What has Ya Boy's CD sold since it dropped?
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In no way was I talking shit, more of advise. But no one will listen. Every artist always think they are the next to go big just because they have good punch lines, or they can write 16's in seconds. SORRY that's not all you have to know. Only if people wold actually sit down and listen. Jayz said it best.
"I'm not looking at you, I'm looking past you"
"I'm not looking at you, I'm looking past you"
Did anyone stop to think that...just becuase YOU like it....that everyone else is???Cmon now....i personally think Ya Boy is average on the mic...and i wasnt impressed with his album...in the slightest...and if anyone says im hatin you can lick the backside of my testies...thats my opinion...i feel like he was hyped up and i was let down...so for everyone 1 person in the Bay...or anywhere else for that matter...that thinks the album was dope...theres gonna be 100 that aint feelin him...end of story...
The "Bay Area Ego" kills me ...just cus YOU feelin it...dont mean everyone else is....just cus you think youre homie is dope...dont mean the rest of the world do...and lets be honest...someon else said it...youre average-everday hip-hop consumer is gonna buy a 50 album before ya favorite local artists album....thats just common sense....
The "Bay Area Ego" kills me ...just cus YOU feelin it...dont mean everyone else is....just cus you think youre homie is dope...dont mean the rest of the world do...and lets be honest...someon else said it...youre average-everday hip-hop consumer is gonna buy a 50 album before ya favorite local artists album....thats just common sense....
2000 is good
2000*8=16000
Invest in vinyl to service to pools in the south and midwest. Get add in Murder Dog. Hire street teams in the midwest(330)380-651 and south. Run cable adds concurrent with street promo, do free shows,,,, appearances etc. Dont just sit on 10000 sold in your region. Mike Jones did not sell 100,000 thousand in texas. When he was indy he sold more records in OHIO than anywhere else believe it or not.
2000*8=16000
Invest in vinyl to service to pools in the south and midwest. Get add in Murder Dog. Hire street teams in the midwest(330)380-651 and south. Run cable adds concurrent with street promo, do free shows,,,, appearances etc. Dont just sit on 10000 sold in your region. Mike Jones did not sell 100,000 thousand in texas. When he was indy he sold more records in OHIO than anywhere else believe it or not.
I feel that we make the most innovative music in the world, and currently are putting out the best music. Our problem is that we don't market and promote with innovation, that really hurts us.
Everybody on the board seems to agree that for the most part, we don't do videos, or good ones. Commercials also are few. But my problem is that we do not innovate in areas of marketing. More posters, more stickers, graffiti, anything. I think that companies should advertises and expose themselves to the public in any way possible. Its videos, even if they are just on the net. Its sitckers, its t-shirts, its van wrapping, free shows, promo tours, and some new shit when somebody thinks about some.
I think the biggest marketing ideas when saw out here in the bay, were the phat sack plate covers, and the old school GLP t-shirts that owned summer jam in like 94. We can do it but we need the innovation in exposure.
In Atlanta JD got a billboard that says welcome to atlanta the home of sosodef. You cant get to the center of the city from the airport without running into it. Pastor Troy was on my campus everyday with posters for his first hit we ready, weeks before it radio. Them niggaz looked like they were running for president, or protesters, or boycotters. Youngbloodz, on campus everyday. Jim Crow on campus everyday. The marketing that hit me the hardest was Cash Money for 400 Degreez. They had a small buzz but people in ATL didn't know who they were. Then they passsed out a snippet tape. I bumped that shit like a full length album. I think its important that we build are populartity by any means necessary. We are not flamboyant like that but we have to find a way to let people know that we are still here and making the best music.
Everybody on the board seems to agree that for the most part, we don't do videos, or good ones. Commercials also are few. But my problem is that we do not innovate in areas of marketing. More posters, more stickers, graffiti, anything. I think that companies should advertises and expose themselves to the public in any way possible. Its videos, even if they are just on the net. Its sitckers, its t-shirts, its van wrapping, free shows, promo tours, and some new shit when somebody thinks about some.
I think the biggest marketing ideas when saw out here in the bay, were the phat sack plate covers, and the old school GLP t-shirts that owned summer jam in like 94. We can do it but we need the innovation in exposure.
In Atlanta JD got a billboard that says welcome to atlanta the home of sosodef. You cant get to the center of the city from the airport without running into it. Pastor Troy was on my campus everyday with posters for his first hit we ready, weeks before it radio. Them niggaz looked like they were running for president, or protesters, or boycotters. Youngbloodz, on campus everyday. Jim Crow on campus everyday. The marketing that hit me the hardest was Cash Money for 400 Degreez. They had a small buzz but people in ATL didn't know who they were. Then they passsed out a snippet tape. I bumped that shit like a full length album. I think its important that we build are populartity by any means necessary. We are not flamboyant like that but we have to find a way to let people know that we are still here and making the best music.
thanks to everyone that answered..... Im one of the people that bought 2 just to have a back up.... That album is simply one of the best to come outta the bay... Don't hate Ya Boy dude is one of the best on the mic from the bay his flows in cookies..... Numbers arnt bad people just need to step there game up and get with the Deal , Deal Done that is...
If you dont get your music to the masses then wont shit happen, which is our problem. Aint we all speaking on opinion? I'm not knocking other regions music, I lisiten to all kinds of shit. I'm just saying if we all feel our music is the best, we should do are best to get it noticed.
BTW. On another board somebody posted "fuck you couch" and other bay songs. I heard an intresting reaction, "How come these guys are not on uncut?"
BTW. On another board somebody posted "fuck you couch" and other bay songs. I heard an intresting reaction, "How come these guys are not on uncut?"
in the bay area, Ya' Boy is a top seller. right up there with 50cent. Matta fact Ya' Boy has topped 50cent in sales at some stores in the Bay. Selling 1,600 to 2000 CDs in one market in one week is big. Very big. The difference between Ya' Bay and 50cent is that 50cent also sells 1,600 to 2000 CDs in over 100 other markets. Therefore 50cent could sell 200,000 pieces a week and easily go platinum. So don't get it twisted, Ya' Boy is selling big time in the Bay. He's just not selling much anywhere else. Not that he's not liked anywhere else...he's just not known everywhere else. This is San Quinn's label with limited resources. He's not working with financial back up of an Interscope, Sony, or BMG. San Quinn and his peoples are doing extremely well for what they have. Bottomline: if they could push Ya'Boy in every market like they do in the Bay, he'd be platinum in no time. Props to San Quinn, Big Wen, Kenny, and JG...they puttin in overtime for Ya'Boy
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Correct. Every city that has rappers has people who think their shit is the hottest, newest, freshest sound around. And of course the rest of the world bites everything they do and there's a big conspiracy to prevent their city from "blowing up". Why would anywhere outside the bay, give a fuck about the bay? Sorry to put it to you raw but, they don't! And it's the same answer no matter which city names you use in that question. I don't live in Chicago and I don't give a fuck about 'Chicago rap'. Why is that such a hard concept to grasp? Denial is the only reason I can think of.
Whenever I read threads similar to this one, I'm reminded of how much people just don't get it. It's obvious why the artists arn't doing better. Most of them don't understand the business and they don't understand how to effectively hustle in it. Then you have the fans who think they have the solution to everything and if people would just do what they say, the entire world would start dickriding.
Nothing will change until order is brought to the chaos and people get educated about the very thing they're trying to be a part of and conquer. And most people don't have 1/10th the hustle they think they do. (By the way, it cracks me up to hear people claimin' to be hustlas but their lifestyle is no different then someone makin' a punk ass wage at some punk ass job.)
Some people make a ton of money in the music business and it's not because it was handed to them on a silver platter. There's something different about how those people think versus the average would-be rapper, record label ceo, or whatever. I'm not talking about selling out either. Study successful people and you'll have a map to do it yourself. Think you know it all already and learn to enjoy failure.
Whenever I read threads similar to this one, I'm reminded of how much people just don't get it. It's obvious why the artists arn't doing better. Most of them don't understand the business and they don't understand how to effectively hustle in it. Then you have the fans who think they have the solution to everything and if people would just do what they say, the entire world would start dickriding.
Nothing will change until order is brought to the chaos and people get educated about the very thing they're trying to be a part of and conquer. And most people don't have 1/10th the hustle they think they do. (By the way, it cracks me up to hear people claimin' to be hustlas but their lifestyle is no different then someone makin' a punk ass wage at some punk ass job.)
Some people make a ton of money in the music business and it's not because it was handed to them on a silver platter. There's something different about how those people think versus the average would-be rapper, record label ceo, or whatever. I'm not talking about selling out either. Study successful people and you'll have a map to do it yourself. Think you know it all already and learn to enjoy failure.