Kno Goes Buck On Spotify (Gives Away Back Catalogue)

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 7:29 pm

http://sputnikmusic.com/news.php?newsid=22659

Kno wrote:"It was recently revealed that the CEO of Spotify is worth $307 million dollars -- more money than every artist they feature except 1. In honor of the .005 cents per play we get from Spotify as they trick you out of your weed money under the guise of "supporting artists", it's "Fuck Spotify" week at CunninLynguists.com! Take this week off from streaming CL on Spotify and download any album from http://www.cunninlynguists.com/ at whatever price you choose -- even free! - Kno"

http://cunninlynguists.bandcamp.com/

the dead poet · Post by **the dead poet** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 7:58 pm

saw this earlier....THAT'll TEACH DANIEL EK!

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:19 pm

young god · Post by **young god** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:45 pm

the dead poet wrote:saw this earlier....THAT'll TEACH DANIEL EK!

Way to be cynical. I think if it spreads any more awareness of the fact that Spotify is bullshit and doesn't support artists at all, then it's commendable. Not to be corny, but change has to start somewhere. Of course CL taking their catalog out isn't going to effect Daniel Ek, but I'm sure it has led to other artists and musicians pulling out too. I definitely want to take away BSBD's music off of Spotify now.

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 8:49 pm

Has anyone ever paid for one of his albums in the first place. Rabble rousing for rabble rousing's sake is gay. The chance that this dudes website exposes a couple of people to your music is worth letting successful people be successful without letting the wind of envy blow your skirt up.

Larry2times · Post by **Larry2times** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:07 pm

blastmaster wrote:Has anyone ever paid for one of his albums in the first place. Rabble rousing for rabble rousing's sake is gay. The chance that this dudes website exposes a couple of people to your music is worth letting successful people be successful without letting the wind of envy blow your skirt up.

zombie · Post by **zombie** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:21 pm

wow

the whole catalog?

that's...a pretty ballsy move.

wuk · Post by **wuk** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:37 pm

okay are there any good CL albums? i haven't heard anything by them.

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:51 pm

Some good beats but they exist mainly to bolster the "South" iTunes folders of community college open mic hosts.

Dunnnnleavy · Post by **Dunnnnleavy** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:05 pm

blastmaster wrote:Has anyone ever paid for one of his albums in the first place. Rabble rousing for rabble rousing's sake is gay. The chance that this dudes website exposes a couple of people to your music is worth letting successful people be successful without letting the wind of envy blow your skirt up.

for whatever it's worth, i bought three of their CDs...the first, second, and third...when i was more into them.

i like what young god said.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:11 pm

blastmaster wrote:Some good beats but they exist mainly to bolster the "South" iTunes folders of community college open mic hosts.

Must be a little too different from the southern hip hop you're used to, bruh.

Larry2times · Post by **Larry2times** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:14 pm

ardamus wrote:
blastmaster wrote:Some good beats but they exist mainly to bolster the "South" iTunes folders of community college open mic hosts.
Must be a little too different from the southern hip hop you're used to, bruh.

AKA hip-hop that sounds southern.

Combo7 · Post by **Combo7** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:19 pm

There are a few albums on there that I've never heard. Was going to snatch them up but when the window popped up asking me to name my price I felt like too much of a dick typing in "0" and wound up not downloading anything.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:21 pm

Larry2times wrote:
ardamus wrote:
blastmaster wrote:Some good beats but they exist mainly to bolster the "South" iTunes folders of community college open mic hosts.
Must be a little too different from the southern hip hop you're used to, bruh.
AKA hip-hop that sounds southern.

Well, southern rap/hip-hop that has that "boom bap sound", yeah, sure. Don't think blasty was really a fan of that except for that one dude from SC he was raving about.

the dead poet · Post by **the dead poet** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:43 pm

piece of strange and dirty acres are both pretty dope.

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:17 pm

Larry2times wrote:
ardamus wrote:
blastmaster wrote:Some good beats but they exist mainly to bolster the "South" iTunes folders of community college open mic hosts.
Must be a little too different from the southern hip hop you're used to, bruh.
AKA hip-hop that sounds good.

zombie · Post by **zombie** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 11:55 pm

Combo7 wrote:There are a few albums on there that I've never heard. Was going to snatch them up but when the window popped up asking me to name my price I felt like too much of a dick typing in "0" and wound up not downloading anything.

this mentality is hilarious to me.

backpackers taking things a little too serious these days.

GrimeyHippy · Post by **GrimeyHippy** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:18 am

well, they're no Louis CK

Dids · Post by **Dids** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:21 am

So a guy makes a bunch of music available for free and the default response is knee jerk hate?

Dap · Post by **Dap** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:07 pm

the dead poet wrote:piece of strange and dirty acres are both pretty dope.

this. both albums are full of incredible beats imo. the rapping will not blow you away but it's solid.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 12:33 pm

Dap wrote:
the dead poet wrote:piece of strange and dirty acres are both pretty dope.
this. both albums are full of incredible beats imo. the rapping will not blow you away but it's solid.

sums up how i feel about their stuff, too. never got the crazy hate they've gotten on here. they've transitioned well from when they first came out, IMO.

Dids wrote:So a guy makes a bunch of music available for free and the default response is knee jerk hate?

if it was another group, i don't think the reaction would be as bad.

young god · Post by **young god** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:57 pm

Dids wrote:So a guy makes a bunch of music available for free and the default response is knee jerk hate?

Seriously.

Blast, you're way off the mark here too. Whether you like them or not is irrelevant. CL do pretty well for themselves, and contrary to 90% of the rappers you post about, these guys can do successful full U.S. and European tours. They have a very loyal cult like following.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:13 pm

young god wrote:
Dids wrote:So a guy makes a bunch of music available for free and the default response is knee jerk hate?
Seriously.

Blast, you're way off the mark here too. Whether you like them or not is irrelevant. CL do pretty well for themselves, and contrary to 90% of the rappers you post about, these guys can do successful full U.S. and European tours. They have a very loyal cult like following.

Nom Inf · Post by **Nom Inf** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 3:17 pm

If Kno would have never picked up a microphone(or a computer keyboard) I think dude would've been one of the most respected "underground" producers in recent memory.

These albums are worth a couple bucks off production alone.

Has he ever released instrumental versions?

Stieflkater · Post by **Stieflkater** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:26 pm

THX to CUN

Dirty Acres is a must listen and has more southern style in rhymes and beats compared to the earlier releases.

Combo7 · Post by **Combo7** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:29 pm

zombie wrote:
Combo7 wrote:There are a few albums on there that I've never heard. Was going to snatch them up but when the window popped up asking me to name my price I felt like too much of a dick typing in "0" and wound up not downloading anything.
this mentality is hilarious to me.

backpackers taking things a little too serious these days.

Even though it's being given away it still feels like stealing to me. Maybe it's just the way I was raised.

What's a "backpacker?"

blastmaster · Post by **blastmaster** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:43 pm

young god wrote:
Dids wrote:So a guy makes a bunch of music available for free and the default response is knee jerk hate?
Seriously.

Blast, you're way off the mark here too. Whether you like them or not is irrelevant. CL do pretty well for themselves, and contrary to 90% of the rappers you post about, these guys can do successful full U.S. and European tours. They have a very loyal cult like following.

Oh who cares. This still reeks of silly attention grab.

Captin Planit · Post by **Captin Planit** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:47 pm

If this means there's a lot of music that's about to leave Spotify, I'm gonna be pissed.

young god · Post by **young god** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:11 pm

blastmaster wrote:
young god wrote:
Dids wrote:So a guy makes a bunch of music available for free and the default response is knee jerk hate?
Seriously.

Blast, you're way off the mark here too. Whether you like them or not is irrelevant. CL do pretty well for themselves, and contrary to 90% of the rappers you post about, these guys can do successful full U.S. and European tours. They have a very loyal cult like following.
Oh who cares. This still reeks of silly attention grab.

All he did was tell people he was taking their music off Spotify and his reasons for doing so on Twitter. He didn't email a PR mailer out to blogs or anything. You're reaching.

zombie · Post by **zombie** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:36 pm

blastmaster sounds hella envious/jealous/umad right now.