Are Kanye West & Young Thug Working On A New Music Video?

Are Kanye West & Young Thug getting ready to release some sort of new music video? It sure looks that way.

On Wednesday afternoon, a clip surfaced online of the two superstars looking at some clothes in a dressing room, presumably for some sort of visual shoot. It’s unclear what their shooting, as the two previously linked up in Iceland to shoot their Life Of Pablo collab “Highlights" back in July.

Some people believe the visual could be in support of Thugger’s upcoming album, which is due out later in the year, while others think Kanye could be making a cameo in Thugger’s Jeffrey cut “Kanye West.” Either way, it looks like the two are shooting something together today.

Peep the very brief clip (below) and let us know what you think.

Kanye West & @youngthug got a video otw... What could it be though? 🤔🐍😍 pic.twitter.com/9rinM85aPz

— vince: Nets Updates⛷ (@vince_barter) November 2, 2016

Speazie: The Music App That All Music Lovers In Nigeria Are Talking About

Some sort of music making revolution is brewing, and one App seems to be at the center of the movement. Not too long ago it would have been impossible to make quality music with other artists remotely, but that code appears to have been cracked. 

The revolution has just begun. It’s called Speazie and it’s as easy as it sounds. A start-up technology that would revolutionize the music industry. It is set the break into Nigeria; the largest African music market.

Speazie is a mobile music recording App and collaboration platform that fits right in your pocket. Whether you're a vocalist, a producer, or a mix of both, Speazie allows users to create new songs through collaboration and helps artists take your tracks to the next level.

Seven out of the ten richest musicians in Africa are Nigerian. Nigerian music is the fastest growing sector of entertainment, social and cultural industry, it is teeming with talent waiting to be discovered and money waiting to be made. Speazie will connect the ends in the easiest technological and social means possible, making music creation, discovery, collaboration, and sharing available at everyone’s fingertips.

With Speazie, aspiring Nigerian artists or any music lover, can collaborate with users from all over the world, including their favorite celebrities. The App already boasts celebrity signups, including Reggae Sensation Gyptian, UK-based electronic artist LZ7, and many others. Speazie users can find beats they like posted by others or upload their own, record vocals, and even make music videos right from their mobile devices.

With built-in audio presets, Speazie has made it extremely easy for users to get a studio sounding finish to their tracks, even for those with limited or no studio experience. Users can apply audio and video filters and mix down tracks in just a few clicks, dubbing the App as the “Instagram of music.”

Speazie helps talent and stars gain followers on all their social platforms. Users can link all their other social accounts to their profile so others can find them everywhere. They can also share their beats, tracks, and videos to their social accounts right from App, helping artists gain the reach they need both inside and outside of Speazie.

And it’s not just for musicians. Every week Speazie features thousands of new songs, made on mobile, sounding professional and built by people re-discovering the power of music. The constant stream of tracks and videos makes it a vibrant community for non-musicians alike to enjoy content and interact with artists.

The Speazie App is available on both iOS and Android devices.

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Top Digital Music Platforms Nigerian Labels And Managers Must Understand

With the gradual death of revenue from Physical album sales and the continuous consistent growth of content Piracy and theft, labels, Investors, Managers and Artistes are all at the risk of losing revenue which is never enough.

I have come to understand that in the Nigerian Music Industry, most record labels and investors seems to care more about the Artiste “blowing” than any other thing.  In fact, some don’t even care if the funding and resources are being “invested “in a dark hole or the label under which investment is made doesn’t truly exist and it’s all philandering effort if Artistes goes rogue.

Ever heard of a record label investing 50Million naira without a registered company nor a Label-Artiste Agreement? Please professionalize and structure. Learn here!

For those looking to make revenue from Digital music sales or to understand it for budgeting, planning and forecast I will mention platforms friendly to Nigerian Consumers and shed blink light on differences? Click on each to visit site or get their app.

1. SPINLET…Move with it
2. MOODITT…. groove with the best music experience
3. ITUNES/APPLE MUSIC …everything you need to be
4. MTN-MUSIC PLUS…. MTN Biggest online music site
5. MUSIK GENIE…. Sharing love through music
6. CLOUD 9
7. TECNO BOOM PLAYER 
8. MYMUSIC
9. ORIN
10. STAR MUSIC APP
11. DEEZER…. Discover music you’ll love
12. YOUTUBE (Fingerprint focused)
13. CALLER TUNES (mobile network or Self-created)
14. QUICK-TELLER (funny?)
15. KONGA
16. JUMIA

I need you to understand some of the Apps/Platforms are Mobile Network restrictive, streaming based or direct buy (or both), Geo Location friendly, directly inaccessible due to banking requirement, different financial report based system, specific audience focus, hard copies among others.

Any functional and structured label looking at making revenue needs to understand these platforms and how to exploit it. Exploiting here doesn’t necessary mean direct liquidity in most cases. Any artiste manager and/or business manager in this century must understand the possible benefits of digital music platforms.

As an Artiste, it is indeed sad that most times you are expected to be smart but I understand the creative pressure. At the end, creative pressure or not you will only be perceived ignorant at the end of your deal, with the label or manage, if you realize you worked so hard but couldn’t survive with endorsement and performance fund. Stop lying to yourself not everyone will be a Wizkid, Olamide or Phyno.

It is more of your role as an Artiste to ensure that revenue is being milked for you to pay up and make more. You will not be excused for being ignorant. Ensure your label or manager set out their Digital Music Sales plan to your understanding or get someone who you can pay to get it done properly.

Please note that not all these platforms apply to your music brand, don’t just throw millets to the direction of the wind because you want to clean it. As a manager be calculative and strategic.

Should you have your songs on all the platforms?

Should you promote all the platforms’ links?

All links at the same time?

Who are the Targets?

A manager should be able to answer these questions and more from time to time.