So Morrissey is right about Capitol.See how many artists were sabotage by them.We have to wait 10 years for the album.I want to send a missile to them.
"American rapper Ras Kass was due to release his third album,
Van Gogh, with Capitol Records in 2001, but Capitol shelved the project — and would not give the artist back his rights to the album, either. Kass then engaged in a public dispute with the label, eventually
filing a lawsuit against them. After a long winded battle, the artist settled and Kass was then free to pursue deals with other companies — which is all he ever wanted.
Take for instance
Sky Ferreira, who joined Capitol Records.Ferreira had several disputes with the label, according to
an interview in 2022, and accused them of sabotage. In that interview, Ferreira said she felt she was “set up to fail” by Capitol, and accused them of negligence for leaving some of her music off streaming platforms and blocking various collaborations that she wanted to take part in at that time.
Another example can be found with American rock band
Splashdown, who, after a successful debut found their follow-up album shelved by the label. For reasons that remain unclear, Capitol Records would not release the record but also retained copyright, meaning that the band could not release the album with any other label.
US glam metal band Poison (who formed in 1983 and had a string of top 40 hits through to the 90’s) sued Capitol and EMI for violating its recording contract. "