I'm just starting too use python, learning experience. I know the basics logic of programming. I have a function in python that is running everytime, even when it's not supposed to. I use an if statement in the beginning of the function. I don't know why this if statement is not working, confused. I have another function that is similar and works correctly. Am I missing something simple?

Here's the function that is not working...

def check_artist_art():
    if os.path.exists("/tmp/artistinfo") and open("/tmp/artistinfo").read() != title:
    #if artist == "":
        if os.path.exists(home + "/.artist"):
            os.remove(home + "/.artist")
        if os.path.exists("/tmp/artistinfo"):
            os.remove("/tmp/artistinfo")
            print artist
        return False
    else:
        os.path.exists("/tmp/artistinfo") and open("/tmp/artistinfo").read() == artist
        return False
    return True

And this is the similar function that is working correctly..

def check_album():
    if os.path.exists("/tmp/albuminfo") and open("/tmp/albuminfo").read() != album:
        if os.path.exists(home + "/.album"):
            os.remove(home + "/.album")
        if os.path.exists("/tmp/albuminfo"):
            os.remove("/tmp/albuminfo")
        return False
    elif os.path.exists("/tmp/trackinfo") and open("/tmp/trackinfo").read() == artist + album:
        return False
    return True

Any help is greatly appreciated.