Mr. Samos said:
Can't do everything at once though right, things like that take serious time and planning.
How so? Listen...I'm a master of rhetoric, and the "i'm trying my hardest", and the "these things take time", but this is not the thread. Lil Flip didn't get a deal handed to him, the man had about 15 mixtapes out there before he got signed, and did non-stop shows...for money...for free...it didn't matter. Same with Cash Money....Same with Master P....Same with G-Unit..same with 95% of artists who are making any kind of impact.
The MOMENT you sit down and say to yourself "i need national distro! that'd be neat!", you might as well cut your legs out right from under you with a hacksaw. Unless you're touring nationally,
what is the POINT? 90% of these artists that claim to have national, I can go down to FYE or a local record store, and their shit IS NOT there. So who CARES if some mom and pop store in Philadelphia or Miami is carrying your shit, when 2 hours away from your own backyard, I cant even buy your cd?
And dont even get me started on people who pay for features from artists they'll probably never do a show with, when they can pick artists from their own city and go on TOURS with them.....