I'M IN NY NOW SOAKING THINGS UP.....HERE IS SOME ADVICE FOR YALL

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I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE A LOT OF RAPPERS AND BUSINESSMEN ON HERE GRINDING TRYING TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. I HAVE BEEN IN NY THE LAST FEW DAYS CHECKING THINGS OUT, ASKING QUESTIONS AND LEARNING SOOOO MUCH MORE ABOUT THE INDUSTRY I DIDN'T KNOW. HERE ARE SOME THINGS I HAVE NOTICED THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HELP SOME OF YOU OUT....

1. WAKE YOUR ASS UP!!!!!!

YOU WILL NEVER SURVIVE IN THIS GAME IF YOU WAKE UP AT 9AM..... KEEP IN MIND, WHEN YOU ARE HAVING A BOWL OF CEREAL AT 9AM IN THE BAY, ITS ALREADY NOON IN NEW YORK!!! LOL NIGGAS HAVE MADE MILLIONS BEFORE YOU EVEN PUT YOUR PANTS ON. SO IF YOU WANNA RUN WITH THE BIG DOGS AND DECISION MAKERS, GET IN THE HABIT OF WAKING UP ABOUT 6 OR 7 AM PACIFIC TIME......

2. YOU GOT TO GIVE A LITLLE TO GET A LITTLE

DEE, THE CEO OF RUFF RYDERS TOLD ME THE STORY OF HOW HE ORIGINALLY HAD MA$E, THE LOX, AND DMX. BUT AT THE TIME HE HAD MONEY, BUT NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE RAP GAME. HE WAS COOL WITH PUFF, SO HE GAVE PUFF MASE AND THE LOX. IN EXCHANGE, HE SAT IN ON THE WHOLE RECORDING AND BUSINESS PROCESS OF PUTTING THEM OUT UNDER PUFF. HE SAID PUFF TAUGHT HIM ALL THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE. HE TOOK THAT KNOWLEDGE AND APPLIED IT TO DMX AND IN THE END, DMX HAS SOLD ABOUT 25 MILLION WORLDWIDE. SO IN THE END, HE SACRIFICED HAVING MASE AND THE LOX, TO LEARN FROM ONE OF THE BEST EVER.......

3. STAY HUMBLE

NEVER FEEL LIKE YOU KNOW IT ALL......PLAIN AND SIMPLE!!!
 
Apr 30, 2003
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That's what's up right there Klou said the same thing in my film how Master P when he was in Richmond would get up at 600am everymorning starting his day putting calls etc.. Best of luck to yall you got my support
 
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LOL AND THAT GAME WAS FO FREE...SOAK IT...
NY IS DOPE I STAYED OUT THERE FOR AWHILE ITS WAY DIFFRENT THEY STAY ON SOME GET MONEY SHIT 24-7..ITS GOOD TO SEE CATS OUT THERE MAKING SHIT HAPPEN......GOD BLESS YALL ON EVERYTHING YALL DO THIS YEAR
 
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THACRITIC408 said:
LOL AND THAT GAME WAS FO FREE...SOAK IT...
NY IS DOPE I STAYED OUT THERE FOR AWHILE ITS WAY DIFFRENT THEY STAY ON SOME GET MONEY SHIT 24-7..ITS GOOD TO SEE CATS OUT THERE MAKING SHIT HAPPEN......GOD BLESS YALL ON EVERYTHING YALL DO THIS YEAR
SO TRUE....NIGGAS GRIND OUT HERE.....

EVEN WHEN SHIT AINT GOIN THEY WAY, THEY KEEP GRINDIN WITH NO EXCUSES. RELENTLESS HUSTLE!!!!
 
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what do dee and waah and all them think of the bay?
DIDNT TALK TO WAH TOO MUCH ABOUT IT BUT DEE FELT THAT HYPHY MUSIC IS FOR THE BAY. HIS QUOTE WAS "WHEN YOU MAKE MUSIC FOR A SPECIFIC GROUP OF PEOPLE, IT WONT SPREAD. YOU GOTTA LEARN HOW TO TRANSLATE YOUR HUSTLE TO MAKE OUTSIDERS RELATE TO IT".....

HONESTLY, IN NEW YORK NIGGAS HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THE HYPHY MOVEMENT. NOT THAT THEY HATIN ON THE BAY, THAT SHIT JUST AINT REACHIN. I KNOW PEOPLE GONNA GET ON HERE AND SAY IM TRIPPIN, BUT IM HERE NOW!!! I BEEN TO YONKERS, BROOKLYN, MANHATTAN, QUEENS, HARLEM, THE BX, AND BEEN FUCKIN WITH INDUSTRY CATS AND REGULAR CATS TOO. INDUSTRY CATS KNOW A LITTLE FROM THE MTV SPECIALS AND STUFF, BUT THE AVERAGE JOE CANT NAME 3 RAPPERS FROM THE BAY BESIDES SHORT AND 40.
ITS LIKE GOING TO THE ZOO AND LOOKING AT ANIMALS TO THEM. ANIMALS AT THE ZOO ARE COOL TO LOOK AT, BUT NOBODY WANTS TO BRING A GIRAFFE HOME AND KEEP IT....FEEL ME?
 
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THATS REAL SHIT WHEN I WAS OUT THERE IT WAS THE SAME WAY ...CATS WAS LIKE WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING IM LIKE THIS BAY SHIT..THEY LIKE CAT LIKE THAT OUT THERE? THEY DONT UNDERSTAND ITS A WAY DIFFRENT LIFE STYLE SO ITS ALL NEW TO ALOT OF NY CATS..... THERE UNDERGROUND IS MIXTAPE SHIT..THATS HOW THEY FIND OUT ABOUT NEW CATS IN NY IS FROM THE MIXTAPE SHIT........
 
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4SHEEZY Congatulations on the RUFFRIDER deal ,bring home some RR clothing gear! (lol) talk 2 y'all soon i'm still waiting on them tracks i'll contact Rob and see what's good....1DJ KING ASSASSIN if ya can call DJ PIMP hes in Manhattan and can take ya to some hot coo spots while in NYC....
 
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All truth homie....New York is the spot for up & comers...I live iN Boston & went to NY for one weekend & sold 7-800 Mixtapes just cuz people are willin to support just off the strength...the radio is tuff but the streets support cuz we all tryin to make it.....
 
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Beads said:
All truth homie....New York is the spot for up & comers...I live iN Boston & went to NY for one weekend & sold 7-800 Mixtapes just cuz people are willin to support just off the strength...the radio is tuff but the streets support cuz we all tryin to make it.....
we gotta get that love to spread on the west like that.... movements are created with support!
 
Jan 15, 2006
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Dont get it fucked up thinking everything is all good in NY tho. Niggaz is complaining they not eating the way they were out there. When im out there and i talk to niggaz damn near all of em feel like NY is loosing right now.. I think the mixtape game and niggaz not being themselves in NY fucked up alot of shit.. plus NY niggaz HATE ON EACHOTHER HARD.... people hate on eachother everywhere but out there its like competition with everything everybody and they momma rap plus battlin really big there.

But the difference is NY started that shit and alot of powerfull industry people are from ny so ny hiphop will always be relevant.. T