M.I.A......REALLY???? REALLY??? not sick.

M.I.A.'s legal people forced me to take down my posting of Rye Rye's new single. For such a seemingly progressive artist collective, you would think that posting a new single from her artist Rye Rye, who NO ONE knows, would be a positive move. Free press right? WRONG. I respect a leak being forced to be taken down, but when the artist puts that record up on their myspace it is no longer a "leak". Give the people, the DJs, the bloggers, and the press the freedom to enjoy and promote a single anyway they can. The whole point of a single is for promotion anyway.

As a producer as well as someone who works in the industry doing marketing and PR, when even the smallest blog writes and posts links to music I am promoting it is a positive move. Especially for an unknown artist such as Rye Rye, who 99% of the music purchasing community does not KNOW. Okay enough. I guess when you marry the son of the CEO of Warner Music you have to step in line to sound of the RIAA tune.

forced to take down a single??? NOT SICK.