If you are a fan of either:
A) Murs
B) 9th Wonder
C) Albums containing the words "Sweet" and "Lord"
D) Free Stuff
E) Any combination of the above
You will surly be pumped about the following: Murs is teaming up with 9th Wonder to create Sweet Lord. It is going to be made available before the release of Murs For President, which is the album he is hoping to make bank on.
Music is no longer about the artists, it's about the fans. This is the best way to describe the direction the music industry is going. Lil Wayne released 542,637 free mixtapes in 2007 before releasing a studio album this year. The result? Over 1,000,000 units sold in the first week (and yes, I decided to use the number instead of spelling it so that you could see how many zeroes were involved). The lsit of other artists that have realized the importance of free music is substantial: Radiohead, Wilco (not that I care), Nine Inch Nails (see Wilco), Prince, Wale, Weezy, Gemstones, Rhymefeat (I don't know if you downloaded the Man in the Mirror mixtape, but you should), William Hung (he better not be charging), and even this guy. Who is he? I have no idea, but he clearly gets the music industry.
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