#STEM PLAYER FREE#

“It’s time to free music from this oppressive system. “Today, artists get just 12% of the money the industry makes,' West wrote on Instagram announcing the DONDA 2 release. The Stem Player gives West complete control over when he releases his music-yet West managed to disappoint fans by not releasing the album at midnight on February 22 as he promised.īut, he still plans for his Stem Player to be a disc-shaped middle finger to the music industry. It initially shipped pre-loaded with DONDA, but West shattered the musical paradigm with the release of DONDA 2 by eschewing traditional digital service providers like Spotify and Apple Music and choosing to release the album on the Stem Player exclusively.

The device also allows people to upload music to the Stem Player by plugging their player into their computer and uploading their music to, where presumably West will also make DONDA 2 available for Stem Player owners. (If you wanted to hear West ramble on about beating up Pete Davidson on West’s song “Eazy,” you’d simply have to press on the vocal light slider to mute out the others.) Named after the individual audio tracks that make up all the song recordings you love-“stems”-the disc-shaped device allows users to adjust the volumes of the vocals, bass, melodies, and drums via touch-sensitive light sliders. Originally released on August 25, 2021, the Stem Player is an audio device allowing users to tinker with songs in unprecedented manners. Why on Earth would Kanye West think releasing his latest album DONDA 2 on a $200 Stem Player most people don’t have, is a good idea? The second act of his three-act Netflix docuseries Jeen-Yuhs might have some clues as to why.īefore we go into the past, let’s first grasp the future West is forcing us to follow.

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