After Erykah Badu's announcement that her soon-to-be-released New AmErykah is only the first of three albums she'll be releasing this year with the other two, Return of The Ankh and New AmErykah II, being released via USB flash drive, it seems as though more artists are getting on the digital bandwagon. It was, therefore, very interesting to find an email in my inbox this morning announcing DJ J.Period's release of a limited edition USB Flash drive featuring six of his Best Of Collections, including one my favorites, his Best of Lauryn Hill which features tons of unreleased material. More research into this USB drive music phenomenon led me to discover that J.Lo had also released her last album Brave via a wooden mahogany USB drive that could also be worn as a necklace. Ahh, très chic...and only seventy dollars!
With the record drop in album sales recently, the music industry may want to take notice of this trend. After the QTrax site that really never was, and the preponderance of consumers who already are familiar with digital music platforms, this may be a trend we will start to see more and more often.
J.Period Limitied Edition 1 GB Flash Drive & MP3 Boxset [JP]
"Flash Drive Albums (Pt. 3) - Erykah Badu Goes Digital" [TH]
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