![Wiley vs iTunes: The most recent falling out, Wiley leaked his own album this week ahead of the April 1 release date that was planned for it. Posting on Twitter he explained that there was a mistake on the album and that if iTunes wouldn't correct it he'd leak the album. Which he did. It's thought the dispute might've concerned tracklisting.]()
Wiley vs iTunes: The most recent falling out, Wiley leaked his own album this week ahead of the April 1 release date that was planned for it. Posting on Twitter he explained that there was a mistake on the album and that if iTunes wouldn't correct it he'd leak the album. Which he did. It's thought the dispute might've concerned tracklisting.
![Death Grips vs Epic: Last year Death Grips proved just how big their balls were by releasing their second full album in full online. It's thought the move was a reaction to the label's decision to push the release date back into 2013. Death Grips were promptly dropped, but applauded by fans.]()
Death Grips vs Epic: Last year Death Grips proved just how big their balls were by releasing their second full album in full online. It's thought the move was a reaction to the label's decision to push the release date back into 2013. Death Grips were promptly dropped, but applauded by fans.
![Amanda Palmer vs Roadrunner/Sony: Amanda Palmer always thanked Sony subsidiary Roadrunner Records for signing her band The Dresden Dolls when no one else would, but had problems with them as a solo artists. They allegedly wanted pictures of her bare stomach deleted as she looked fat, but Palmer stood her ground. The conflict continued, however, with Palmer releasing the track 'Please Drop Me', which Roadrunner eventually did.]()
Amanda Palmer vs Roadrunner/Sony: Amanda Palmer always thanked Sony subsidiary Roadrunner Records for signing her band The Dresden Dolls when no one else would, but had problems with them as a solo artists. They allegedly wanted pictures of her bare stomach deleted as she looked fat, but Palmer stood her ground. The conflict continued, however, with Palmer releasing the track 'Please Drop Me', which Roadrunner eventually did.
![Cash vs Columbia: Columbia wanted another 'I Walk The Line, with a 'Ring Of Fire' of its own, but Cash offered up Bitter Tears instead - a Native American concept album that was in no way the commercially viable record Columbia wanted. So they refused to promote the first single from the album, 'The Ballad Of Ira Hayes'. In 1964 Cash wrote an open letter asking the label, 'Where's Your Guts?', and promoted the music himself. The single reached number 3 and the album number 2.]()
Cash vs Columbia: Columbia wanted another 'I Walk The Line, with a 'Ring Of Fire' of its own, but Cash offered up Bitter Tears instead - a Native American concept album that was in no way the commercially viable record Columbia wanted. So they refused to promote the first single from the album, 'The Ballad Of Ira Hayes'. In 1964 Cash wrote an open letter asking the label, 'Where's Your Guts?', and promoted the music himself. The single reached number 3 and the album number 2.
![Radiohead vs EMI/Parlophone: Radiohead have always been particular about their music and how fans receive it and, having fulfilled their obligations to Parlophone with with 2003's Hail To The Thief, settled at XL Records where they released 2007's In Rainbows on a pay-what-you-want basis. In a bizarre move of bitterness EMI, Parlophone's parent label, announced they would be releasing the band's back catalogue in the same week.]()
Radiohead vs EMI/Parlophone: Radiohead have always been particular about their music and how fans receive it and, having fulfilled their obligations to Parlophone with with 2003's Hail To The Thief, settled at XL Records where they released 2007's In Rainbows on a pay-what-you-want basis. In a bizarre move of bitterness EMI, Parlophone's parent label, announced they would be releasing the band's back catalogue in the same week.
![Fiona Apple (and her fans) vs Epic: Fiona Apple's third record Extraordinary Machine was shelved for years by her label Epic. Ready for release in 2003, but not seeing the light of day until 2005, the label was unhappy with the record's lack of commercial appeal. Apple was allegedly only given enough money to re-record one track at a time, but fans rallied round, launching FreeFiona.com and posting the label boxes of foam apples to express their impatience. When it was released in 2005 many said it was her best album yet.]()
Fiona Apple (and her fans) vs Epic: Fiona Apple's third record Extraordinary Machine was shelved for years by her label Epic. Ready for release in 2003, but not seeing the light of day until 2005, the label was unhappy with the record's lack of commercial appeal. Apple was allegedly only given enough money to re-record one track at a time, but fans rallied round, launching FreeFiona.com and posting the label boxes of foam apples to express their impatience. When it was released in 2005 many said it was her best album yet.
![Prince vs Warner Bros: Perhaps the most infamous artist-label feud ever, Prince changed his name to a squiggly line in an effort to escape his contractual obligations to Warner Brothers Music. The label refused to release multiple Prince albums in a single year, and Prince wanted to get his contractual obligations over with. The entanglement was eventually resolved when Prince released Chaos And Disorder, which the artist considered a quick, poor quality album, but it was actually one of his most successful.]()
Prince vs Warner Bros: Perhaps the most infamous artist-label feud ever, Prince changed his name to a squiggly line in an effort to escape his contractual obligations to Warner Brothers Music. The label refused to release multiple Prince albums in a single year, and Prince wanted to get his contractual obligations over with. The entanglement was eventually resolved when Prince released Chaos And Disorder, which the artist considered a quick, poor quality album, but it was actually one of his most successful.
![Mike Oldfield vs Virgin: After the enormous success of Tubular Bells, Virgin records demanded Mike Oldfield produce a sequel in 1990. So Oldfield produced an album he thought was unmarketable in the form of Amarok, consisting of only an hour-long title track. The album also included a Morse code message, which when deciphered said 'F**k Off RB', a reference to label boss Richard Branson. Once released from Virgin, Oldfield promptly joined Warner Bros and recorded Tubular Bells 2.]()
Mike Oldfield vs Virgin: After the enormous success of Tubular Bells, Virgin records demanded Mike Oldfield produce a sequel in 1990. So Oldfield produced an album he thought was unmarketable in the form of Amarok, consisting of only an hour-long title track. The album also included a Morse code message, which when deciphered said 'F**k Off RB', a reference to label boss Richard Branson. Once released from Virgin, Oldfield promptly joined Warner Bros and recorded Tubular Bells 2.
![Professor Green vs EMI: Last year Professor Green took to Twitter to rant against his label EMI over a number of issues. According to the rapper his single 'Never Be A Right Time' was rushed, the video for 'Remedy' was a month late and the label took 25% from his performance earnings without showing up to his shows. Green made clear that his beef wasn't financial, it was because he felt the label weren't doing their job.]()
Professor Green vs EMI: Last year Professor Green took to Twitter to rant against his label EMI over a number of issues. According to the rapper his single 'Never Be A Right Time' was rushed, the video for 'Remedy' was a month late and the label took 25% from his performance earnings without showing up to his shows. Green made clear that his beef wasn't financial, it was because he felt the label weren't doing their job.
![Outkast vs Jive records: When Big Boi was ready to release his Sir Lucious... album he was told by Outkast's label Jive that it was too arty and they didn't know what to do with it - they wanted something like Lil Wayne's Lollipop!. They graciously released Big Boi from his contract but then decided that any tracks featuring Andre 3000 were still theirs in some way. The label ultimately lost, with tracks steadily leaking until the album was released.]()
Outkast vs Jive records: When Big Boi was ready to release his Sir Lucious... album he was told by Outkast's label Jive that it was too arty and they didn't know what to do with it - they wanted something like Lil Wayne's Lollipop!. They graciously released Big Boi from his contract but then decided that any tracks featuring Andre 3000 were still theirs in some way. The label ultimately lost, with tracks steadily leaking until the album was released. "Either they're going to do it the right way, or they're going to do it my way," Big Boi said at the time. "I'm no stranger to that internet, baby."
