it's out in the open so i guess i must explain myself or whatnot.
trip, they got a WHOLE SECTION with east coast and down south mixes that are DOPE at that tower but some janky ass jacked beat west coast mixes. the west isn't even reppin in their own cities and stores.
simply put, i'm sick of these wack ass "mixtapes" i'm seeing out in the bay/west coast right now. them shits are garbage. i can't think of one that i can listen to all the way through (the majority of mad idiot's mixes are not west coast shit, done deal, cellski, wcm, perv p, guce, etc etc). THESE "MIXTAPES" PUT OUT BY RECORD LABELS/ARTISTS ARE NOT MIXTAPES. (i did like that messy marv jealousy remix tho) when ppl talk about lack of respect for the game and the history of hip-hop, fake mixtapes (better known as jacking for beats albums) are in violation of that. go listen to some clue, some big mike, some whoo kid (i got a tape by that cat from 1998 so ya'll who think he got fame by riding 50's dick don't know shit), some ron g, some mothafuckin mista cee and primo. recognize where this shit came from and what a mixtape is and what it's about. there is no dj on the west holding it down for the west with a mixtape series featuring cats for the west, and it's a damn shame. (note that every song on there has someone from the west on it, mainstream or local)
you might be thinking, why are mixtapes important?
the following are just a small portion of rappers who built their careers off of mixtape hype:
lil flip
50 cent
diplomats
j. hood (d-block)
joe buddens
esg
fabolous
etc, etc, etc there's more, feel free to add to the list if you like
mixtapes are for breaking new artists (like yourself cipher)
the nigga quinn told me that niggaz would be at my head for this but i said fuck it i gotta do it b/c it's a necessary part of hip hop. like kid capri said in a source interview regarding mixtapes, "at any given time anybody that wasn't doing real good, a cat can say yo where's my dough for using my shit on your tape?" and like spice 1 said in that wca(?) interview, everybody on the west is struggling right now fighting over chicken scratch which is 110% true. but fuck it it's gotta be done.
right now the south got dj smallz puttin out that fire. ny got big mike and whoo kid, clue and kay slay. who the fuck we got? nobody. so... are cats gonna stand in the way of progress b/c they aren't getting broke off bread?
@ cipherminds, the song is hot no doubt so i figured i'd put it out there. and yep, some of STS posted songs got used. thanks dude. but i didn't use the shit i wasn't feeling which is how it should be.
the shit is not free (to make, distribute or whatever) (and i've never actually gotten a free mixtape except at a few record industry events) but it is not a full price cd either b/c it is a mixtape. cd is like 7-8 bucks, normal mixtape price on the east coast and internet. ANY ARTIST MIXTAPE OR MIXTAPE IN GENERAL THAT COSTS MORE THAN $7-8 IS GAFFLING YOU and getting over b/c they didn't pay shit for the beats and probably didn't even master the fucking CD.
anyways, cd was put out more for magazine and artist promotion than to stack bread (how much real money do you think i stand to make from this, honestly??) but i hope this explains, and if anything else then holla .
would you rather sell 1-5k units b/c nobody has heard of you or 5-10k?
and mixtapes are 10x doper than compilations, though 10x less legal haha
