Songs/Albums/Artists Surprisingly Not on iTunes

[mdleast 8521]

Long story short is I have been rebuilding my iTunes music collection on my phone and I have been searching through what songs I might have previously ripped from a CD, downloaded via questionable means, etc. that I don't now see in my collection and which I also notice are not currently available via iTunes.  While a lot of the big heavyweights or prior hold outs are now available, it got me wondering what songs/albums/artists (which maybe I have been able to successfully retain on my phone/iTunes) are now not currently available.

I looked and didn't come across a prior thread about this.

The artist that got me randomly wondering about this is De La Soul.  There is only a little seemingly more recent work of theirs available on iTunes and not the quality/classic stuff like:

 

 

Edited July 2, 2019 by mdleast
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[TwiceHorn 32072]

They aren't on Spotify, either.  

And here is the apparent explanation.  https://fortune.com/2019/02/26/de-la-soul-streaming-tommy-boy/

[mdleast 8521]

Yeah which sucks for them as well as me as the only 3 songs of theirs that apparently made their way onto my current phone/library are Magic Number, Potholes in My Lawn and Me Myself and I.

[tbone_ 14438]

Studio version of Good Day for the Blues. Only the not so great live version.

 

[mdmost 43953]

De La Soul has issues with Tommy Boy not wanting to pay to clear the samples off their older albums so they can be added to streaming services. 

https://slate.com/culture/2019/03/de-la-soul-3-feet-high-and-rising-streaming-spotify-tidal.html

Edited July 11, 2019 by mdmost

[CooterBrown 18287]

Tool.