Billboard Chart Results
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Wow...a topic I can actually speak on with a little bit of knowledge most might not know. I feel special...
I would like to agree Kirby, but Lil' Jon's had major label backing forever. Yes, he's released a couple albums on the indy tip(TVT), but the albums WERE funded by major labels. That includes marketing/promo/airplay w/e the fuck. He was distributed nationally by Universal. They were originally released on TVT soley, then the albums started selling in the south. Universal picked up on it and helped flip the albums nationally along with TVT but it wasn't an offical joint deal or anything...Just two seperate entities trusting each other.
TVT was a pretty big INDY label, yes, but still didn't have the amount of resources to get this ONE artist all the attention he ended up recieving. No independent label could EVER compete with the majors and bitch-slap payola like that. After he blew up...he ended up leaving TVT and was officially being backed my Universal..as was his label he created. TVT let him go because of the mutual agreement they had with Universal..and that was that if the Lil Jon experiment worked, TVT would receive a lot of the sales Universal helped create. I was always under the impression TVT figured Lil' Jon would fizzle anyway...and they wouldn't be able to make much more money off of him.
Universal = the reason TVT was the number one grossing independent label during that time period and many people fail to realize that because it's not really documented. It was more of an under-the-table kind of thing.
How do I know this? Well...Oddly enough...I bullshit you not(which is why I feel special for knowing this), one member of Lil' Jon's entourage, who was actually one of the people that ended up being designated the task of laying a foundation for Lil' Jon's sub-label on Universal, ended up leaving that whole thing awhile back and opened up his own studio/started his own music get-up this year. What's crazy is...before I knew who we was or anything...I became cool with him and now I often hit up that studio to work on my music and kick it.
We actually became very good friends too which is crazy. The dude's always quick to give all the artists he's now working with his input on how to pimp the music industry...and he often molds many of his methods after what TVT/Lil' Jon were able to do. Shit's too crazy.
But...technically...you can say Lil' Jon was independent and did this all on his own since it's not out there blatantly for the public to see(unless you know who to ask)...but it actuality he didn't...hence why billboard says what they say about Tech Also, best believe the RIAA is aware of the label situations..ecspeically THAT one, because..despite what we all think...they take the whole album/artist certification thing VERY seriously.
I would like to agree Kirby, but Lil' Jon's had major label backing forever. Yes, he's released a couple albums on the indy tip(TVT), but the albums WERE funded by major labels. That includes marketing/promo/airplay w/e the fuck. He was distributed nationally by Universal. They were originally released on TVT soley, then the albums started selling in the south. Universal picked up on it and helped flip the albums nationally along with TVT but it wasn't an offical joint deal or anything...Just two seperate entities trusting each other.
TVT was a pretty big INDY label, yes, but still didn't have the amount of resources to get this ONE artist all the attention he ended up recieving. No independent label could EVER compete with the majors and bitch-slap payola like that. After he blew up...he ended up leaving TVT and was officially being backed my Universal..as was his label he created. TVT let him go because of the mutual agreement they had with Universal..and that was that if the Lil Jon experiment worked, TVT would receive a lot of the sales Universal helped create. I was always under the impression TVT figured Lil' Jon would fizzle anyway...and they wouldn't be able to make much more money off of him.
Universal = the reason TVT was the number one grossing independent label during that time period and many people fail to realize that because it's not really documented. It was more of an under-the-table kind of thing.
How do I know this? Well...Oddly enough...I bullshit you not(which is why I feel special for knowing this), one member of Lil' Jon's entourage, who was actually one of the people that ended up being designated the task of laying a foundation for Lil' Jon's sub-label on Universal, ended up leaving that whole thing awhile back and opened up his own studio/started his own music get-up this year. What's crazy is...before I knew who we was or anything...I became cool with him and now I often hit up that studio to work on my music and kick it.
We actually became very good friends too which is crazy. The dude's always quick to give all the artists he's now working with his input on how to pimp the music industry...and he often molds many of his methods after what TVT/Lil' Jon were able to do. Shit's too crazy.
But...technically...you can say Lil' Jon was independent and did this all on his own since it's not out there blatantly for the public to see(unless you know who to ask)...but it actuality he didn't...hence why billboard says what they say about Tech Also, best believe the RIAA is aware of the label situations..ecspeically THAT one, because..despite what we all think...they take the whole album/artist certification thing VERY seriously.
