Some play checkers, others play chess: the latest news on the independent artist circuit is Curren$y Releasing “Pilot Talk 3” as 100 Dollar USB Drive Bundle!!! So what exactly’s the deal and what comes in the bundle???
Not long ago we got the “Pilot Talk 3” cover art and a single collaboration with Joey Fatts on “Same Sh*t.” Now there’s a plot twist in the game as Curren$y Releasing “Pilot Talk 3” as 100 Dollar USB Drive Bundle–the strategy tho!
Say what you want about the increasingly creative ways artists are going about distributing their music, but as Curren$y Releasing “Pilot Talk 3” as 100 Dollar USB Drive Bundle remember last year the groundbreaking deal by Nipsey Hussle to sell copies of his Mailbox Money mixtape(!) for $1,000 each with specially-undisclosed extras, following his sale of 1,000 copies of the Crenshaw mixtape the year before at $100 each. Well…ya boy Nipsey sold 1,000 of the Crenshaw set and at least 60 of Mailbox Money, officially making more on independently released projects than most people do in a legit year before taxes (SMH)…but back to the topic.
Pushing the ceiling even further for independent artists is Curren$y Releasing “Pilot Talk 3” as 100 Dollar USB Drive Bundle, announcing via Facebook that only pre-orders will be available via his Jet Life website. The Source reports the album will only* be on USB, but of course will come with extras:
“The album, which will come bundled with a Jet Life shirt and Pilot Talk 3 look book, will come pre-loaded on a USB drive along with videos from the album. While the album will be a USB-only affair, Curren$y hinted about offering a streaming of the record online around the time of release on Twitter…”
We’re definitely in a new era of the independent artist–the campaign of #Proud2Pay has definitely taken on new life and shifted power not only back to artists but the expectation of quality and detail in projects. Will you be one of those passing your Benjamin for “Pilot Talk 3” tho???
Check the vid and the gallery up top for the light tweet action!
