Wasn't 1999 the peak of the price gouging from the record labels? It was like $20-25 for a new album for a ton of the major record labels from what I remember.
I think streaming makes music a “throwaway” product.
I well and fondly remember when a new album of my favorite band came out and I met friends at the music store to listen and buy it from my saved pocket money. And I still habe most of these albums… and I still listen to them… all though they live on my music players hdd permanently
1999 CDs were typically $20 - $30 so it was actually worse. This was what you would pay at a Sam Goody, Camelot Music, FYE etc.
It wasn't until a few years later that CD prices were cheaper. You could go to Wal-Mart and get cheaper prices, but you would be buying censored or edited albums.
I remember the Wal-Mart release of Eminem's second album was missing the entire song of Kim for example, just completely replaced.
I think a lot of people who post about the nineties weren't spending their own money or something, because I remember how pricey music was, and cherished each CD.
I still have some of my CDs from the nineties.
For sure, Spotify is convenient but you own nothing and you locked with a subscription. Also, you listen what they propose. What happens if your favorite band become removed from their library?
I still buy few albums and keep my library of audio files. (And I get some album for free using the same methods we used back in the days 😏)
Listening stations were LIFE!!!
Diskman? When I was young I had this one, copying the music from the Radio and from my vinilos on the turnable.. Much later an cassette player in a Ghetto Blaster.
Buys album
The only CDs I bought back in the day were by the band "Traxdata". They had a lot of hits.
I was buying vinyl in '99 and still buying vinyl today.
Oh no! A band made some money!
FUCK SPOTIFY.
Its 1999: WinMX
The first Tony Yayo album comes to mind. Or wait, was that Young Buck? Some lackluster G-Unit member going solo, at least
$10? What a deal
1.29 a song bb
