>Most of us have been saying this for years (and some in defense of the Napster model, for better or for worse), and it still seems like a no-brainer to me. As

>Most of us have been saying this for years (and some in defense of the Napster model, for better or for worse), and it still seems like a no-brainer to me. As one poster here pointed out, if artists treat the music experience as a service instead of product (and, to expand on that, give the music away for free), I would be interested to see the impact. Drake/OVO did this with Abel Tesfaye (The Weeknd). His first three albums -- House of Balloons, Thursday, and Echoes of Silence -- were all released for free, over the internet. To say that he's been a success in the R&B world would be an understatement.