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Records are leaked online all the time and for all kinds of reasons: to generate buzz before a legit release, to get revenge, or just because a copy got left within arm’s reach of someone who shouldn’t have it. Prometheus’s reasoning is new to me, though. In a lengthy screed accompanying the first two leaked tracks, he (I’m guessing from the language) puts Fest on blast for his poor choice of record label, his tour cancellations, and his lax iPod security, and complains a lot a lot a lot about El Che‘s repeated delays. Contrary to all obvious logic, he promises that this is going to be a good thing for Fest:
Some of FSD’s typically salty commenters are speculating that this might be a hoax, but if it’s for real it might represent a brand new kind of Internet-facilitated artist-fan interaction: management guidance via online capitalist blackmail.
