I didnt see this posted so I thought I'd throw it up...TBIB! Turfie in NYT - on front page too right now. Its a pretty interesting article. I didn't know that rap was selling so little, even Fifty only moved 1.1 million....guess its cuz of cats like me downloading everything! (except for turfie, i actually bought that one)
Its kind of like nobody will be able to make money selling albums...albums are just a way to get people to come to your live shows and sell merchandise based on the amount of downloading people are doing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/a...gin&adxnnlx=1199048536-w/qYIz4oeJvSealAD9FM6A
And then there is Turf Talk, a loudmouthed upstart from Vallejo, Calif., who made arguably the year’s most exciting hip-hop album, “West Coast Vaccine (The Cure).” It came out through Sick Wid’ It Records, which is run by his cousin, the rapper E-40. (The album was released through a distribution deal with Navarre, which sold its music distribution business to Koch in May.) And despite Turf Talk’s flamboyant rhymes, the album has pretty much remained a secret. Without a national radio hit or even a proper music video, Turf Talk has promoted the CD mainly through West Coast regional shows, from San Diego to Tacoma, Wash.
Reached by telephone at his home in Concord, Calif., Turf Talk tried to put the best spin on a mixed-up year. “The independent game is starting to shine again,” he said. But when pressed, he said he would love to cross over to the mainstream, speaking in the third person: “Turf Talk wants to be known all across the world.”
Its kind of like nobody will be able to make money selling albums...albums are just a way to get people to come to your live shows and sell merchandise based on the amount of downloading people are doing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/a...gin&adxnnlx=1199048536-w/qYIz4oeJvSealAD9FM6A
And then there is Turf Talk, a loudmouthed upstart from Vallejo, Calif., who made arguably the year’s most exciting hip-hop album, “West Coast Vaccine (The Cure).” It came out through Sick Wid’ It Records, which is run by his cousin, the rapper E-40. (The album was released through a distribution deal with Navarre, which sold its music distribution business to Koch in May.) And despite Turf Talk’s flamboyant rhymes, the album has pretty much remained a secret. Without a national radio hit or even a proper music video, Turf Talk has promoted the CD mainly through West Coast regional shows, from San Diego to Tacoma, Wash.
Reached by telephone at his home in Concord, Calif., Turf Talk tried to put the best spin on a mixed-up year. “The independent game is starting to shine again,” he said. But when pressed, he said he would love to cross over to the mainstream, speaking in the third person: “Turf Talk wants to be known all across the world.”
