The-Dream Parts Ways With Capitol Records and Announces Album Delay
The-Dream's relationship with Capitol Records has been short lived as it was recently been reported the Atlanta musician/songwriter/producer has split with the label. He recently took to Instagram to relay the news to fans and also revealed because of the split, the release of his album Crown Jewel will be pushed back.
Check out the lengthy explanation, below.
"Out of Respect for Steve Barnett I will not point any blame at Capitol records although I am reserved in my feeling about certain things. A 3 month long negotiation has ended and I am no longer being distributed by Capitol Records. My team tho in spite worked hard to retrieve masters in time to put them back up directly from Contra Paris , what happened; Because of the time the date has been pushed back as it took till yesterday to Get masters Back in order to have to even Put out at a Later Date. This is business so even though personally I am responsible for my music , the other parts sometimes you can't control and when something's not right I'd rather have the Time to make it the best vs just throwing things out. The album as you see was completely done April 21st and fortunately I own them , however when you take a product back and then want to distribute yourself after Codes are in systems at various Outlets, Tidal,iTunes exit. It has to be recoded and unfortunately the date changes based on all proceeds coming direct to Contra Paris rather than being split between a Major. Basically even tho I have the record I could not put it up either. Doesn't change the fact that I have a lot of music and would love for it to be out but Things happen when you are fighting for what's right, we all will get over. Legally that's all I can say , 'wink like a motherfucker.'"
This split should come as no surprise to some. The award winning song-writer recently made the news for his comments on record labels and how he feels they take advantage of artists. He even compared it to slavery.
“When the Atlanta Braves were owned by Ted Turner, he was very passionate and did whatever it took to do something good–and eventually he made money,” said The-Dream. “Labels used to be the same way. Now they’re corporations, and it’s only about their stock. For me, that’s where the evil started…artists are treated like slaves. We have terrible contracts, we have streaming services that pay one-tenth of a cent per play, we have no laws to protect us.”
Hopefully, Nash will be able to get his tunes out to the masses soon.
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