@kwadwothestan

1 year ago

As a Tinashe and Normani fan, it’s scary to see the similarities between Tinashe’s time at RCA and Normani’s time at RCA. Ever since Motivation, I’ve been side eyeing the way RCA has been handling Normani. We know Normani is a perfectionist and takes her time, but there is no reason she would wait this long after starting her album rollout in July 2021 with Wildside to put out the album. She’s talked about her and decision not to put music out for a while after Motivation, mainly due to her mom’s cancer. But this time around, I don’t think she is purposely delaying things at all. It just doesn’t make sense. I doubt RCA would let her choose on her own to keep recording music and not put it out, because that’s their money essentially going to waste. It has to be them preventing her from releasing. And I have a feeling their focus on Doja and Latto, tied with the fact that Beyoncé is about to drop, is part of the reason why they might be doing that. And just because RCA is pushing Doja Cat doesn’t mean they are a good label or that they aren’t hindering other artists. Labels (especially RCA!) are notorious for only focusing on one artist at a time and even shelving other artists or holding them back to put all their resources towards their main artist. This happened to Tinashe when Zayn was first signed, and I believe it’s happening to Normani now that Doja has blown up. And don’t forget that Doja has been signed to RCA since 2014, they only started pushing her after say so blew up. On the other hand, I am so happy for Tinashe. She is by far the most successful independent artist I know. She seems to be much happier on her own and much more artistically driven. As for SZA, I know she’s also had a lot of issues, but I think some of them are due to her other label/management company Top Dawg Entertainment. They are separate from rca and it seems that most of her problems have been with them.

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