with the rapid decrease in album sales and no signs of it gettin any better,why rap?

[dj pimp]

i guess rappers should quit rappin now because some fuckin little hatin ass faggot made a thread about it on the siccness.

 

[Nuttkase]

I'm glad rap music is dying commercially. Now maybe people will go back to doing it for the love of the music instead of the money.

 

[Caliber408]

I'm glad rap music is dying commercially. Now maybe people will go back to doing it for the love of the music instead of the money.

i agree.

 

[trapstarlivn510]

LOL @ dj pimp... What a sentimental little white tramp...

 

[LEE-ZILLA 69]

YOU GOTTA MAKE A NAME FOR YOURSELF FIRST THEN SLAP YOUR NAME ON EVERYTHING AND SELL IT, LIKE 50 CENT

 

[TRAJIK1]

ARITSTS WILL SELL CD'S IF THEY SPEND THE MONEY TO DO SO!!!!

MOST ARTISTS TODAY WANNABE CHEAP ON PROMOTION FLYERS AND THE WHOLE 9..

AND LIKE MOST BAY ARTISTS ARE STUCK WITH THE WESTCOAST HYPE WHICH IS ONLY SELL ON THE WESTCOAST!!!!



APPLY YOURSELF AND YOU CAN MAKE GOOD MONEY NO SAYING U WILL SELL 100,000 BY YOURSELF BUT U CAN DEFINILTY PUSH THE LIMIT OF 10,000 AND MORE


LOOK AT IT LIKE THIS

AN AVERAGE PROJECT COST LIKE THIS


MIXING AND MASTERING(BY A COMPANY)= 1500-2500

PRODUCTION=2000

FEATURES IF ANY DEPENDS

1,000 CD PRESSED= 1100 W/TAX

FLYERS=175

AND SO FOURTH FOR EXAMPLE THIS IS FOR A GOOD ARTISTS ON HIS OWN BUDGET

FOR LIKE 5500 FOR AN INDEPENDENT ARTISTS WITH THE LITTLEST OF SHINE

CAN ATLEAST SELL 1500-2000 COPIES IF THEY ARE GOOD SO SAY U MAKE 14-15K U JUST CAME UP ALMOST 8K AND UP

SPEND THE MONEY IF U HAVE THE TALENT

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SALES HAVE WENT DOWN YES BUT IF U GRIND AND GRIND LIKE ALL ARITSTS DO THAT SHOULDNT BE A REASON WHY U ARENT MAKING MONEY!!!

YUP

EDIT: AND LEARN TO DO SHIT YOURSELF. SAVES A LOT OF MONEY. MY CREW DO OUR OWN GRAPHICS, PROMOTION, PRODUCTION, RECORDING, MIXING, AND IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ABLE TO MASTER OUR OWN PROJECTS.

 

[BALANCE 2K7]

I RAP BECAUSE I LOVE TO RAP

 

[trapstarlivn510]

^^good reponse. More of what I'd rather hear.

 

[siccness-user]

i love music, but its just a hobby,

an accomplished artist knows they are supposed to invest in a business,

you cant just eat off the rap game

 

[Solitary 1]

CUZ WASTING MONEY IS FUN!!!!

 

[radiostationrep]

if your not rapping for the love of the music

then you got the game twisted. wait a minute! thats the problem out here! cats think there gonna rap and go from broke to rich overnight. if your broke its for a fucking reason! go to school! step ya game up! music isnt all that artists make the life seem! some do get it in real life and could care less about selling 10k. thats what the game needs more of. not some cat putting albums together on a $1000 BUDGET WAITING TO BLOW! doing your own shit is what fucks the game up! pay the cats that do it for a living! pay a graphic guy. pay an engineer. spend some money! if you dont got it make cds for you and your folks! burn them. give them away. DONT FLOOD THE MARKET WITH GARBAGE! IF YOU CANT GET DISTRIBUTION DONT DISTRIBUTE THAT SHIITTY PRODUCT! PLAIN AND SIMPLE!

 

[kontac]

Every project I've dropped I've made my money back plus some. I'm having fun and the kids stuff makes me feel good about rap music... Props to anyone trying to do it,keep making good music...

 

[Caliber408]

hint: you don't actually make most of the money off of the music. you use the music to influence your fans to buy products that your sponsors try to push.

 

[Infantry Elite]

Why rap? If you are only rapping to get breaded, thats a good question. A real artist, in my opinion, raps for tha love of the artform, not a paycheck. If you got skills, drive,real talent, and you know who your audience is, you can work yourself in a position to make money in this game. Unfortunatly, a lot of new rap cats are just sheep, and they just do what they think is current, and tha shit comes off mad cliche. Remember, there are only a select few of corny muthafuckaz who end up getting lucky and have all of the doors opened for them, and you probably wont be one of em. So if its real to you, work hard, and dont expect much. If you end up being able to live and provide for your family from music, thank God and consider it a blessing. Its been said a million times, so let this be #1,000,001
MAKE MONEY TO MAKE MUSIC, DONT MAKE MUSIC TO MAKE MONEY.

thank u for sayin exactly what i thought when i read the topic

 

[dopegame707]

i guess rappers should quit rappin now because some fuckin little hatin ass faggot made a thread about it on the siccness.

i agree with you pimp

 

[dopegame707]

so why are you rappers still trying if the most successfull artists in the bay (besides e-40 who's been rappin since 1926) are having trouble selling 5-10,000 units TOPS? I think 99% of yall needa find a new career so you won't be sittin around at 35 like ''what happened''?....LOL

boooooooooo!

 

[radiostationrep]

for the most part hes pretty accurate.

i guess rappers should quit rappin now because some fuckin little hatin ass faggot made a thread about it on the siccness.

why take it so personell. this is an internet forum. for as long as you have been doing this you already know how the cookie crumbles!

 

[T-Rip]

lol @ folks on here that call every bay rapper wack and pump up garbage ass rappers like Rick Ross, Plies, TI, and who every else is hot at the time but not cuz there actually good rappers.

 

[trapstarlivn510]

^^the rappers u just named are bonafide superstars who will rap circles around anyone in the bay. Period. And at that they BEEN gassin on mixtapes years before they blew up

 

[D.E.O.]

If you are a "so called rapper" on here complainin' about how hard the game is and how fucked up the game has been then you need to give this shit up.. step aside and leave this shit up to the niggaz dats puttin' in footwork.. Yeah CD sales are going down.. but ITUNES, SNOCAP, CDBABY, and RING TONES still got niggaz eatin'.. have you ever received a PUBLISHING check? I bet not.. EVENODDS gets those and aint put out an album since 03.. The RAP GAME aint paying but MUSIC is beautiful kidz... NETWORK!!!! The plane rides are always worth it...