By Jesse Kirshbaum, Co-Founder of SoundCtrl

Hope you had a wonderful weekend. I had a relaxing weekend in NYC and got a chance to really kick back and listen to all of the exciting new music coming out this month.

These new albums were all getting appropriate attention:

J. Cole – Born Sinner

Capital Cities – In A Tidal Way of Mystery

The-Dream – IV Play

Action Bronson & Harry Fraud – Saab Stories

The White Panda – Bearly Legal

Kanye West – Yeezus (yeah, no link… my guess is you’ve got it or you’ve heard it though)

Look, I’m not complaining. I love music as a fan… but as a business man and someone that cares very deeply about this industry there is something wrong here. I didn’t buy any of these albums. Sure, I’ll support them all one way or another (I alluded to it on Twitter on Friday), but the system as we know it is broken.

I don’t believe in paying for something just because. When something is available for free and everyone else is getting it for free, why pay for it?? And I understand why Panda’s album isn’t legal… or Barely Legal for that matter. But there should be a way for it to be at least cleared for commercial use in a manageable way. I digress and that’s a separate subject.

Anyway, definitely something I’m pondering and I’m sure you are all as well. I think this is an amazing time for access and creativity and I love that. Artists are making statements with their bodies of work but things definitely need to be reconfigured.

And we all know it!

In the meantime, we are only half way through June and the summer hasn’t even started yet. Whoa that Jay-Z announcement is pretty exciting too. Many more awesome releases to come.

5 tracks I’m loving this June are:

Pharrell – Happy

Capital Cities – Farah Fawcett Hair

Wale – Bad Remix featuring Rihanna

J. Cole – Villuminati

White Panda – Money for Party Rocking (LMFAO/Dire Straights)

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