Im seeing a lot of these highlights. I do a lot of these kind of microlevel edits that people seem to like. The split can be 80/20 in the artists favor. Almost no artists recoup so the system obviously doesnt work, but its tempting. Kanye West had some more thoughts to share about recording contracts in a series of tweets on Sunday (Sept. 20). Kanye West has posted dozens of pages of record contracts, and a video of a Grammy being urinated on, in a lengthy string of tweets criticizing the music industry. Why is a shift to plain language important? (In response, the label played down the conflict: 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, Anokute manages several clients including Curtis Waters, who recently, While Anokute points the barrel primarily at the labels dishing out deals arguing that these deals perpetuate the very inequalities for black artists that the, If you have a kid who knows nothing about law and sees all this money, these contracts are 60 pages long, who the fuck is reading that? Anokute says. Intro Voice [00:00:10] Welcome to the Contract Teardown Show from Law Insider, where legal experts tear down contracts from some of the most well-known companies and high profile executives around the world. Record Companies have to buy into you, not loan you. Its an interesting thing. However, the film has not yet been released. Epic spent a fortune making that Karmin album. Ross Guberman [00:08:11] Yeah, this is a big issue. Rewrite deals to be understandable from FIRST READ. How that how how that would play out. Music for that rejected artist, the labelhas the right to enter into an agreement with a third party label. Ross Guberman [00:09:03] Yeah, exactly. Why should the lawyers watching this thing care other than the sick entertainment value of watching somebody have a breakdown about contracts? A lot of people say they sign a million-dollar deal, but you dont get a check for $1 million, Noonan adds. Miguel Candela / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images file Im going to give people a little bit of background on the Twitter rant about contracts. So, you know, my provision, these are coded blue brief catch picking up on a lot of those. Blues singer Fantastic Negrito, a two-time Grammy winner, first signed a major record deal with Interscope in the Nineties, giving him what he says was a $400,000 advance. Right. The partnership was a nightmare for both Negrito and the label, he says. 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. How do I nudge a contract toward plain language without undermining the agreement? Yeezy, West's sneaker and apparel business with Adidas AG and Gap Inc., is valued at $3.2 billion to $4.7 billion by UBS Group AG, according to a private document reviewed by Bloomberg. Will we be seeing a President Kanye? He ended the spree with, 'Whew that was a lot guys," and then tweeted a video of himself peeing on a Grammy award. 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. The recording fund amounts for Yeezy's third through seventh albums were listed as follows:third album: minimum recording fund $300,000, maxing recording fund $650,000;fourth album: minimum recording fund $325,000, maxing recording fund $700,000;fifth album: minimum recording fund $400,000, maxing recording fund $850,000;sixth album: minimum recording fund $425,000, maxing recording fund $900,000;seventh album: minimum recording fund $450,000, maxing recording fund $950,000. In the process of that latter Twitter. After the advance was recouped, 15 percent of royalties were to be given to both artists. Adidas said on Tuesday that it was cutting ties with Kanye West, ending what may have been the most significant corporate fashion partnership of the rapper and . Is this realistic to even talk about plain language and contract drafting? It shows he got a $3.5 million advance on his. That was pretty awesome. Many young artists dont realize how recoupment works, in which a label fronts the money for artists advances and expenses like recording and marketing, to be paid back to the label through royalties later. He got a $12 million pool of money to make "Yeezus" in 2013. Whats the language that stands out to you as particularly harmful to the understanding of the parties, which is really what a contract is supposed to do, right? This is the same deal your favorite artist signed, this is their label. What do you expect a young, naive artist to do? Report: Kanyes Anti-Semitic Rhetoric Led to Assaults, Vandalism, If you have a kid who knows nothing about law and sees all this money, these contracts are 60 pages long, who the fuck is reading that? longtime A&R exec Chris Anokute, Anokute manages several clients including Curtis Waters, who recently went viral through his TikTok hit Stunnin. While Waters was courted by many major labels,at Anokutes counsel, he signed a shorter-term 60-40 profit-split deal with BMG. Mike Whelan [00:17:34] Yeah, I like the phrase sufficient moneys. Rap superstar Kanye West is leading a revolt against . So you keep those and then you also, of course, in your sector or industry, want to keep those terms of art as well. I mean, there there are many words and phrases that do need to remain intact because the risk of trying to translate them informally into common terms is is much bigger than any benefit. Im Mike Whelen. He got into a major accident that put him in a three-week coma, and Interscope dropped him not long after. He tweeted them so I made PDFs. Having the contract laid out in plain language can lead to fewer problems down the road. For the sixth album, Kanye received a $12 million advance. Whats the best way to get in touch with you to learn these skills? I will not share the image of Kanye West urinating on his Grammy, though. It's unclear if it actually will. Dependents. 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. In 2012, the label released its debut compilation album Cruel Summer.In 2015, Pusha T was appointed the president of the label . The contracts show Kanye received a $2.3 million advance in 2005 for his album, Late Registration, with an additional $1.2 million as a recording budget.For . 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. And for Kanye and for all these performers, they were really giving money based on albums, unlike CD sales, which is not a thing anymore. The you know, the goal is not the same. How can you rewrite a contract to be understandable without losing the original intent? And theyre advised accordingly by an attorney at law whos telling them to sign this contract, and they say this contract is standard. Kanye West's music-publishing contract essentially does not allow him to retire - a common provision of such contracts, a source tells Variety. 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. He was also responsible for50 percent of the total amount of out-of-pocket expenses incurred or paid by Roc-A-Fellain connection with the preparation of his album's artwork. So, you know, theres a lot in contract language thats really just generic legaleese the same kinds of things you see in other documents. Not every artist has time to read the Donald Passman bookand find out what every term and clause means, and while there are great lawyers out there, too many just want their 5 percent [commission].. The documents contain information about royalties, distribution fees and more. Advances. Were lucky we were told the truth in so many ways.. Kanye West had already been burning bridges in the music industry. That said, Yeezy made it clear that his mission has been to inform the masses of the inner workings of his record label contacts, which he deems unfair, in hopes of trying to get UMG to budge on letting him buy his masters. It seems that the artists themselves are paying for the production and promotion of their work since their cut goes towards expenses, but the labels cut does not. LA Man Charged With Hate Crimes Threatened Classmate: I Want You Dead, Jew What do you think of Kanye West leaking his own contracts to make a point? 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. Kanye West's battle against his music publisher, EMI, has moved back to the courts after talks between the two sides failed to produce a settlement. But its all too new to know whether in any kind of dispute that language would actually be entered as evidence. Somethings got a hold your drink place. But there theres a lot you can do there, as the GE example has shown. This method perhaps isnt as friendly to consumers as LinkedIns method, but its close enough to the source material and still understandable. Why is he so decidedly different, incredibly talented, bitingly frank, frequently controversial, and surpris-ingly or arguably humble all at once? And the reason that it applies to us is this awesome tweet that all the lawyers got excited about, where he says the first thing that changes about record deals is actually lawyers. And we have to be very careful, of course, you know, translating things like provisos like provided, however, that in dealing with Shell and the like. We were broke college kids right after the recession. I wrote a book. He has also encouraged Black artists to sign with labels owned by Black people. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. We need plain English contracts. Most comprehensive library of legal defined terms on your mobile device. From that money, $4 million was allocated to recording costs. The documents . Addeddate 2020-09-21 23:04:27 Identifier KanyeWestContracts Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t0jt91382 Ocr However, there are a few conditions: the artist will first be offered a dealthrough G.O.O.D. So I want you to do it, take advantage of it. Where you calling from? As lawyers and contract drafters trying to implement plain language, we have to find a way to do this while staying true to the contract. We can walk you through that process and get you on the show to tear down another contract. To be a little bit difficult to argue that. Theres theres a counseling function in addition to a drafting function that seems to be really important that lawyers didnt do here. You want to get in and get as much as you can is what we were told. Soundtrack: The Great Gatsby. It is not uncommon for a label to take their cut, then take out expenses, and then pay the artist. Another example is General Electric. ), 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. What is this document? Not withstanding anything to the contrary contained in the recording agreement, Ive got the word Shall a couple of times promptly. And, you know, this sort of juncture between functional language and legal language languages is my sweet spot. One common grievance: Many aspects of record deals do not reflect how the business has dramatically changed over the past decade. Kanye West gave the world a rare glimpse into the music industrys labyrinth of recording contracts last week when he tweeted out his own paperwork with Universal Music Group and then lambasted those agreements as exploitative and unfair, demanding his copyrights be returned to him. ET. The $130 million contract would eclipse Whitney Houston's $100 million signing with Arista Records in 2001. Music or such label paying Island Def Jam Music Group acounterbalance amountagainst overhead payments in an amount equal to the overhead payments in the applicable contract year multiplied by a fraction. Thats a sort of grey area, and I think its an important conversation to be had., Editors picks Moments later, Kanye shared screenshots of five files. I PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT IT DONT LOOK LIKE THIS TOMORROW," Ye wrote in a tweet with the five accompanying images. It would also give Adele the largest record deal for a British musician by surpassing . Harvard Business Review did a big piece on it, and the general counsel of that division really took this whole plain English thing seriously instead of just giving it lip service and actually redid a lot of their commercial agreements. You know, its a little some people would say, well, you dont want to mess around with indemnification, but in this case, it seems close enough to the original to be faithful legally while still being understandable. Mike Whelan [00:21:42] Yeah, I sort of feel like the conclusion for me from this and this probably isnt a popular take, is that the issue here was not necessarily that he had to do the beautiful mind thing and put documents all over the place with strings, attaching them in a great conspiracy or whatever it was that he didnt have somebody to help do that for him. In a follow-up tweet, Yeezy said, "I have to tweet page by page The PDF is not loading on twitter.". Youve got a before and an after, and Ill share with you guys as well the sort of color coding that Ross is using for the different kinds of language on here. Using plain language isnt just a benefit to clients. This is a situation were in. 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. The equity is the Artists. Ye by Kanye West (Record, 2018) (9) 100% agree - Would recommend. Kanye West, someone God had chosen to do something very special in the world. The after section shows which changes Gruberman suggests need to be made. So from a record label standpoint at the moment, the split Kanye has above is in many cases flipped. Obviously, we cant share the whole thing, but well make sure that you have a link to the whole thing in the show notes over at LawInsider.com/Resources. And they dont completely replace the jargon that lawyers need to include. I want you to do me a quick favor. 2. Found online, don't shoot the messenger. Is this different than the LinkedIn attempt? Ye says he wants his four children to own them. Theres this site, my my other company, legal writing pro. call Wests deal standard for an artist at his level. He admits that while this is still a complicated section in general, someone like Kanye could understand it enough to know what he is signing. Music, is no. #kanyewest #dramaalert #grammyWanna continu. Its all digital. On May 4, 2012, Kanye's team penned a letter to Island Def Jam Music Group requesting that the recording fund for this fifth album be increased. 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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. So I apologize to both of you D.C. people watching. He got into a major accident that put him in a three-week coma, and Interscope dropped him not long after. "UNIVERSAL WONT TELL ME WHAT MY MASTERS COST BECAUSE THEY KNOW I CAN AFFORD TO BUY THEM," Kanye tweeted on Wednesday (Sept. 16). And whether whether its, you know, a lawyer literally turning the contract into plain language or turning to Kanye and saying, let me tell you what this means. And Im going to share a few images. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. Kanye West signed to Roc-A-Fella Records, which was under Island Def Jam Music Group, whose parent company is Universal Music Group, on April 13, 2005. 25. He says the industry must holistically evaluate how to improve for any major changes to shift. Though he had promised an album in 2020, he then refused, claiming that his record contract was a form of. I will never work for a major record label again, Anokute says. Mike Whelan [00:10:12] Hey, everybody, Im Mike Whelen. Nirvana Vinyl Records. When your term ends, download it all. Thats not the game here, Noonan recalls as the mindset when negotiating contracts. 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. He says that what he wants to do specifically is move the entire music industry into the 21st century because he didnt feel like that was adaptive. Right. Learn more about his work for attorneys at www.lawyerforward.com. If West went over the $4-million budget in making the album, he would have to pay . He is no longer signed to Def Jam, his longtime record company; his contract expired with his 2021 album, "Donda." And Ye . Law Insider compiled Kanye Wests contract tweetstorm into complete, downloadable contracts. The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time Its unfair for the party that lacks visibility into the way the other party is thinking about the numbers, Lewis says. Equity & Blanket Licenses are the majority of future new income. Maybe its about time I do that.. But as the music industry comes out of its 20-year tailspin, with streaming fueling new growth, artists arent satisfied with that arrangement, and many are demanding newfound power. The breakdown for this amount was:$1.5 million was to be distributed to record the album. The label additionally had the right to release one Greatest Hits album. We need plain English contracts. While Anokute points the barrel primarily at the labels dishing out deals arguing that these deals perpetuate the very inequalities for black artists that the labels have said theyre looking to change he acknowledges that labels alone cant take all the blame for unfriendly artist deals. The artist owns the copyright in the recordings and songs and leases them to the record label/publisher for a limited term. Music. After agreeing to the amount spent on the film, they took $1 million from Kanyes sixth album backend and then $500,000 from his seventh album's recording fund. Right. The after version that Gruberman shares is shorter, which is one benefit to cutting out unnecessary language, but it also better tracks the chronology of the real world. We want to hear it. Looking back, I've thought many times about what makes Kanye Kanye. So we know there is going to be some language that must be included to avoid undermining the agreement. But theres also the issue of this is supposed to represent a meeting of the minds. mrbonesHOK He was given a $6 million advance for his seventh album with $3 million designated to recording costs. Theyll follow their attorneys recommendation. Mike Whelan [00:22:29] he did not listen. Ye said of the images: "This is what me Kanye West deal looks like . Theres a lot we can do. Its actually gotten a lot of press. No, but nobody wants clients to to conclude that. 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. All contents of the lawinsider.com excluding publicly sourced documents are Copyright 2013-. The partnership was a nightmare for both Negrito and the label, he says. If you want to be on a future contract tear down. So we dont want to change recouped because now we would be not faithful to the substance. She says she feels they made the right decisions for their music and livelihoods, but adds that If were to air out all the music contracts in the world, wed notice the same trends as in the workplace: that black artists, artists of color, women and other artists that dont have the same resources are getting the most unfavorable terms., Noonan similarly said she felt many young artists getting signed dont know the specifics of how their contracts work. Is this part of the contract or are they saying this is a separate thing? If you push this button, youre going to save big. 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. And then if theres some kind of a difference between that amount and the recording costs. Was the pissing on the Grammy to much? A lawyers role is to improve deals, not charge for contracts we cannot understand or track. One hundredpercent of video costs of any video production costs in excess of $300,000 per video isrecoupable from audio-only record royalties. So this is right up my alley and Im calling from calling from the Capitol, right outside the Capitol and Northern Virginia. But if Kanye West 's statements last year about slavery being a choice were out of bounds, he's taking more of a Prince-like tactic in his ongoing efforts to extract himself from his record. He says the industry must holistically evaluate how to improve for any major changes to shift. 22% royalty rate for Kanye (and 78% for the record label). Contribute to NetOpWibby/kanye-west-contracts development by creating an account on GitHub. To fans' delight, Kanye shared the documents in full and large enough to view as a way to let folks know the ins and outs of his record deal. So lets tear it down. W aiting for a Kanye West album can be an excruciating, interminable experience. Absolutely not. 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