GOOD Music (stylized as G.O.O.D. The first is this one from LinkedIn. Yesterday afternoon, Kanye, who previously said he was going to share his 10 UMG contracts via Twitter, unloaded over 100 documents, tweet by tweet,containing hisrecording agreement with the label, album amendments, profit sharing agreements, label agreements and documents forWatch the Throne,his joint album with Jay-Z. Ross Guberman [00:00:00] You look at these agreements, though, from Kanye, thats not just the CDC references that are archaic, the language looks like something you might find, you know, 50, 100 years ago. The label additionally had the right to release one Greatest Hits album. Its not always clear whats what. We were broke college kids right after the recession. Were were coloring pictures for you so you understand whats happening here? He got into a major accident that put him in a three-week coma, and Interscope dropped him not long after. Ross Guberman [00:16:40] Yeah, you really hit the nail on the head. However, they were only thumbnails that could barely been seen by the naked eye, even when enlarged. Ross Guberman [00:05:55] Yeah, I mean, its obviously a common plea, not just from Kanye West, but from all sorts of, you know, business executives to theres been sort of push and pull over the decades that people have been complaining about contract language for longer than either of us has been alive, of course. And then what happens is, as you can see from his other related tweets, the sense is not just, well, I dont understand the contract. 1-year deal. Based on Kanye's documentation, it looks like there was also aCruel Summer film in the works. Another example is General Electric. Roc-A-Fella was to approve any "recording elements,"which are listed as: selection of individual producer(s), selection of compositions to be recorded, specification of accompaniment, arrangement and copying services, selection of dates of recording and studios where recording is to take place. Russ and I are going to do a pretty fun and weird thing today. Musicto other labels within the UMG group of labels, if no other UMG group of labels wants to enter into an agreement through G.O.O.D. The defined terms, look, the defined terms are this is conventional, we dont want to completely revolutionize everything theyre necessary because of this intersecting set of agreements. Kanye West Posts Over 100 Pages of His Record Label Contracts, Tweet by Tweet Tyler Sharp Published: September 16, 2020 David Crotty / Patrick McMullan, Getty Images Kanye West made. For Kanye, his 15% royalty rate on wholesale for each sneaker sold has netted him roughly $150 million pre-tax annually. In this episode of the Contract Teardown show, guest Diana Isyanova shares three possible approaches. Some of the phrases are unnecessarily complicated. Like youre youre still youve got a complicated sentence with clauses. And so Kanye is at this point where hes like, dude, I got to have some other ways to make money. I think this is also, frankly, probably closer to what somebody like Kanye West could demand. The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time Right. We get used to these things and then sometimes, theres a wakeup call.. Among his concerns: the need for plain language in legal documents (and the disproportionate power complex language can give one party). I hope youre enjoying this episode of the contract tear down show. But there theres a lot you can do there, as the GE example has shown. Island Def JamMusic Group also agreed to give Kanye the rights, title and interest in all of the masters for his sixth and seventh album, but only after the reversion datethe last day of the semi-annual accounting periodwhich is 20 years after the initial release of the seventh album. Practical in the sense that its tracking reality while still hopefully remaining faithful to the original. Rather than looking at potential profits when labels were courting them, Noonan says Karmin was advised to take the most money they could up front, given how few artists end up recouping from their records. Almost ALL new deals now are based on ALL songs going to a store or app. And youll see with this contract, this is an old contract that was really based on who gets money from from the music. Next came what he calls the music industrys biggest flop his only Interscope album, The X Factor. The outspoken music artist - who considered running. Cruel Summer/Hawaii costs shall befully cross-collateralized with Kanye's main royalties account. And thats, you know, damaging conclusion from many perspectives. Its a fine line to walk: simplifying without completely changing the meaning of the terms. I want you to do me a quick favor. Right. The partnership was a nightmare for both Negrito and the label, he says. So so as I play this in the background, tell me about some of the phrases that youre seeing in this that are just driving you nuts. Kanye West, seen in 2019, has lost business deals in light of his recent antisemitic remarks. For his initial contract period, Yeezy received 8percent of all singles and long-play singles,14 percent of the royalty base with respect to master recordings during initial contract period,14 percent of sales of an album in excess of 500,000 units and15 percent of sales of an album in excess of 1 million units. Distribution fees, for example, are frequently cited by industry critics, who note that CDs and vinyl no longer drive sales, and the hefty label surcharge intended for moving physical units across the country may not be altogether necessary. Theres no more independent plants, no more putting all these CDs in a truck and shipping them from store to store across the country, Chris Anokute, founder of entertainment company Young Forever Inc. and a former A&R executive for labels including Capitol and Island Def Jam, tells Rolling Stone. Its all made from events. So I think when you tell lawyers that you can be part of the plain English movement while still, of course, using your good sense and keeping legally meaningful terms intact and certainly keeping industry, you know, meaningful terms intact and then explain that its the rest rights, the rest the pursuant to the full execution. So, yeah, there you go. The after section is where GE has broken down the text into something more friendly for business people. Watch to see how three transactions handled alternative dispute resolution options. Ye (/ j e / YAY; born Kanye Omari West / k n j e / KAHN-yay; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer.. Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West gained recognition as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the early 2000s, producing singles for several artists and developing the "chipmunk soul" sampling style. For the sixth album, Kanye received a $12 million advance. How can you rewrite a contract to be understandable without losing the original intent? Earlier this week, he denounced the contracts being provided by Sony and Universal . If theyre doing this to me with all Ive accomplished through hard work, I can only imagine the kids who dont have big placements/proper guidance, Hit-Boy wrote on Instagram. Ross and I dig into Kanyes request for plain language drafting and whether its even realistic. (Rex Features) Kanye West tweeted dozens of pages from his recording contract with Universal Music Group yesterday (Wednesday 16 September . You can imagine the anxiety the in-house counsel have, right? I AM ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PEOPLE ON THE PLANET AND UNIVERSAL WONT TELL ME WHAT MY MASTERS COST BECAUSE THEY KNOW I CAN AFFORD THEM BLACK MASTERS MATTER.". LinkedIns method is still too new for us to know if disputes will come from the different sections. Theyre not to be I mean, this is classic, completely unnecessary, archaic language you see in a lot of commercial agreements. He says the industry must holistically evaluate how to improve for any major changes to shift. Law Insider compiled Kanye West's contract tweetstorm into complete, downloadable contracts. Maybe its about time I do that.. Im Mike Whelen. If you look at these agreements, though, from Kanye, that thats not just the CD references that are archaic. Kanye Wests Record Deal Is Standard. Then you, Kanye, get your money. Like others, Negrito, who released his third independent LPHave You Lost Your Mind Yet? September 18, 2020. Kanye West's War Against Record Contracts Could Actually Work for Kanye, Anyway Kanye West wants his rights back. Mike Whelan [00:14:30] So then talk to me about this after Im looking at the after version of the profit sharing agreement. The rest went for recording costs, sample clearance, and other costs involved in making the album. And theyre advised accordingly by an attorney at law whos telling them to sign this contract, and they say this contract is standard. I will never work for a major record label again, Anokute says. In order to maintain the original intent, some legal jargon and industry terms must remain intact. Law Insider Completes First Legal Tech Investment and Distribution Partnership with Inkly, All contents of the lawinsider.com excluding publicly sourced documents are Copyright 2013-. I guess my question is, could Kanye read this, do you think? Lets rewrite the deals to be understandable from first rate. Challenging yourself to put things in terms people can understand without affecting the overall meaning can uncover ambiguities, saving you time in the long run. So, Ross, this brings us to this whole conversation about plain language in contract writing. There are no reviews yet. Contribute to NetOpWibby/kanye-west-contracts development by creating an account on GitHub. W aiting for a Kanye West album can be an excruciating, interminable experience. Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Kanye West has been sued for breach of contract in Florida for allegedly failing to pay for a rental space he wanted to use as a recording studio. Its its unfortunately the the words and phrases that are operative to. So, Ross, were going to tear down the contracts that Kanye shared. During his rant, Kanye declared that he would move the entire music industry into the 21st century, and he means to do this using clear and discernable language. Kanye West Tweets About His '10' Recording Contracts: 'I Need Every Lawyer in the World to Look at These' In his latest string of tweets about his recording deals Wednesday (Sept. 16),. Youve been dealing with this for a while. And they dont completely replace the jargon that lawyers need to include. Some are asking what took so long. Ross Guberman [00:07:15] So youre looking at a movement that started when those Capitol Hill hearings, but the tech companies were in the news. He is no longer signed to Def Jam, his longtime record company; his contract expired with his 2021 album, "Donda." And Ye . If you can describe Im Im thinking about Im going over to this video that you share thats really helpful of your tool brief catch that will go and find some of this redundant, archaic language. $26.59 New. The equity is the Artists. Now we know where the funds will come from, so its its. Youve got defined terms of art in there. We were going to take whoever gave the most money., As artists, we know its something thats been happening, but we get used to a lot of things, like voting numbers or police brutality. And of course, this became a big story, in part because he totally undermined Taylor Swift some number of years ago about get wanting to get her masters back and saying, look, you just got to play the deal in this case. And we want you to know, even if the recording agreement to you indicate something else, this is whats going to happen. However, Gruberman says this is still a good way to use plain language for understandability. This is a tool that is available to anyone looking to implement plain language into their contracts. Everybody go get it. ET. So come join us right now. This is subject to G.O.O.D. From that money, $4 million was allocated to recording costs. Kanye West had already been burning bridges in the music industry. Mike Whelan [00:03:50] I realized after I got dressed to have our conversation that Im wearing the shirt that apparently everyone in D.C. wears. Well, Im looking at the after and, you know, its shorter which which tells me something about the the utility of cutting these bits of archaic language. Ye said of the images: "This is what me Kanye West deal looks like . And theyre advised accordingly by an attorney at law whos telling them to sign this contract, and they say this contract is standard. Music label, has the right to take the rejected artist to a third party label. Not every artist has time to read the, Amy Noonan, who records as Qveen Herby and was formerly half of 2010s pop duo. Im seeing a lot of these highlights. Who made this up so that record companies get 70 percent of the money? Right. Now, with a click of a finger, your music goes wide to 7 billion people if you want it to. Musician Kanye West changed all that when he went to Twitter to complain about his many contracts with the recording industry. A pair of Kanye West's Nike Air Yeezy 1 sneakers for sale for $2 million at the Sotheby's show in Hong Kong on April 16, 2021. Right. Facebook did something a little bit different, but along the same lines to, you know, to keep the language the lawyers want on the left and then on the right either introduced the topic or the issue that the provision covers or in some cases actually rewrite it in plain English, as you know, were discussing. Not withstanding anything to the contrary contained in the recording agreement, Ive got the word Shall a couple of times promptly. Kanye West signed his co-publishing contract with music publisher EMIwho is now owned by Sony/ATVin 2003, before the completion and release of his 2004 debut album, The College Dropout. And examples of a couple of companies tackling the issue. So if Im a lawyer and Im negotiating with another side and youre very practical about these things, like although the plain language movement is nice, in theory, youve got to negotiate with somebody else who might like that archaic language. Ross Guberman [00:01:18] If it works, right? Other brands and companies that cut ties to West . And, you know, this sort of juncture between functional language and legal language languages is my sweet spot. Mike Whelan [00:17:41] an interpretive sca band and Im going to have to look for the domain name. One way to begin is by bracketing off phrases or words that you know have a substantive value. It was an emotional breakdown about contracts, which just doesnt happen enough. Youll get access to more content like this. Well make sure you get a deal as well. If youre with a major you have invested your songs as shares in their power to get equity and deals. Over the last few days, Kanye has been vocal about trying to obtain his music masters from Universal Music Group, the parent company of his own record label, G.O.O.D. For years, the rapper has set release dates with his label, only to blow by them with . Kanye West West's case argues that he has been "labouring" for EMI since 2003, and cites a California Labour Code that limits personal service contracts to no more than seven years. Portals. I wrote a book. call Wests deal standard for an artist at his level. Law Insider, in partnership with Laura Frederick and How to Contract, is hosting ContractsCon 2023, a live training and networking event focused on practical contract drafting and negotiating skills for in-house counsel and contracts professionals. When youre awake to this, you cant be the perpetrator anymore.. Moments later, Kanye shared screenshots of five files. 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The deal. Oct. 25, 2022 Updated 11:22 a.m. Equity & Blanket Licenses are the majority of future new income. He created the first-of-its-kind editing plug-in BriefCatch. You take expenses out and then people are sharing whats left. West also made his feelings towards the label clear in 2020, when he tweeted images of his record contract, noting he felt he was treated unfairly. Why is a shift to plain language important? They have before and after sections. These are the documents that were talking about. So notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Shall problem, you know, using Shal for both obligations and future events, words that seem familiar, like promptly that have a legal layer causes. Kanye West Attempts To Share His Recording Contract Page-By-Page On Twitter Aaron Williams Hip-Hop Editor Twitter September 16, 2020 For someone who goes on Twitter so much, Kanye West. [ 00:01:18 ] if it works, right mean, this sort of juncture between functional language legal! 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