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Amongst major artists, Tupac is good at causing confusion. Is he Tupac, 2Pac or Tupac Shakur? Does it depend on the album? Is his alter ego Makaveli a different
by bobbyi 5y ago
Amongst major artists, Tupac is good at causing confusion. Is he Tupac, 2Pac or Tupac Shakur? Does it depend on the album? Is his alter ego Makaveli a different artist?
- emptybits 5y agoYup. ARTIST_ID does not have a 1:1 relationship with ARTIST_NAME over time. Another example... from 1976 to present day: Johnny Cougar → John Cougar → John Cougar Mellencamp → John Mellencamp. Close enough for library software to store/recall them all as "John Mellencamp"? Maybe. But perhaps not to fans or historian or artist liking.
- geenew 5y agoRichard D James == "Aphex Twin" || "AFX" || "Caustic Window" || "Bradley Strider" || "GAK" || "user48736353001" || "Polygon Window" || "Universal Indicator" || "The Tuss" || "Powerpill" || "Mike & Rich" (for me, 'artist' is the alias, 'album artist' is 'Richard D James'...)
- webmaven 5y agoDon't forget Garth Brooks|Chris Gaines and Eminem|Slim Shady
- Klaster_1 5y agoImagine documenting something like this https://www.discogs.com/artist/661099-Filipe-Santos https://www.discogs.com/artist/661099-Filipe-Santos (check out the edit history) where the artist actively sabotages the documentation effort and makes their music unavailable on a whim.