FREE GAME
HEY SYDAL... I'M GLAD YOU MADE THE POINT YOU MADE... NOW I'LL BREAK IT DOWN. FIRST SOMEBODY PM'D ABOUT THE COMMENTS I MADE ON THIS POST, AND THANKED ME FOR SOME OF THE GAME I'VE POSTED, SO I'LL CONTINUE BASED ON THE RESPECT I GET FOR IT. SOME WILL AGREE, AND OTHERS MAY NOT, BUT THAT WILL BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HOW YOU SOAK GAME....
I'LL POINT OUT SYDAL'S POST JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW THE GAME AINT CHANGED...
1. "IT'S DAMN NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO GE A DEAL THESE DAYS"-
YOU'RE RIGHT, AND IT WAS JUST AS IMPOSSIBLE IN MY ERA BECAUSE THE WEST HAS NEVERFULLY GOTTEN THE RESPECT IT DESERVES EXTERNALLY(OF COURSE UNDER OUR NOSE THEY STEAL OUR SLANG, AND STYLE AND HAVE MANIPULATED IT INTO A HYBRID THAT'S UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED). IF YOU DIDN'T ROLL WITH WHOEVER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HOT AT THE TIME( SUCH AS THE DANGEROUS CREW, DIGITAL UNDERGROUND CAMP, SICK WID IT CAMP, YBB CAMP, MURDER ONE CAMP OR NO LIMIT CAMP), YOU DIDN'T HAVE A SHOT. OR IF YOU DIDN'T COME FROM ONE OF THE BIGGER CITIES SUCH AS FRISCO OR OAKLAND, YOU WERE PASSED OVER. THE SHIT'S THE SAME TODAY (EPA EASILY HAD SOME OF THE GREATEST BAY TALENT IN SUCH A LIL TOWN, AND WE STILL DON'T GET RESPECT BAY WIDE).
2. "IT WAS A LOT EASIER WHEN YOU WENT TO TOMMY BOY"-
OH REALLY, YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? OR BECAUSE SOME ONE PULLED IT OFF AND MADE IT LOOK EASY, IT GAVE YOU THAT IMPRESSION. WHAT ME AND MY BROTHER DID WAS LIKE TRYNA CATCH LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE. ASK EVERY CAT ON HERE THAT HAS NEGOTIATED WITH A LABEL, THEY KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO CONVINCE TIGHT ASSES THAT YOUR LIL RAGGEDY ASS GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO FLIP THEY CHIPS INTO FINANCIAL GAIN ON YOUR MUSIC. ME AND MY BROTHER HAD TO WORK EXTRA HARD TO SNATCH THAT DEAL. WE WASN'T AFFILIATED WIT NO CLICK BUT THE ONE WE MADE ( OF COURSE WE ROLLED WIT TOTALLY INSANE, AND MURDER ONE RECORDS, BUT THAT WAS THEIR THING ( EVEN THOUGH WE ALMOST SIGNED TO MURDER ONE RECORDS UNTIL THE DEAL FELL THROUGH, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY). NAW WE STUCK TO THE SCRIPT LIKE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO, AND RECORDED AND RECORDED UNTIL WE HAD CONVINCED EVERYBODY THAT MAC & A.K. WAS ON ANOTHER LEVEL, SIMILAR TO A CAT IN HIGH SCHOOL WHO IS A PHENOM.
3. "NOW YOU CAN'T DROP UNSOLICTED DEMOS"-
AND YOU COULDN'T BACK THEN EITHER. I DIDN'T EVEN WASTE MY TIME AND MONEY MAILING NO CD'S. THAT SHIT WOULD GET TOSSED IN THE TRASH WIT THE QUICKNESS. YOU ONLY SEND CD'S WHEN THEY KNOW WHO YOU ARE & ONE OF THE FEW A&R'S WITH CLOUT IS EXPECTING THE PACKAGE. MUTHAFUCKAS GOTTA BE TALKIN ABOUT YOU BEFORE THEY WANT TO HEAR YOUR SHIT. WE HAD ALL THE MAJORS TALKIN ABOUT US AT THE SAME TIME. HOW, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WAIT ON NO DEAL TO COME TO US, WE WENT OUT AND GOT A DEAL (THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE WAS FROM THE BAY. THEY THOUGHT WE WAS FROM L.A. CAUSE OUR SHIT WAS POLISHED, WHICH MEANT THEY DIDN'T EVEN THINK THE BAY HAD POLISHED QUALITY IN OUR MUSIC). THE BAY IS NOT THE PLACE IF YOU THINK SOME ONE IS GOING TO HEAR YOUR SHIT, AND PUT YOU ON. WE CUT THE FUCK UP OUT OF CALI AND MADE THAT HAPPEN BY HITTIN UP THE HOTTEST CONVENTIONS AT THE TIME, THE "JACK THE RAPPER", "THE GAVIN" WHICH USED TO BE IN FRISCO AT THE ST. FRANCIS HOTEL, AND THE "HOW CAN I BE DOWN CONVENTION" IN MIAMI. WE HAD TO BOGARD OUR WAY IN. EVERYBODY THERE WAS AFFILIATED. WE TOOK A DEMO AND A RADIO AND STOLE THE SHINE FROM EVERYBODY. ASK ANYBODY WHO WAS THERE. NIGGAS WAS MAD (EVEN A FEW BAY CATS THAT I WILL LEAVE UNNAMED). WE WAS STRAIGHT OFF THE STREETS AND WASN'T TAKIN NO FOR AN ANSWER (TO BE YOUNG AGAIN)
4. "WE HAVE TO HAVE A MANAGER, A LAWYER, HOT PRODUCT"-
THIS RIGHT HERE SHOULD BE COMMON SENSE TO ANYBODY IN THE GAME. LOOK AT HOW MUCH OF OUR TALENTED ARTISTS IN THE BAY GOT TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AT THAT TIME. MOST OF EM WAS PUTTIN OUT ALBUMS WIT OUT EVEN SIGNIN CONTRACTS OR SIGNIN CONTRACTS THAT LOCKED EM INTO FUCKED UP DEALS. FUCKIN WIT THE GROUP BLACK JACK TAUGHT ME NOT TO EVER RECORD A ALBUM WIT OUT REPRESENTATION OR SIGNING A CONTRACT. MAC & A.K. GOT A MANAGER (EVEN THOUGH HE WAS FRESH OUT THE PEN AND STILL ON PAROLE, BUT HE WAS A SMART BUSINESS MINDED CAT WIT HUSTLE JUST LIKE OURS), WE SOUGHT OUT A LAWYER JUST TO GET THE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT DONE FIRST. ONCE WE HAD THAT DONE, WE FUCKED AROUND AND HUSTLED TIL WE HAD HOT PRODUCT. TRUST ME IF YOUR SHIT IS WEAK, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DO IT YOURSELF TO SHOW IT HAS VALUE. IT'S PLENTY OF WEAK SHIT THAT SELLS TO THIS DAY. BUT IF YOU GOIN STRAIGHT TO THE LEAGUE, YA GAME BETTER BE POLISHED AND READY FOR PACKAGE (AINT NO SUCH THING AS ARTIST DEVELOPMENT, TRUST ME) A&R'S ARE LIKE PIMPS AND SCOUTS, THEY ALWAYS LOOKIN FOR NEW TALENT IF IT PRESENTS IT'S SELF. YOU JUST GOTTA BE DILIGENT ABOUT IT AND HAVE TOUGH SKIN CAUSE WE HEARD NO, UNTIL A FEW SAID YES, AND THEN EVERYBODY BENT OVER TO GET FUCKED. ONCE WE HAD DEALS ON THE TABLE, GETTIN A ESTABLISHED LAWYER AINT SHIT. ALL HE HAS TO DO IS TIE UP LOOSE ENDS. SHIT WE WAS USIN THE MOST POWERFUL JEWISH, NEW YORK LAWYER AT THE TIME ( I WON'T TELL YOU WHY WE USED A JEWISH CAT FROM NY, THAT'S TOO MUCH GAME TO GIVE UP). HIS NAME WAS TIM MANDELBAUM( HE WAS WUTANG'S AND THE DOGG POUND'S LAWYER, NOW HE IS ONE OF NELLY'S LAWYERS). SHIT HE DIDN'T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT US, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT WE WERE GUARANTEED MONEY. WE DID ALL THE WORK, HE JUST MADE SURE THEY HAD VASELINE ON THE CONTRACT SO WE WOULDN'T GET FUCKED AS BAD (EVEN THOUGH TOMMY BOY STILL DIDN'T SEE THE VISION AFTER WE SIGNED)
5. "I guarantee the hottest cats in the rap game right now, nobody knows about cause they don't have the money or time to handle what I stated above"-
YEAH, IT'S ALOT OF UNDISCOVERED TALENT IN THE WORLD, AND IF THEY HUNGRY, THEY GONE DO WHAT EVER IT TAKES TO COME UP. ME AND MY BRO, WE HUSTLED TO GIT EVERY PENNY . WE PAID FOR ALL OF OUR STUDIO TIME, EVEN WHEN WE GOT A MANAGER AND HE DECIDED TO GO HALF WIT US. HE WOULDN'T HAVE SPENT A DIME IF HE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS AN INVESTMENT. I SPENT ALL MY HUSTLE MONEY ON STUDIO TIME. I STAYED WIT WIPED POCKETS TO MAKE SURE MY SHIT WAS TAKEN CARE OF. NEVER BOUGHT A CAR OR CLOTHES WIT MY LOOT LIKE A LOT OF DUMB CATS THAT GRIND. I DIDN'T RISK MY LIFE FOR NUTHIN, ESPECIALLY BROKE HOES AND A FEW CLOTHES AND A LIL CHEAP ASS JEWLERY. I SAW THE BIG PICTURE. NOW I AINT TELLIN NOBODY TO GO OUT AND HUSTLE, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I DON'T REGRET WHAT I DID, I DO REGET WHAT I DID TO GET MONEY. HUSTLIN AINT SHIT TO BE PROUD OF. WE FEEDIN OUR OWN PEOPLE DEATH, WHICH WE WILL BE JUDGED FOR SOON ENOUGH IF YOU AINT SEEKED FORGIVENESS FROM UP HIGH. ALL I'M SAYIN IS IT'S YOUR LIFE AND YOU GONE HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHETHER OR NOT YOUR SHIT GETS DONE RIGHT. FUCK COPPIN OUT. JOBS PAY ENOUGH TO GET YOU STUDIO TIME OR EQUIPMENT IF YOU SAVE. YOU GONE HAVE TO SACRIFICE. I SACRIFICED GOIN TO COLLEGE AND OTHER SHIT TO DO WHAT I DID. I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE NOW THAT I LOOK BACK, CAUSE SCHOOL WOULD HAVE CAME IN HANDY. I DIDN'T THINK SO THEN BUT NOW I KNOW BETTER( I WAS A LEFT HANDED HIGH SCHOOL QUARTER BACK WHO DIDN'T EVEN PLAY HIS SENIOR YEAR AND STILL HAD SCHOOL'S LOOKIN FOR ME). LOOK INTO YOUR OWN HEART AND MAKE YOUR DECISION.
SO YOU SEE, SHIT REALLY AINT CHANGED. IT REALLY IS ALOT OF MUTHAFUCKAS IN THE GAME, BUT SO WHAT. MOST OF EM IS WEAK AND WILL NEVER BE IN THE LIME LIGHT. YOU GOTTA LOOK RIGHT PAST THEY WEAK ASSES. IF I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW SMALL EPA IS, AND THAT I CAN'T RIDE WIT A ESTABLISHED TEAM( AND CHAZ HAYES,SPICE 1'S AND E-40" MGR, WAS INTERESTED IN FUCKIN WIT US) INTO A BOARD ROOM, AND HOW I NEVER DROPPED A INDY ALBUM, I WOULD HAVE NEVER GOT SIGNED, EVEN THOUGH SIGNING TO A MAJOR AINT SHIT UNLESS YOU GOT PREVIOUS SELLS BEHIND YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU AT LEAST DROP A PROJECT. THE SCRIPT IS STILL THE SAME EXCPET YOU GOTTA MODIFY IT TO FIT YOU. BOTTOM LINE IF YOU REALLY AINT THE HUSTLER YOU THINK YOU ARE THEN IT AINT GONE HAPPEN ANYWAY. AND IF YOU DON'T ALREADY BELEIVE IN YA SELF TO THE POINT WHERE IN YOUR MIND YOU ALREADY A STAR AND THE DEAL IS SIGNED IN YOUR MIND, THEN YOUR FAITH IS SHOT, AND YOU LACK STAR QUALITY ANYWAY. AND IF YOUR SHIT AINT HOT, JUST FORGET IT AND STOP FOOLIN YA SELF. YOU KNOW IF YA SHIT IS HOT OR NOT.
NOW THAT'S GAME...
