{"id":199293,"date":"2021-03-10T22:15:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T19:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/g-eazys-team-allegedly-fielded-stream-manipulation-talks-to-boost-2019-release\/"},"modified":"2021-03-10T22:15:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T19:15:15","slug":"g-eazys-team-allegedly-fielded-stream-manipulation-talks-to-boost-2019-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/g-eazys-team-allegedly-fielded-stream-manipulation-talks-to-boost-2019-release\/","title":{"rendered":"#G-Eazy&#039;s Team Allegedly Fielded \u2018Stream Manipulation&#039; Talks To Boost 2019 Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#G-Eazy&#039;s Team Allegedly Fielded \u2018Stream Manipulation&#039; Talks To Boost 2019 Release<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image large\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2021\/03\/2021-3-10-g-eazy-1200x675.jpg\" alt=\"G-Eazy's Team Allegedly Fielded \u2018Stream Manipulation' Talks To Boost 2019 Release\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\">\n<span>Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for dcp<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy  js-entry-text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nAccording to a new <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/digital-marketing-streaming-manipulation-1138529\/\">Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em> expos\u00e9 on an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CLpmad7gF-O\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\">A post shared by G-Eazy (@g_eazy)<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want this to be big,\u201d one member of G-\u2019s team reportedly said on the call \u2013 which included Blueprint Group CEOs Gee Roberson and Jean Nelson, their head of digital strategy Bryan Calhoun and their chief marketing officer, Al Branch. There was no direct indication that the Bay Area rapper or his label home RCA knew about the call, however. His rep and RCA\u2019s parent company, Sony, declined to comment for the article.<\/p>\n<p>Mack reportedly told them that his \u201cnetwork\u201d can generate \u201c200 million streams a month\u201d for around $30-$50k a month and that his clientele includes other big name music artists and labels. He also admitted that Spotify had penalized him for the streaming manipulation, but that artists still love his services because, \u201cWe basically cracked the code and understand how to manipulate the system and hit astronomical numbers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The F.C.C. has regulations in place to for radio payola in the United States, but there\u2019s currently not much to regulate streaming manipulation. However, a lot of major streaming services have systems in place in effort to flag and penalize those that engage in the practice \u2013 and Spotify\u2019s spokesperson noted that artists should be aware that this may be happening on their behalf without them knowing. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important for artists and managers to know that some promotional services use stream manipulation methods without informing them, leaving artists to suffer the consequences,\u201d their spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>The call was centered around an EP that G was gearing up to put out, which may have been his October 2019 project, <em>Scary Nights<\/em>. The 8-track effort featured appearances from French Montana, Moneybagg Yo, Gunna, Miguel, The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a> and more, and debuted at No. 27 on the Billboard 200. <\/p>\n<p>Revisit <em>Scary Nights<\/em> below. <\/p>\n<p><iframe allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"450\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:660px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.music.apple.com\/us\/album\/scary-nights\/1483851988\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Marisa Mendez\"><br \/>\nby Marisa Mendez\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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