Lil’ Wayne To Release Tha Carter IV Digitally After VMA Performance

B-Easy August 22, 2011 15

Even if you hated my review of Jay-Z & Kanye West’s Watch The Throne, you can at least agree with my point that it’s method of release may be the blueprint on future album releases. Case in point:

Lil Wayne is hoping his performance on the MTV Video Music Awards will be so good, fans will rush out and get his new album: The rapper is making it digitally available at midnight after Sunday’s show.

“Tha Carter IV” will be available on iTunes, Amazon.com and other digital outlets. The physical album will hit stores Aug. 29.

Lil Wayne says he’s making history.

“I am extremely excited to be the first artist to utilize such an amazing idea. I hope that I can open the door for others,” he said in a statement Monday.

The strategy is similar to that used by Jay-Z and Kanye West for their best-selling “Watch the Throne” collaboration, which was available exclusively on iTunes for several days before hitting physical retailers. It debuted at the top of the charts last week.

Lil Wayne is up for two VMA awards. The show is scheduled to air live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

Am I the only that finds it funny that Weezy acts like Watch The Throne  didn’t open the doors for him to do this? Either way, Tha Carter IV will be available this upcoming Sunday.

Source: Washington Post

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  • DJ LP

    Oh look at that looks like Jay-Z and Kanye started a trend…who would have known??

  • P-Body

    Didn’t Lil Wayne released his EP digitally last year???? So Jay & Kanye followed him

    • http://www.nappyafro.com B-Easy

      No, that album was suppose to be digital only at first. Then he changed his mind.

      • http://www.nappyafro.com DuB

        Actually Wayne released I’m Not A Human Being digitally a week prior to the physical copy being released

      • P-Body

        Co-sign with Dub… B you give Jay & Ye too much credit man. They followed Wayne blueprint on this one

        • http://www.nappyafro.com DuB

          No I agree with B. I think WAYNE IS RELEASING THIS THIS WAY BECAUSE OF WHAT WTT THRONE DID. the EP was just released in physical formatt because fans wanted it. I think he is releasing C4 like this to avoid leaks (I’m surprised it hasn’t leaked yet).

          • P-Body

            Yeah I’m surprised too. I don’t know what they are doing to avoid leaks but I’m pretty sure a lot of artist are going to find a way to avoid leaks. As long as people putting out really good quality albums I don’t mine shelling out the cash if I truly like the album. I just hope Carter 4 is good man if not I’m pointing fingers at Wayne too. I didn’t like Carter 3 all the way like I wanted to.

          • http://www.nappyafro.com B-Easy
  • Atmosphere

    You can avoid leaks by recording at a personal studio and not a public one you have to pay to use where people can take your music and leak it at will.

    • http://www.nappyafro.com B-Easy

      Not having 100 dudes in the studio helps too.

  • bigt915

    C3 started leaking about 3 weeks early. C4 comes out in like 5 days and we have nothing? I think artists have finally beat the system.

    • P-Body

      You’re possibly right

    • http://www.nappyafro.com DuB

      Only the artist with that kind of money. The majority of rappers will leak

      • Orenthal James SImpson

        Well Wayne did pretty good for a leak to only happen less than a week before his release.

        The album don’t sound too bad though (especially with Andre 3000 popping up out of nowhere)

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