EXCLUSIVE
UPDATE
The Kanye West album “Vultures” was removed from most digital platforms because of a take down notice from Donna Summer’s estate. It was just restored to iTunes and Spotify but without the song “Good Don’t Die.” (iTunes still has six other tracks they’ve de-listed.)
West says on Instagram that the album has been removed from all digital platforms and it should be ordered on his website. But all about but one song has been reloaded.
Summer’s estate complained that West used a sample of “Love to Love You Baby” without permission on “Good (Don’t Die),” which caused the trouble. Ozzy Osbourne, separately, threatened legal action over a sample of one of his songs.
Unfortunately this had nothing to do with objectionable lyrics. The platforms don’t care about that!
Keep refreshing…
EARLIER Yesterday, Kanye West’s “Vultures,” was number 2 on the iTunes Top 200.
Today, it’s gone.
The album has vanished from all the iTunes charts– singles, albums, rap albums.
Have sales simply stopped? Or has iTunes stopped offering it?
The album is full of vulgarities and features an antisemitic reference that is ugly, hateful, and repellent.
If Apple has decided not to distribute the album, more power to them. It would be incredible if someone in the music business executed some editorial authority. It would be a miracle!
Keep refreshing.
Usually, I add a YouTube link for a song from an album, but I can’t in this case because the material is so objectionable.
Instead, here’s a nice song to cleanse your mind.
