE SAYING THAT THIS RUMOR WITH APPLE HAS BEEN AROUND AND THEY KNEW ABOUT IT…. STOP LYING IT AIN’T SEXY… IF THIS DEAL IS PULLED OFF AND SHAUN GETS THE ARTIST HE NEEDS THIS WILL BE THE BIGGEST HUSTLA MOVE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS. AND FOR THE PEOPLE SAYING THAT GETTING WITH APPLE IS A BAD MOVE, IF STARBUCKS CAN BECOME A RECORD LABEL AND WARNER BROS… THEN APPLE CAN, MUSIC IS TRANSITIONING INTO A NEW FORMAT. THE DAYS OF THE MILLIONARE RAPPER WILL SOON BE GONE, DUE TO THE FACT THAT SALES ARE DONE IN ALL MUSIC, THE MONEY WILL BE MADE ON TOURS… AND IF APPLE AND JAY CAN SOME HOW CONNECT THE TOURS TO THE INTERNET WITH PEOPLE WHO CAN’T AFFORD TICKETS ARE CAN’T GET TO THEM WHERE THEY CAN PAY TO WATCH THE ARTIST ON-LINE CAN BE AND WILL BE HUGE. I THINK THIS IS ONLY THE BEGINNING TO WHAT SHAUN IS INSTORE… I GUESS HE GONNA GIVE 50 A RUN FOR THAT BILLION DOLLAR MARK.
WE ALL KNOW JAY WILL ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF JAY, HE OWNS HIS PUBLISHING, MASTERS AND COPYRIGHTS… YOU KNOW HE TOOK THAT ALL WITH HIM WHEN HE LEFT DEF JAM… WILL THE REST OF THE ROC FOLLOW HIM????????????????
Damn he’s f**** hot…his swagger is crazy!!!!
CAMEL just needs to graze and not work with music no mo’
Yeah, what you guys/gals are ssaying is true–music is convienent more than anything, but sounds bad.
The music on the internet is compressed so that it will transfer by broadband and fit on your MP3 player. Do you every wonder how thousands of tunes will fit on your iPOd? it has to be compressed. When the music is compressed, some of the frequencies have to be left off soundwise. People have become used to compressed music, just like they are use to so-called celebrities behaving badly–it ain’t no thang.
I guess I’m showing my age, but go into a “high end” audio dealer (no chain stores, department or discount stores are high end) and listen to a good turntable or CD setup. It’s sounds like night and day compared to MP3 players.
Everybody sold their souls to the devil for convienence, and for the hate of records labels who have a hitory cheating artist and selling overpriced music in ever-changing multi-formats.
Yeah, I got an iPod, but I also have a high end music system with expensive turntable, cd player, mono amps (for you knuckle heads, you need two of them to create a stereo sound, FM tuner, phono state (again, knuckleheads, that’s how you exract the best sound off records), XM radio tuner and cofin sized speakers with expenssive drivers. People come by my house and can’t belive the sound as they have been listening to compressed, and often, bad music all the time.
In short, I consider myself a real music lover, that is not beholden to trends, fashion and every “move” Jay-Z makes that really has nothing to do with music.
P.S.: I do respect his game/ability to extract more and more money from you clowns. Go figure.
well make sure we get discounts
PEOPLE PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE BEFRORE MAKING COMMENTS ON JAY-Z’s MOVES IN BUSINESS…
One source I talked to said that “logistically this is possible, but unlikely.” He asks, “Is this core to what they’re doing? Answer? No.”
And one other thing: Do a Google search of Jay-Z and Apple and you’ll see that these two already have a contentious relationship. AppleInsider pointed this out as well: Jay-Z railed against Apple’s iTunes a couple of months ago, saying his new album, American Gangster, would not be made available on iTunes since the service let shoppers buy individual songs instead of the entire album.
In a statement released at the time, Jay-Z said, “As movies are not sold scene by scene, this collection will not be sold as individual singles.”
That’s not to say a new Jay-Z/Apple label would do things differently, if it came to fruition. But something like this might be a lot more trouble than it’s worth.
Cited from the actual article…
Brilliant man, that outfit aint cool at 38 though.
I loves Jigga but its time that he retires already. He is too old (38 or 39) to be dressing like that. It’s not bad looking but on a 38 year old man? I don’t think so. And everyone knows that if anyone you know that is 38 and dressed the way he does (in this outfit), then you would drive the ***** out of him. It aint cool just because he is stupid rich. Jigga My *****!
@ adrianna … GIRL! AINT HIS SWAGGER HOT.. ID RIDE THAT CAMEL’S HUMP ANYTIME..
@ SOUTHER BELLE … I REALLY DONT THINK 38 IS THAT OLD. YOU MUST BE PRETTY YOUNG YOURSELF? NOW IF HE’S 50 AND STILL RUNNING AROUND LIKE THAT… YEA, THEN I’LL BE READY FOR HIM TO CHILL OUT BUT HE’S NO OLDER THAN ALOT OF OTHER RAPPERS IN THE GAME. DIDDY 37, JERMAINE DUPRI 35, 50 CENT 32.. THEN THAT MAKES ALL THESE CATS “OLD”. CAUSE *****, EVEN YOUNG JEEZY ***** 30. THE ONLY YOUNG MONEY IN THE GAME IS LIL WAYNE AND PREPUBESCENT BOW WOW LOL
He is so unattractive. Could someone let him know that when you’re pushing 40 baggy ***** jeans with untied athletic shoes flopping around is not a good look. I would leave his sloppy ***** at home.
Jigga’s outfit is fine. He so often dresses nicely that it’s okay to switch it up every now and then. Y’all keep saying how ugly he is, but I swear there is something so sexy about him to me…and he has a killer smile.
even if he falls he falls on money
This is even on CNBC.
@Let’s Be Honest
What you said sounds very well thought out and not full of hate. I will say that the Apple gossip site that put this info out is usally correct.
Jay-Z can do no wrong!!!
Jay-Z started his hustle on the streets, and has expanded that hustle to the boardroom!! He is an entrepreneur, hella smart businessman, and his swagger is just sick!!
There’s no layin’ around the house, unemployed, arguing on BOSSIP about Black women, Kim Kardashian, or “The Swirl”, for this PAID BLACK MAN!
Gotta admit, I love him, and his lady Beyonce!
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Last but not least–
Our sympaties to B Mamma cause we know the pain of separation!
Keep ya head up girl! Your man will soon be free!!!
Keep hope alive!!
I have a dream……
If all else fails, we can collectively, form an uprising….just send us the word!
**we shall ovcercome, we shall overcome…**
camels and apples – i just don’t know how to respond to that
Camels and apples,camel swag camel in Vegas Bossip u never fail to make me laugh – that’s some funny *****……
For those of you questioning this move by Jay, check out a headline from today’s paper…basically this was a very SMART move for Jay…digital is the wave of the future:
Wall Street Journal – 8 hours ago
AP LOS ANGELES — US album sales plunged 15% last year from 2006, as the recording industry marked another weak year of sales despite a 45% surge in the sale of digital tracks.
http://WWW.MY*****E.COM/BANGERZNMASH
…jay-z iS AN OLD *****SSSSSSSS FREEMASON
BEYONCE NEEDS TO DUMP HIS OLE’ SATONIC WORSHIPPING BLACK DEVIL!!!!
…AZZ
Apple is a scam.
Somebody’s always trying to monopolize…it’s the capitalist way of life. SMH. First they want to create the computer. Then they have an accessory that plays the music OFF of your computer. Ok, they can sell you the songs. Now they want to OWN the artists? Sick of it! They’ve already suckered me into 3 iPods (2 of which failed) and the support service is so horrible. But what are our alternatives? Back in the day, there weren’t many and even today, Apple controls the market and makes it hard to own anything else.
Thief’s? Greedy Geniuses? You be the judge.
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I predicted that in on of my posts of him concerning his leaving Def Jam.
I know a power move when I see one.
Apple is a greedy genius monopoly.!
Sounds about right andie.
Now lets speculate on a name………………..
I’ve been gone for a few days, Tru Diva what the hell happened the Odot?! BMama?!
wtf??
BOSSIP GET IT RIGHT! JAY HAD THIS IN THE MAKINGS FOR A MINUTE…THAT IS WHY HE SO WILLINGLY ROLLED OUT…YES, ROLLED OUT OF DEF JAM WHEN HIS CONTRACT WAS COMPLETE! HE WASN’T TRIPPIN! HE HAS BIGGER AND BETTER TO DO. OWN LABLE WITH APPLE…THATS REAL BIG! INTERNET IS WHATS NOW AND THE FUTURE, U SEE HOW RECORD SALES ARE CRAP. THAT IS WHY ALL THE ARTIST ARE WHINNING AND STARVING. DEF JAM WAS THE DOWN FALL OF DEF JAM…BY NOT DISTRIBUTING THE MONEY CORRECTLY. IT ISN’T A JAY-Z THING , IT IS BIGGER THAN HIM. ALSO THE NERVE OF “ANDIE TO SAY (GREEDY GENIUSE)…I DON’T RECALL ANYONE WHITE SAYING BILL GATES WAS GREEDY WHEN HE PUSHED TO BE A BILLIONAIRE! GET THE ***** OUT OF HERE!BIG PROPS TO JIGGA! DO U BOO! MAKE THOSE MAJOR MOVES AND BUILD YOUR EMPIRE!!!!!!!
you gotta respect his game!! Jay and Bey doing the damn thang!!!! and i couldnt leave without saying his kicks are hoTT!!
Jay is a brillant business man! Future is bright for Jay and wifey!
@ Mahogany–
Don’t worry, O Dot’s back! He was banned for a minute along with Lacyd but they’re back now. Lol!!!
The fact that Jay-z is in my Marketing text book confirms that he is The MAN
Jay is about his paper. He turns lemons into poundcake. Gotta respect that!