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That would seem to rule out a very high percentage of the music I listen to, which frequently has abstract or fully image-processed content on the cover. I have a feeling I know what they're trying to avoid in their catalogs, and that's looking like a crate of records in a dusty music shop. They are merchandising the hits, not trying to even make it feasible to find the market-losers later.

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How do their rules exclude abstract images? If this is the one you're referring to:

> No blurry, pixelated, tilted, or cropped images unless intended.

Notice the 'unless intended.' I imagine they're trying to avoid hastily or poorly uploaded artwork.

> hastily or poorly uploaded

I would say that is often a good description of the artistic intent.

I wonder if Viper is on Apple Music

Assuming you mean the artist with albums titled "Trap Lord 2" and "Life Is Fair 4 Me II", yes, they are.

thanks for this subthread =)

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