celeb news 'Cowboy Carter' CDs and vinyls are missing tracks, fans asking for refunds

[Kayseri Mantisi]

because BEYINCÉ is just as good as COWBOY CARTER so she couldn't cancel 

[alexrex]

Because she learned from Taylor Swift. Scamming your fans is the way to become a billionaire 

[Burn]

Because she cares about the environment and would rather use the already pressed early editions of the album than to send them to landfill. Love my eco friendly fave.

 

[Shigo]

I wonder if someone will sue ha for this??

 

 

[Riot]

Because we all think that our faves are some kind of artistic visionaries but at the end of the day they're all about the "charts and not the arts"

[NEX]

The one outcome that anyone should care about is that is we got several excellent songs on streaming for free in addition to a full long album of 20+ songs on physicals. Had she cared about people whining about her "scamming" them, we wouldn't have gotten those extra songs. 

[byzantium]

Selling something that people voluntarily want to buy isn't a scam though…
 

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It's just capitalism

 

[Attitude]

She should've labeled this the standard and released a "deluxe" later with the full track list. 

[swissman]

What is unfinished about them?

She simply added more songs to the streaming release once these were already pressed. There's no scam. No fan bought anything that they didn't know was final sale and the only time one could possibly argue that what was advertised was not what was promised is the 1.5 days when the tracklist was released prior to the album launch, a time when non of the Hive could figure out what it meant anyway.

 

If you bought an album with no cover and no tracklist and then are mad at the cover and tracklist, that's on you. That's not a scam.

[Joaco95]

probably all the songs couldn't fit the vinyl so she decided to go with the same number of songs for the cd idk

[swissman]

13 minutes ago, Riot said:

Because we all think that our faves are some kind of artistic visionaries but at the end of the day they're all about the "charts and not the arts"

What about this represents caring for the chart more than the art?

 

If the vinyls had those extra songs on it, would it have sold less?

The only plausible thing she seems to care about here is lost money in re-pressing all those vinyls and CDs after she decided she would add more songs to the streaming release, and frankly I'm glad of that. All that waste just to have everything line up would have been stupid. The other option would have been to re-do everything and sell both versions, in which case that would be more of a "charts not arts" thing.

 

 

Edited April 5 by swissman

[Roger21]

Fraudulent 

[Triton]

The real crime is Ya Ya missing the rest meh but at least she blessed us with that song so all is forgiven. 

[Blanket]

Didn't Nicki new album vinyl miss like 13 tracks…

[swissman]

22 minutes ago, Allopatry said:

probably because she thought she had something finalized, but ended up changing it again and didn't want to dispose of the original pressings. she should of called a collectors edition and indicated that it was different than the final product.

Well it was called a "Limited Edition" which is basically the same as a collector's edition. It denotes that there's something different about it be it cover, colour, tracklist, format, etc. I agree it could have quelled people's (imo over-dramatic) anger to be more specific about what it was...like "SPECIAL COWBOY CARTER ORIGINAL VERSION COLLECTOR'S EDITION" but...she didn't. And it still makes sense imo.

[KingWitch]

Her fans don't know any better, they believe everything she tells them and defend all her fables. If she tells them this is how the limited edition was going to be, they believe it, poor things

[ImpressMeMuch]

You really are over a week late in posting this and didn't think to search for a thread huh

[Blumoon]

This was done deceitfully.  The purpose was to sell off the vinyls even though they changed the tracklist.  Thats why there was no transparency. Thats ******* gross.

[Blumoon]

22 minutes ago, byzantium said:

Selling something that people voluntarily want to buy isn't a scam though…
 

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It's just capitalism

 

They wanted the full album and a bonus track.  Selling something not as advertised is a scam.

[Blumoon]

33 minutes ago, Burn said:

Because she cares about the environment and would rather use the already pressed early editions of the album than to send them to landfill. Love my eco friendly fave.

 

She couldve used them as giveaways or accurately labeled them and still sold them.

[Aaron]

The whole thing is just really annoying and throws off her perfectionist vibe. I wouldn't care as much if the missing songs didn't make up one of the best sections on the album. 

Edited April 5 by Aaron

[Allopatry]

21 minutes ago, swissman said:

Well it was called a "Limited Edition" which is basically the same as a collector's edition. It denotes that there's something different about it be it cover, colour, tracklist, format, etc. I agree it could have quelled people's (imo over-dramatic) anger to be more specific about what it was...like "SPECIAL COWBOY CARTER ORIGINAL VERSION COLLECTOR'S EDITION" but...she didn't. And it still makes sense imo.

 

she indicated that it was an alternate cover, vinyl color, and backing. even if she didn't call it anything different, but she could of said that it contained an alternate tracklist (which would of help tide the discourse around it). 

Edited April 5 by Allopatry

[swissman]

I just can't bring myself to think that getting a unique, original version of the album that comes with additional vocals and other elements (despite lacking 5 of the songs on the standard release) is some sort of affront as a fan or music buyer. Did we get something not quite how we expected it (despite not being promised anything in particular, either way)? Yes. But if we were tricked into getting something more special and unique than the same album wth a different cover, I'm not mad AT ALL. Call me delusional or whatever, but I don't see this as a minus. It's a clear bonus. Anyone who owns this now owns a piece of history that will surely only grow in worth over the years. It's much like owning the first edition of a famous novel, it's worth much more than a second edition, even if the second has added text.

 

Now, for those out there who ONLY listen via physical formats, I get the aggravation because all the songs are great so one would want to be able to hear them. But if your only option to hear the music is to BUY IT PHYSICALLY, were you tricked? If you claim you wouldn't have bought the record had you known...this means you'd still not have listened to the album yet. And wasn't hearing the album ASAP (even if it's slightly shorter) the exact reason you would have bought a pre-order?

 

 

Edited April 5 by swissman

[swissman]

1 minute ago, Allopatry said:

 

she indicated that it was an alternate cover, vinyl color, and backing. she didn't have to call it anything different, but she could of said that it contained an alternate tracklist (which would of help tide the discourse around it). 

that's true.

[Heldenzeit]

because - as many others - she's a fraud