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" Talib Kweli has said that the music industry is dead.  The rapper - who recently released his new album Gutter Rainbows strictly in digital format - said that he chose to forego a traditional printing in order to maintain control over his own creative career.  &amp;quot;I was being nice. We&amp;#039;re not really witnessing the demise: We&amp;#039;re at the wake,&amp;quot; he told MTV News. &amp;quot;The music industry doesn&amp;#039;t exist. What we have is a series of businessmen who make smart decisions and a series of businesswomen who make smart decisions. But the industry as a whole, when you have records that are being played 3,000 times on radio but you can&amp;#039;t sell albums - for the disconnect to be that huge - that means it&amp;#039;s over.&amp;quot;  Kweli went on to reveal that he plans to release a physical version of Gutter Rainbows via Duck Down Records later this year in order to appease his fans who prefer a tangible album. &amp;quot;I have a certain aspect of my fan base who are mad because I&amp;#039;m putting out Gutter Rainbows - which is a small release - not on a CD,&amp;quot; he said.  &amp;quot;But it&amp;#039;s over. I know people wanna go open it up and look at the credits; I&amp;#039;m that type.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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