Rappers: What if you see your music up for download?

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leftcoast415

leftcoast415

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How would you feel if you see a song or a few of your songs (not your entire album) up for download online?

I'm thinking that if its a "myspace rapper" he'd be happy that someone is actually listening/feeling his music. If its its an upcoming artist who isn't well known yet, I'm guessing he'd be happy with some more promotion. If it's a bigger artist, I think he'd be upset cuz people who downloaded it for free may have bought the songs on itunes or something if they didn't see it up for download for free somewhere.

Thats just what I think...anyone in the industry lemme know your perspective on this. I'm asking cuz I got my little Bay Area hip hop blog and I upload new singles and a few songs from many new Bay Area albums when they're released.


Also, if any rappers want their music featured on my site get at me at [email protected]. Quality shit only.
 
Infantry Elite

Infantry Elite

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i personally upload my cds and new songs and put them up for download on certain forums and websites


mainly just because i know those people wont hav the ability to see me in the streets and cop it off me...also because none of them bastards buy cds anyway


its nice to get feedback from all over the world without havin to travel (not that im against travelin)
 
BASEDVATO

BASEDVATO

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I'm the same way, if I see somone listen'n to my shit I'm happy.

Money isn't in music anymore, and my money motivated hustle has changed. I still rap, but not with the goal to get rich, more just for respect and exposure.
 
Reegz

Reegz

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leftcoast415 said:
What about people who are actually trying to make a lot of money from rap??
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I think they're fuckin up right there. One of the best sayings I ever heard was "make money to make music, dont make music to make money". If you work hard at achieving your goals, and you can end up living off of your dream than that should be the icing on tha cake.
 
DREGS ONE

DREGS ONE

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^^^THAT'S SOME REAL SHIT! HEY IF SOMEONE TOOK THE TIME TO SIT AT THEIR COMPUTER AND UPLOAD SOME OF MY SHIT TO THEIR SITE, AND OTHER FOLKS ARE TAKIN THE TIME TO DOWNLOAD IT, THAT'D MEAN I MUST BE DOIN SOMETHIN RIGHT.
 
italianstallion

italianstallion

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sooner or later new technology will come out that'll make it hard to get free music, until then, musicians will make their living off of concert money, dealing drugs, or getting a day job. personally, i'd be bittersweet about someone downloading my shit, i'd be honered that they'd wanna listen to it, but bummed out that it's getting less and less likely that someone can follow their dreams and live comfortable from it.
 
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livemanikins

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Yea you can't stop the downloading. When our album hit it was on over 30 torrent sites and we had hundreds and hundreds of DL's off of mp3 sites but we aint trippin since that was our first album. There isn't a way to stop it so I will go with what the other cat said "make money to make music" I make music because its my passion, strait up
 
servnu151

servnu151

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man.... artist & people can moan and bitch all they want but this shit was going on back when tapes where being sold! I never once bought a tape......used to go to my boyees house and have them record me one! LOLOLOLOL now its just turned digital!

Ive always uploaded all our albums! the way i see it, its better to be me uploading it then some other cat doing it! People are also tired of garbage ass artists releasing BOO BOO so they rather listen before buying....nothing wrong with that!

its just a revolving door...once they figure out how to stop the illegal downloading (cant see it happening) people will find another way of doing it!
 
4thereal

4thereal

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^^^haha i remember hearing hella fools back in the days askin me to dub shit for them when i bought that new somebody that came out lol. but i use to be like hell no go buy you're own lol.
 
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C-DUBB

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bay on top dot com got a bunch of shit for download that really shouldnt be up there.. i dont mind my old outta print shit but they got like 5 of my albums on there.. the 1st day 916 unified and sick wid it umbrella dropped , they had those for download too... i dont think its ever gunna stop but the new shit they puttin up for download is fucked up... were tryin to push these new albums and eat
 
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C-DUBB said:
i do appriciate people listening to my music , but at the same time , im promoting new projects and clearly have the links to purchase the shit..i dunno man.. its a double edge sword
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Call it free promotion...If enough people hear it you're gonna' make some money...Whether it be shows or something else....It's all about captivating the audience...
 
leftcoast415

leftcoast415

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C-DUBB said:
bay on top dot com got a bunch of shit for download that really shouldnt be up there.. i dont mind my old outta print shit but they got like 5 of my albums on there.. the 1st day 916 unified and sick wid it umbrella dropped , they had those for download too... i dont think its ever gunna stop but the new shit they puttin up for download is fucked up... were tryin to push these new albums and eat
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I'm with you on that...it is fucked up. But at the same time...a lot of the albums I buy...I buy them cuz I heard the album first and liked it a lot and wouldn't have bought them without listening first....and them 30 second clips that some sites have don't do enough. Too bad hella people don't think like that and don't spend any money on music.
 
AKAZIE

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Infantry Elite said:
i personally upload my cds and new songs and put them up for download on certain forums and websites


mainly just because i know those people wont hav the ability to see me in the streets and cop it off me...also because none of them bastards buy cds anyway


its nice to get feedback from all over the world without havin to travel (not that im against travelin)
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i agree with this. sometimes you can't get to everybody, a the majority just dont buy anything at all. so you gotta do what you gotta do and bite the bullet on some sells. Everybody will listen if itz for free.
 
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