IN RESPONSE TO: IN JAIL YOU MY HOE.....

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THIS IS MY RESPONSE FOR YOU TO READ JUST IN CASE YOU DONT SEE MY REPLY TO THE "SICC SHOP PRESENTS THE HUSTLE" POST.....


N JAIL U MY HOE SAYS:

"i think its kinda stupid some people even charge for there Verse's... i can understand buying a beat, that helps build solid albums. But a verse from someone that not many people know, and won't help sell albums is stupid.

lets really think about it... i'll use Tact Out for an example (because your the post above mine).... you charge $200 for your verse, that means if i get 5 bucks per CD roughly, i'd have to sell 40 albums, to recoup that expense... most likely the reason for buying album would not because your on it -- if anything it does you more good to be on it, cause you get exposure and they hear you rapping.

thats why i'd never buy any verse off a person, unless they sold some "real" units.... like in the 15,000 per release... yes it will cost more to get them on, but names like that will HELP sales...

thats why, tell i'm major i will not ever charge a person for a verse, if i start to get big, and you want me on it ask.... instead, of getting on anything you pay me for... i'll be SUPER picky, and only go on stuff, that'll do me and the other artist justice. Thats real..."



MY RESPONSE TO THAT IS:

FACT IS: I ANSWERED THE QUESTION ABOVE MY POST, ANOTHER FACT IS, PLENTY OF CATS ON HERE IVE DONE SHIT FOR FREE FOR, HOWEVER PLENTY OF FOLX ON HERE HAVE PAID ME FOR MY SHIT..... I DONT BEG FOR MONEY, BUT WHEN THE QUESTION IS ASKED WHAT I HIT FOE.... THATS WHAT I HIT FOE!!!! IF YOU WANT TO NETWORK WIT ME OR TRADE SOMETHIN OR WHATEVER TO MAKE IT WORTH MY WILD THEN WE COULD WORK SOMETHIN ELSE OUT...

AND AS I CAN REMEMBER I HAVE TOLD YOU BEFORE ID DO SOMETHIN FOR YOU GUYS FOR NOTHIN, SO USING ME FOR A REFERANCE WAS JUST STUPID, ILL BREAK IT DOWN.

WHO ARE YOU??? TO ME, YOU ARE NOBODY (NO DISRESPECT) BUT IN ALL HONESTY, I DONT BELIEVE YOU EVER DROPPED AN ALBUM OR SOLD ANY UNITS AT ALL.... I HOWEVER BEEN IN THE GAME AND BETWEEN 2 ALBUMS HAVE SOLD OVER 4000 COPIES AND STILL SELLIN, AND I DO HAVE ALOT OF BUSINESS..... SO IF YOU WANT ME ON YOUR ALBUM, HOW WOULD IT BENAFIT ME, YES ITS MORE EXPOSURE, BUT WHAT IF YOU NEVER DROP THAT ALBUM??? WHAT IF YOU ONLY SELL 100 COPIES??? HOW DOES THAT GIVE ME EXPOSURE??? I COULD JUST SPEND $300 AND PRESS UP 10,000 FLYERS AND GET EXPOSURE....

PERSONALLY ME, I LIKE DOIN SHIT WITH OTHERS AND IM NOT GREEDY, AND FACT IS IM REAL FAIR AND CHEAP AND AN EASY PERSON TO WORK WITH, ASK ANYONE, I CUT MY VERSES DOWN PAT IN LESS THAN 3 TAKES, AND THE VERSES ARE PERFECT, AND I EVEN ASK IF ITS WHAT YOU WANT, OR IF YOU WANT MORE, OR IF YOU WANT ME TO DO SOMETHIN EXTRA OR CUT IT AGAIN..... CATS KNOW IM WORTH WHAT THEY PAID ME WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE.

ALSO, FOR ME TO COME DO A VERSE FOR YOU FOR FREE, WHAT ABOUT MY FOOD, MY DRANK AND MY WEED, MY TIME AND MY GAS MONEY IT COST ME TO MEET YOU AT A STUDIO AND SPEND A COUPLE HOURS OR MORE OF MY TIME.... NOW DONT GET ME WRONG, I LOVE TO DO ALL THIS STUFF, EVEN FOR FREE, CUZZ I HAVE.... BUT THE TRUTH IS, I THINK THEIR ARE HELLA WEAK RAPPERS OUT THEIR THAT AINT DONE SHIT, AND THEY CHARGE MORE THAN I DO..... NOT JUST THAT, MOST OF THE CATS THAT I TALK TO THAT GET DOWN WITH ME, FEEL THEY WOULD BE DISRESPECTIN ME IF I DO SOMETHIN FOR FREE, THEY WOULD AT LEAST GIVE ME $100 AND SMOKE ME OUT AND DRANK ME OUT..... I DONT EVEN ASK, ITS JUST PART OF THE GAME, AND I TRY TO ONLY DO BUSINESS WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE COO, AND WANT TO WORK WITH ME.... I DONT JUST DO SHIT WITH WHOEVER FOR THE MONEY.... ASK ANYONE, IF I DONT FEEL THE BEAT, I AINT RIPPIN ON IT NO MATTER WHAT!!! MONEY OR NOT...

I ALSO DO HAVE 2 KIDS TO FEED AND CLOTH, I ALSO HAVE A HOUSE THAT I OWN AND MAKE MORTAGE PAYMENTS FOR.... SO IF ITS UNFAIR FOR ME TO ASK FOR A LIL BIT OF MONEY, YOUR TRIPPIN...

NOT JUST THAT, YOU TALK AND SAY YOU WOULD NEED TO SELL 40 UNITS TO MAKE UP FOR WHAT YOU SPENT ON ME.... WELL PEEP THIS, I "GUARENTEE" YOU THAT I WOULD HAVE MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE BUY YOU ALBUM HAVING NO IDEA WHO YOU ARE, JUST CUZZ IM ON IT!!!! SO IN FACT I WOULD MAKE YOU BOUT $500 PROFIT..... AND IF YOU HONESTLY THINK IM FULL OF IT OR SOMETHIN, YOU MUST NOT KNOW HOW I GET DOWN.... BUT I HAVE LOTS OF FRIENDS, FANS AND FAMILY THAT WILL BUY ANYTHING I BREATH ON OR TOUCH.... 40 UNITS AINT SHIT!!!! AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR UNSURE IF YOU COULD EVEN SELL 40 UNITS.... IT AINT NO THANG TO ME TO FLIP SOME BREAD FOR SOMEONE JUST CUZZ THEY WROTE A VERSE FOR MY ALBUM, CUZZ I KNOW ILL GET MY MONEY BACC..... AND IF I DONT, FUCC IT, ITS PART OF THE GAME..... LIKE I SAID, BOTH MY ALBUMS HAVE SOLD 2000 COPIES OR MORE, AND IT WASNT BY LUCK!!!

AND I AINT EVEN DROPPED "B.A.R.T. TO THE 91SICCNESS" DOUBLE COMPILATION THAT I KNOW WILL SELL PLENTY OF UNITS!!! WHICH BY THE WAY, YOU HAVE A SONG ON THEIR, SO THATS GOOD EXPOSURE FOR YOU ISNT IT???
 
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TACT OUT MUZIC said:
IT WILL BE OUT FOR SURE IN AUGUST..... BUT I HAVE A SPECIAL LIL SOMETHIN GOIN ON ILL BE ANNOUNCIN LATER WHEN ITS FINALIZED, ITS GOOD FOR EVERYONE... THEY SHOULD BE FOR SALE WITHIN 4 WEEKS OR SO TO ORDER.
Glad to hear the release is coming soon. I've been telling cats about this for over a year now and folks are starting to doubt me...haha.

What about the record release party...is it still supposed to crack? If so, I want to get my boys together to practice.

One more question...will the featured artists be given any albums to slang on the streets, or at least some copies at cost. I understand you gotta make bread off this, but it would definitely be a nice gesture to help cats get their hustle on. The more copies we can get onto the streets should lead to better word of mouth promotion anyway.
Peace.
 

BASEDVATO

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i think you took what i said wrong, i mean seems like you took it like i was talken down to you, or disrespecten... was nothen like that, i was just using you as an example... i coulda used OSO LOC or whatever... i was just maken a point...

personally i think you have good business skills, you do a lot of shows, have some albums ect... more then my lazy (and as of recent unmotivated) ass been doing...

and i know my group album hasen't dropped, but i have put together a mixtape, thats getting Dist by ADI, we're getting all the 1-sheets out and see if we can get some pre-orders... anyhow i still do wanna work on some music with you, and in no way was i trien to bag on your business you have more fans, more sales and more shows and i'm not hating on that...
 
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BALLER B:

I AINT TRIPPIN OFF MAKIN ANY MONEY OFF THIS PROJECT, I JUST WANT UNITS TO SELL, THATS ALL THAT COUNTS TOO ME, YEAH I INVESTED ALOT OF TIME AND A LIL MONEY, BUT I KNOW THE ALBUM WILL DO WELL.... SO DONT TRIP, I WILL AT LEAST GIVE COPIES TO ALL THAT SENT ME A TRACK FOR THE ALBUM THE ALBUM, I AINT GONNA SAY 10 OR NOTHIN, BUT I WILL DO WHATEVER I CAN... AT LEAST A COUPLE THO..... BUT IT DEPENDS ON HOW MANY I WILL BE ABLE TO GET FROM THE DISTRIBUTOR, YA FEEL???
 
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NJAILUMYHIZZO: THATS FINE YOU CLEAR IT UP, AND I AINT TRIPPIN, BUT I NOTICE ALOT OF CATS SAY SHIT LIKE THAT, AND AT LEAST ON MY END, I DONT DO BUSINESS LIKE MOST RAPPERS.... IM A REAL PERSON, NOT SOME WANNA BE, I AM WHO I AM..... AND I KNOW HOW SHIT NEEDS TO BE HANDLED, BUT WHEN I SEE YOU SAY MY NAME, THAT BASICALLY IS LIKE SAYIN I COULDNT SELL 40 UNITS FOR YOU, WHEN I COULD EASILY DO THAT, I AM MORE THAN REASONABLY PRICED FOR THE LIL SHINE I DO HAVE COMPARED TO MOST RAPPERS OUT THEIR.... AND I KNOW YALL AINT GOT NOTHIN OUT YET, I AINT DISSIN, BUT FACT IS, I HAVE 2 ALBUMS OUT AND A 3RD ON THE WAY, PLUS THE BART COMP, AND I HAVE BEEN FEATURED ON OVER 15 DIFFERENT ALBUMS THAT ALL HAVE BEEN THROUGH DISTRIBUTION, AND A FEW OUT THE TRUNK ALBUMS.... SO I THINK YOU JUST USED ME AS AN ANALOGY BUT MADE A BAD CHOICE, HOWEVER SINCE YOU CLEARED IT UP, YOU ARE RIGHT TO AN EXTENT, CUZZ THEIR ARE A TON OF PEOPLE WHO BE CHARGIN FOR VERSES AND WONT NETWORK OR NOTHIN, AND THEY AINT DONE SHIT!!! BUT FACT IS, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO GIVE YOU MONEY, WHO AM I TO SAY YOU CANT TAKE IT??