Oblivion with Bells

[dubman]

Originally Posted by stauff

5.Ring Road
Middle-eastern hip-hop beat with Karl doing a "The Streets" style rap makes this quite a novelty.

this is either going to be trim pt. 2 or fucking amazing.
either way that's... different.

[BeautifulBurnout]

Originally Posted by dubman

this is either going to be trim pt. 2 or fucking amazing.
either way that's... different.

Me´s thinking some rai influence would be damn good.

[testudo]

when can we expect small song samples of the album?

[BrotherLovesDub]

if someone in japan has a copy for review, which they obv. do, the full LP should be leaking online very soon.

note to artists who do not want their LP leaked: do not send review copies to journalists. if you must, set up listening parties or create a login/password protected mini site for journalists to stream the songs. sending out promos is asking for your music to be leaked. please do not cry when your desire for press leads to your LP being distributed online before it's released. there are other ways of getting publicity for your music.

uw seem like they're well aware of the pros/cons of the internet so hopefully they'll be smart with review copies and not send any out.

[holden]

Originally Posted by BrotherLovesDub

if someone in japan has a copy for review, which they obv. do, the full LP should be leaking online very soon.

note to artists who do not want their LP leaked: do not send review copies to journalists. if you must, set up listening parties or create a login/password protected mini site for journalists to stream the songs. sending out promos is asking for your music to be leaked. please do not cry when your desire for press leads to your LP being distributed online before it's released. there are other ways of getting publicity for your music.

uw seem like they're well aware of the pros/cons of the internet so hopefully they'll be smart with review copies and not send any out.

Agreed. Small samples = nice. Leaked album = not so nice.
Ruins the anticipation and excitement of release day for me, when i'm hearing things about a record weeks before it appears.

[Dirty0900]

AHDO was leaked at least two months before the release date, and i bought one off the nice promos around the same time of the leak to.

[grady]

If I recall correctly, AHDO was leaked around the last week of June as I was finishing up a final paper and checking some newsgroups when I spotted it. The final I was writing was a bit late, but I had been given an extension.

Despite downloading the leak, I still purchased the album proper in September 02 and also purchased one of the promos that came in the DVD case.

[//\/\/]

october? if we were having a summer i'd be wanting it over already...!

[Future Proof]

Originally Posted by grady

If I recall correctly, AHDO was leaked around the last week of June as I was finishing up a final paper and checking some newsgroups when I spotted it. The final I was writing was a bit late, but I had been given an extension.

Despite downloading the leak, I still purchased the album proper in September 02 and also purchased one of the promos that came in the DVD case.

LOL... god, I remember the frenzy surrounding the leak. The vibe here was very "If you download this record then you support the turrrrists" kinda thing. In the end, I wonder if any regular here actually did not buy the album?

Basically, what I'm saying is that if OWB leaks, you bet your ass I'm dl'ing it. And then buying at least one copy on release day if not more. It's just how these things work. And I encourage people to not get more emotionally involved than is necessary if it does leak. I'd consider it a reasonable notion to believe that people that would pirate the leak and not buy the album also would pirate it post-release and not buy the album.

Thanks for the leaked tracklisting guys, now I wanna hear snippets you bastards!

[Jan]

Originally Posted by holden

Agreed. Small samples = nice. Leaked album = not so nice.
Ruins the anticipation and excitement of release day for me, when i'm hearing things about a record weeks before it appears.

If it leaks (and I hope it'll not), we should have spoiler warnings/tags here.