Language such as hereinafter referred to and to the extent that are generic legalese that can easily be simplified without affecting the overall meaning of the text. The rapper initially sued the . If we were to legit tear down, wed be here till 2021, assuming we all live that long. Right, right. Im Mike Whelen. See's Kanye West's Record Contract Tweets. Push the button. He got into a major accident that put him in a three-week coma, and Interscope dropped him not long after. XXL has taken a deep dive into Kanye's record contracts. Are they making too much? (Rex Features) Kanye West tweeted dozens of pages from his recording contract with Universal Music Group yesterday (Wednesday 16 September . Ross Guberman [00:02:46] Its you know, its a great vehicle to take this whole plan, English idea and see if we can, you know, apply it literally seriously or both, because although you say you had an emotional breakdown, hes hardly the first part of your client to object to contract language. Contract #1 [PDF] Contact #2 [PDF] Contract #3 [PDF] Contract #4 [PDF] Contract #5 [PDF] Contract #6 [PDF] Contract #7 [PDF] Contract #8 [PDF] Contract #9 New Recording and Publishing Deal Guidelines [ PDF] Mike Whelan [00:01:11] Yeah, Im doing the fancy background with the product placement. The breakdown for this amount was:$1.5 million was to be distributed to record the album. The 100 Best Albums of 2022. And the record business that it means in normal English. It's unclear if it actually will. I AM ON MY KNEES THIS MORNING," he tweeted before dropping the proof. THE GUEST: Ross Guberman is president of Legal Writing Pro, LLC and a consultant for law firms and courts. How are businesses shifting to using plain language? But first, the record labels getting their money. Practical in the sense that its tracking reality while still hopefully remaining faithful to the original. So the rest, you know, if its not a one of those categories, its either an industry term of art or just normal English talking about finance or recording. Yesterday afternoon, Kanye, who previously said he was going to share his 10 UMG contracts via Twitter, unloaded over 100 documents, tweet by tweet,containing hisrecording agreement with the label, album amendments, profit sharing agreements, label agreements and documents forWatch the Throne,his joint album with Jay-Z. We were broke college kids right after the recession. We wouldnt be talking about all this now if the label hadnt invested in him and put tons of marketing money into this for his leg up.. Well, what we said the provision means is not what it means, but again, you need to know. 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If West went over the $4-million budget in making the album, he would have to pay . Ross Guberman [00:22:31] but definitely something to that. The papers indicate that he started on a royalty deal frequently afforded to upcoming artists, which later evolved into a more artist-friendly pressing and distribution deal that gave Kanye more of the profits and bigger budgets as he became a superstar. You need to have some consistency, trying to keep that in there while still, again, capturing the the legal the truly contract law based elements of the original, the proviso, the, you know, the preemption, the classic for the avoidance of doubt and so forth, trying to trying to preserve all that, but not going so far as to worry about sentence length just for the sake of sentence length. Soundtrack: The Great Gatsby. They dont want they dont want whats on the right to somehow control. Kanye West had some more thoughts to share about recording contracts in a series of tweets on Sunday (Sept. 20). 25. Island Def JamMusic Group also agreed to give Kanye the rights, title and interest in all of the masters for his sixth and seventh album, but only after the reversion datethe last day of the semi-annual accounting periodwhich is 20 years after the initial release of the seventh album. Money and Music must stay together. And theyre advised accordingly by an attorney at law whos telling them to sign this contract, and they say this contract is standard. A lawyers role is to improve deals, not charge for contracts we cannot understand or track. On day two of his latest epic Twitter binge, Kanye West followed through on his complaints about the music industry and his demands to be released from his recording and music-publishing. Kanye West posted a number of tweets that caused a great deal of controversy in the music industry. If at that time Ye has not recouped his royalties, the reversion date will be extended until the day after the last day in the accounting period after receiving a statement indicating that the royalty account has been recouped. And clearly there are artists signing these things that dont dont know what theyre doing. I will never work for a major record label again, Anokute says. The dates of the files range from 2005 to 2014. Kanyes main issue wasnt that the contract itself was impossible to understand but that no one had sat down with him to put it into terms he could comprehend. Watch to see how three transactions handled alternative dispute resolution options. You take expenses out and then people are sharing whats left. And guys, this is a super long document. He tweeted them so I made PDFs. Rock Kanye West Vinyl Records. Using plain language isnt just a benefit to clients. When your term ends, download it all. Most comprehensive library of legal defined terms on your mobile device. not charge for contracts we cannot understand or track. He said, were going to transparently change every album deal, every publishing deal. Ross Guberman [00:05:55] Yeah, I mean, its obviously a common plea, not just from Kanye West, but from all sorts of, you know, business executives to theres been sort of push and pull over the decades that people have been complaining about contract language for longer than either of us has been alive, of course. He got a $12 million pool of money to make "Yeezus" in 2013. Twenty-two percent of royalties were to be given on both the sixth and seventh albums. This is a situation were in. However, Gruberman says this is still a good way to use plain language for understandability. Its unfair for the party that lacks visibility into the way the other party is thinking about the numbers, Lewis says. Music, is no. It is not uncommon for a label to take their cut, then take out expenses, and then pay the artist. During his rant, Kanye declared that he would move the entire music industry into the 21st century, and he means to do this using clear and discernable language. He dumped them all on Twitter. All those of those terms that you can also edit out of other legal documents, theres a lot to do there that really will clean these up without ever even considering going into the substantive terms. Is it fair? Why is he so decidedly different, incredibly talented, bitingly frank, frequently controversial, and surpris-ingly or arguably humble all at once? Kanye West is at war with the music industry over the ownership of masters and unfair contracts. Thats not the game here, Noonan recalls as the mindset when negotiating contracts. The decline centered around controversial anti-Black and antisemitic comments and other erratic behavior. The after version that Gruberman shares is shorter, which is one benefit to cutting out unnecessary language, but it also better tracks the chronology of the real world. Were going to deduct a million dollars. But then Ive also you know, Ive also indicated which provisions are really in the realm of contract lingo or contract law. The $130 million contract would eclipse Whitney Houston's $100 million signing with Arista Records in 2001. After the advance was recouped, 15 percent of royalties were to be given to both artists. These are the documents that were talking about. This is the same deal your favorite artist signed, this is their label. What do you expect a young, naive artist to do? They are for your entire business. Well make sure you get a deal as well. Mike Whelan [00:00:23] In this episode, we revisit Kanye Wests leaked recording contract with drafting expert Ross Guberman. "And y'all still gave him contracts, documentaries, endorsements . Mike Whelan [00:17:41] an interpretive sca band and Im going to have to look for the domain name. He is no longer signed to Def Jam, his longtime record company; his contract expired with his 2021 album, "Donda." And Ye . Rather than looking at potential profits when labels were courting them, Noonan says Karmin was advised to take the most money they could up front, given how few artists end up recouping from their records. It was pretty awesome because it was specifically about contracts. Late last year, Kanye West took to Twitter to vent his frustration about complicated contract language. Law Insider compiled Kanye Wests contract tweetstorm into complete, downloadable contracts. The 43-year-old rapper has conceded after his. The sense is that someone trying to pull a fast one on me. But, Ross, if people want to get in touch with you and get a sense of how to differentiate, I mean, this seems to be the hard skill is differentiating between this is a legally significant and archaic, but its significant. It would also give Adele the largest record deal for a British musician by surpassing . The split can be 80/20 in the artists favor. I have a lot of free articles and a lot of these before and after is also on Twitter. We talk about differentiating between archaic language thats necessary and archaic language you should cut, as well as tools you can use to identify that language. Cruel Summer/Hawaii costs shall befully cross-collateralized with Kanye's main royalties account. Music. (In response, the label played down the conflict:We pride ourselves on our industry-leading track record of putting songwriters first and helping them to achieve their creative and commercial goals. That was pretty awesome. Theres a lot going on here. Theyre there of the, you know, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, if any. Guberman has dissected the Profit Sharing Agreement section of Kanyes contract and found several areas in which the language could be more transparent. Im seeing a lot of these highlights. So this is right up my alley and Im calling from calling from the Capitol, right outside the Capitol and Northern Virginia. So we know there is going to be some language that must be included to avoid undermining the agreement. Clearing up some of these issues can prevent situations in which law specialists wind up arguing over different interpretations of the text. Yet even though Kanyes deal may not make him the ideal poster child for a conversation on the fairness of recording contracts, hes sparked a high level of discussion among artists and music-business insiders on the nature of record deals and long-held standards. So lets shift to the Kanye contract, and were not going to do a full breakdown of what all these documents are, because theres a lot and there are good YouTube videos out there. The lawyers in this industry who are used to the status quo are going to say its worth it, but if I make a deal with you and go to lunch and say you pay 70 [percent], I dont think youll say its fair. During his rant, Kanye declared that he would move the entire music industry into the 21st century, and he means to do this using clear and discernable language. So I want you to do it, take advantage of it. As Kanye West escalates his battle with Universal Music Group, the Chicago rapper decided to share the entirety of his record contract on Twitter. Where you calling from? Ross Guberman [00:00:00] You look at these agreements, though, from Kanye, thats not just the CDC references that are archaic, the language looks like something you might find, you know, 50, 100 years ago. Contract #3. 2. So theres this GE aviation series of rewritten contracts. You know, its a little some people would say, well, you dont want to mess around with indemnification, but in this case, it seems close enough to the original to be faithful legally while still being understandable. 1990 Kanye's mother, Donda West, helps a then 13-year-old Kanye pay to cut his first record in a basement studio. Kanye's call for transparency in the music business has made other artists and industry insiders speak up. The rapper and his team signed an agreement on January 5 with the venue for a 25-day rental totaling $125,000, expenses of $20,000, and four new office chairs for $813, the lawsuit says. This is Kanyes contracts. Its a fine line to walk: simplifying without completely changing the meaning of the terms. And the reason that it applies to us is this awesome tweet that all the lawyers got excited about, where he says the first thing that changes about record deals is actually lawyers. The before section has all the original wording, complete with legalese. They are long. Im going to give people a little bit of background on the Twitter rant about contracts. Right. Its all made from videos. Report: Kanyes Anti-Semitic Rhetoric Led to Assaults, Vandalism, If you have a kid who knows nothing about law and sees all this money, these contracts are 60 pages long, who the fuck is reading that? longtime A&R exec Chris Anokute, Anokute manages several clients including Curtis Waters, who recently went viral through his TikTok hit Stunnin. While Waters was courted by many major labels,at Anokutes counsel, he signed a shorter-term 60-40 profit-split deal with BMG. Its an exclusion, a liability. If youre with a major you have invested your songs as shares in their power to get equity and deals. And it was actually really hard to get through because they were just images. So I apologize to both of you D.C. people watching. Is this different than the LinkedIn attempt? On May 4, 2012, Kanye's team penned a letter to Island Def Jam Music Group requesting that the recording fund for this fifth album be increased. Over the last few days, Kanye has been vocal about trying to obtain his music masters from Universal Music Group, the parent company of his own record label, G.O.O.D. This is what were going after. Were were coloring pictures for you so you understand whats happening here? Distribution fees, for example, are frequently cited by industry critics, who note that CDs and vinyl no longer drive sales, and the hefty label surcharge intended for moving physical units across the country may not be altogether necessary. Absolutely. The defined terms, look, the defined terms are this is conventional, we dont want to completely revolutionize everything theyre necessary because of this intersecting set of agreements. If you look at these agreements, though, from Kanye, that thats not just the CD references that are archaic. However, only 50 percent of video costscan berecouped from audio-only record royalties. this summer, doesnt point the finger at any one entity or group for the nature of these deals. So tell me, is the language on the right? Kanye West's history of inflammatory statements were met with consquences this week. mrbonesHOK So, yeah, there you go. Come join my friends. All contents of the lawinsider.com excluding publicly sourced documents are Copyright 2013-. Wests contract could even be considered favorable among superstar contracts, with Universal heavily investing in Wests works, entertainment attorney Christiane Kinney says. Some are asking what took so long. Music record label. To be a little bit difficult to argue that. So come join us right now. It shows he got a $3.5 million advance on his. Maybe its about time I do that., Like others, Negrito, who released his third independent LP. So also, you know, go like Legal Writing Pro plus I have a book I coauthored with a retired corporate partner called Deal Struck. Every audio file, every asset, every deal stored WITH the money. Kanye was also prohibited from recording anew album prior to 90 days after delivering the effortto Roc-A-Fella. Youll get access to more content like this. Mike Whelan [00:10:12] Hey, everybody, Im Mike Whelen. Exclusive Recording Agreement THE ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP,A DIVISION OF UMG RECORDINGS, INC. 1755 BROADWAY NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019 Dated as of March 10, 2013 Kanye West c/o Carroll, Guido & Groffman, LLP 1790 Broadway, 20 th Floor Suite 800 New York, NY 10019 Attention: Michael Guido, Esq. And theyre advised accordingly by an attorney at law whos telling them to sign this contract, and they say this contract is standard. Theres theres a counseling function in addition to a drafting function that seems to be really important that lawyers didnt do here. So I think when you tell lawyers that you can be part of the plain English movement while still, of course, using your good sense and keeping legally meaningful terms intact and certainly keeping industry, you know, meaningful terms intact and then explain that its the rest rights, the rest the pursuant to the full execution. Kanye West has been active on Twitter once again. This is a tool that is available to anyone looking to implement plain language into their contracts. Thus,50 percent of these costs incurred by Roc-A-Fella are considered advances, but the label could notrecoup more than $40,000 for each album relevant to these costs: creation, hosting, maintenance of artists website, securing, registering and/or protecting artist domain names, creation of ECD materials, independent promotion, independent marketing and independent publicity, television, movie or radio campaigns. Rap superstar Kanye West is leading a revolt against . Now we know where the funds will come from, so its its. The once hesitant label has now hit the. I want you to do me a quick favor. Ive got blues and Ive got reds. We didnt spend our advance on cars or jewelry, we bought a house. What am I looking at here? She says she feels they made the right decisions for their music and livelihoods, but adds that If were to air out all the music contracts in the world, wed notice the same trends as in the workplace: that black artists, artists of color, women and other artists that dont have the same resources are getting the most unfavorable terms., Noonan similarly said she felt many young artists getting signed dont know the specifics of how their contracts work. "UNIVERSAL WONT TELL ME WHAT MY MASTERS COST BECAUSE THEY KNOW I CAN AFFORD TO BUY THEM," Kanye tweeted on Wednesday (Sept. 16). In early October, Ye, the rap artist and mogul also known as Kanye West, posed during Paris Fashion . Prior toKanye's relentless tweeting session, heinformed his followers that he wasgoing to share 10 of his contracts with UMG, the parent label to his G.O.O.D. If youre part of a team, just email us if youre in house or in a law firm. Getting Out Our Dreams, LLC c/o Carroll, Guido & Epic spent a fortune making that Karmin album. . Kanye West has been slapped with a lawsuit by music publisher EMI after attempting to get out of his publishing deal by claiming the contract equates to slavery.. Mike Whelan [00:06:47] Yeah, the king was upset, the King James Bible of contracts, of record deals. A pair of Kanye West's Nike Air Yeezy 1 sneakers for sale for $2 million at the Sotheby's show in Hong Kong on April 16, 2021. We get used to these things and then sometimes, theres a wakeup call . Thank you, Ross. Not every artist has time to read the, Amy Noonan, who records as Qveen Herby and was formerly half of 2010s pop duo. Kenny Beats tweeted that something needs to change in the structure of the music industry to protect artists and specifically Black artists. And in a lengthy post on Instagram, Hit-Boy, whos produced platinum songs including Sicko Mode and N-s in Paris, said that multiple attorneys who have seen the deal he signed as a 19-year-old with Universal Music Publishing Group in the mid-2000s called it the worst publishing contract theyd ever seen. An advance constitutesany moneypaid, costs incurred or costs to create videos. Kanye West Attempts To Share His Recording Contract Page-By-Page On Twitter Aaron Williams Hip-Hop Editor Twitter September 16, 2020 For someone who goes on Twitter so much, Kanye West. The rapper has put out nine albums over 17 years through Roc-a-Fella Records. Absolutely not. We took the full. Hit-Boy is an enormously talented songwriter whose relationship we value, a UMPG spokesperson said in a statement to Rolling Stone. I PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS THAT IT DONT LOOK LIKE THIS TOMORROW," Ye wrote in a tweet with the five accompanying images. GOOD Music (stylized as G.O.O.D. Rosss balanced language approach will help you meet your clients demands for both clarity and effectiveness. Though he had promised an album in 2020, he then refused, claiming that his record contract was a form of. Mike Whelan [00:01:20] Pretty classy nightstand, Ross. Right. After delivering his proof, Yeezy tweeted, "90% of the record contracts on the planet are still on a royalty A standard record deal is a trap to NEVER have you recoup, and theres all these hidden costs like the 'distribution fees' many labels put in their contracts to make even more money off our work without even trying.". Ross describes a counselor that can thread this very tough plain language needle. Right. #kanyewest #dramaalert #grammyWanna continu. Let me do a screen show real quick to show people what were talking about. . While Anokute points the barrel primarily at the labels dishing out deals arguing that these deals perpetuate the very inequalities for black artists that the labels have said theyre looking to change he acknowledges that labels alone cant take all the blame for unfriendly artist deals. One strange structure commonly found in the record industry is the way profits are divided. . West filed suit . Come join me. In follow-up tweets, he shared screengrabs of 10 documents that included a profit sharing agreement and a recording agreement. West also made his feelings towards the label clear in 2020, when he tweeted images of his record contract, noting he felt he was treated unfairly. For Kanye, his 15% royalty rate on wholesale for each sneaker sold has netted him roughly $150 million pre-tax annually. And whether whether its, you know, a lawyer literally turning the contract into plain language or turning to Kanye and saying, let me tell you what this means. In this episode of the Contract Teardown show, guest Diana Isyanova shares three possible approaches. Right. The deal. Dependents. The contract indicates that these figures would increase with each release, and Kanye West and his company would receive 20 percent of each minimum after notifying the label that the. Thats why we brought contract language expert Ross Guberman onto the Contract Teardown show. For example, LinkedIn has made some effort to provide easy-to-understand language. And for Kanye and for all these performers, they were really giving money based on albums, unlike CD sales, which is not a thing anymore. Thats probably more than enough. Ye asked for $12 million, and $8 million would be paid promptly after the full execution of the 2012 amendment. Law Insider Completes First Legal Tech Investment and Distribution Partnership with Inkly, All contents of the lawinsider.com excluding publicly sourced documents are Copyright 2013-. The label signed an exclusive long-term worldwide label agreement with the Island Def Jam Music Group in 2011. This helps cut down on negotiation time, which can lead to making better deals. Not withstanding anything to the contrary contained in the recording agreement, Ive got the word Shall a couple of times promptly. Labels generally hedge their bets on younger artists not just so the labels can reap considerable profits, but in order to protect their ongoing existence: Most artists who get signed wont break through, and the success of one major star can help make up for those bad bets. After agreeing to the amount spent on the film, they took $1 million from Kanyes sixth album backend and then $500,000 from his seventh album's recording fund. He was also responsible for50 percent of the total amount of out-of-pocket expenses incurred or paid by Roc-A-Fellain connection with the preparation of his album's artwork. 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