I would say the current situation is better than the 90s, in which the CD pushed acts to make albums far longer than they had any sense being (despite being an

I would say the current situation is better than the 90s, in which the CD pushed acts to make albums far longer than they had any sense being (despite being an amazing period for hip hop, it's hard to sit through a lot of the very best acts albums). Acts now have the freedom to make things whatever length they feel suits. Minor releases can be album length, major releases can be EP length, it's all whatever people want to make it. The biggest issue right now is that gameifying streaming is leading to similar issues (Chris Brown's 5 disc album being an extreme example) but Kanye West's series of 20 minutes albums points towards another direction that could be a much better fit for the modern musician (making an album that's so concise that it results in the listener playing the whole thing over and over instead of just adding their favourite song to a playlist.