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nor*cal209

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WORST TIME TO BE A INDEPENDENT RAP ARTIST!! READ
THIS IS THE WORST TIME IN INDEPENDENT RAP HISTORY TO BE A UNSIGNED RAP ARTIST

HERE IS WHY:

1. TOO MANY UNKNOWN RAP ARTIST 2 PUT UR FAITH IN
2. RAP MUSIC SALES DOWN
3. NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR GIMMIK RAPS NO MORE
4. REAL MUSIC IS MAKING A COMEBACK
5. UNDAGROUND MUSIC WANTS TO BE POP
6. EVERYONE SOUNDS THE SAME
7. HARD TO SELL 1000 COPYS
8. RECORD STORES ARE CLOSING
9. DOWNLOADING IS TAKING OVER (FREE)
10. TOO MANY THUG RAPPERS (SOUND SIMULAR)
11. NOTHING LEFT TO TALK ABOUT (HERD IT ALL)
12. E40 SAID ALONG TIME AGO (I TOLD Y'ALL TO GET IN THE INDEPENDENT GAME AND GET SCRATCH NOW ITS TOO LATE)
13. BIG LABELS ARE SHYING AWAY FROM NEGATIVE RAP
14. DIRTY SOUTH ID THE LAST AND ONLY HOT SPOT FOR RAP
15. PEOPLE AR LOSING FAITH IN RAP MUSIC

WELL FIND OUT HOW THIS STORY ENDS SOON

WERE LOSING ALL THE ELEMENTS OF WHAT HIP HOP IS ALL ABOUT!


AS A RAP FAN I DONT EVEN GET EXCITED WHEN SOMEONE DROPS A CD.. I USED TO GET C-BO, BROTHA LYNCH, TOO SHORT ETC.. WHEN I HERD A NEW CD WAS COMING OUT..NOW I DONT EVEN KEEP TRACK, ITS BEEN ALONG TIME SINCE I BOUGHT A CD... TOWER CLOSED.. DOWNLOADING IS FUCKIN EVERYTHING UP.. TOO MANY NOBODYS DOIN SHOWS WHERE THEY HAVE TO GET 20 ARTIST TO FILL UP A QUARTER OF THE PLACE AND MOSTLY ITS ARTIST AND THEY HOMIES WITH 1 PERCENT FANZ ... THE GAME IS WEAK..

MASTER P WAS THE LAST INDEPENDNT MEGA SUCCESS ...THAT WAS IN THE 90'S

THE RAP GAME HAS TOO MANY WEAK WANNA B RAPPERS KILLIN SALES
 
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Yung831

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rap ain't changed, it was said by Chuck D in the late 80's on Yo! MTV Raps, keep ya day job cuz rap don't pay a whole lot! and that's comin from one of the greatest to ever do rap music, ya digg? I'm not trippin on the challenges to push my music becuz rap is not my only hustle, ya digg? But I feel free-downloaders and bootleggers have a lot to do with music sales being down tho' cuz it takes away from the morality of money & music, music makes money and money makes music...
 
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I think it is a challenging time to be an independent artist because there are way too many rappers. But mcs with undeniable talent will always break through. The non-rapping ass rappers with no skills won't last.
Rappers like Nump ain't gonna last. Federation ain't gonna last.
This is not hate at all these artists just don't have the skills to keep peoples' attention. Quote this shit and look back on it in the future.
 
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livemanikins

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nor*cal209 said:
WORST TIME TO BE A INDEPENDENT RAP ARTIST!! READ
THIS IS THE WORST TIME IN INDEPENDENT RAP HISTORY TO BE A UNSIGNED RAP ARTIST

HERE IS WHY:

1. TOO MANY UNKNOWN RAP ARTIST 2 PUT UR FAITH IN
2. RAP MUSIC SALES DOWN
3. NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR GIMMIK RAPS NO MORE
4. REAL MUSIC IS MAKING A COMEBACK
5. UNDAGROUND MUSIC WANTS TO BE POP
6. EVERYONE SOUNDS THE SAME
7. HARD TO SELL 1000 COPYS
8. RECORD STORES ARE CLOSING
9. DOWNLOADING IS TAKING OVER (FREE)
10. TOO MANY THUG RAPPERS (SOUND SIMULAR)
11. NOTHING LEFT TO TALK ABOUT (HERD IT ALL)
12. E40 SAID ALONG TIME AGO (I TOLD Y'ALL TO GET IN THE INDEPENDENT GAME AND GET SCRATCH NOW ITS TOO LATE)
13. BIG LABELS ARE SHYING AWAY FROM NEGATIVE RAP
14. DIRTY SOUTH ID THE LAST AND ONLY HOT SPOT FOR RAP
15. PEOPLE AR LOSING FAITH IN RAP MUSIC

WELL FIND OUT HOW THIS STORY ENDS SOON

WERE LOSING ALL THE ELEMENTS OF WHAT HIP HOP IS ALL ABOUT!



THE RAP GAME HAS TOO MANY WEAK WANNA B RAPPERS KILLIN SALES
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Thats good news for me, shit our music fits right in.
 
BASEDVATO

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Its the worst time for the music business period... And probally better for a indy then mainstream cause at least you won't get pushed back for years

But the get rich quick indys are gone you need to build a name brand these days... Cause retail other then cd sales is where the money is going to flow...

Cause people still spend money, they just won't spend it on cd's when they know they can get it for free! So the game plan should be similiar but you can't just be tunnel vision that ya cd will blow you up... You need to gig, have a website with a shopping cart fulla shit they can swoop up. Be creative with ya business approach and have a game plan !
 
Base4esteban

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nor*cal209 said:
WORST TIME TO BE A INDEPENDENT RAP ARTIST!! READ
THIS IS THE WORST TIME IN INDEPENDENT RAP HISTORY TO BE A UNSIGNED RAP ARTIST

HERE IS WHY:

1. TOO MANY UNKNOWN RAP ARTIST 2 PUT UR FAITH IN
2. RAP MUSIC SALES DOWN
3. NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR GIMMIK RAPS NO MORE
4. REAL MUSIC IS MAKING A COMEBACK
5. UNDAGROUND MUSIC WANTS TO BE POP
6. EVERYONE SOUNDS THE SAME
7. HARD TO SELL 1000 COPYS
8. RECORD STORES ARE CLOSING
9. DOWNLOADING IS TAKING OVER (FREE)
10. TOO MANY THUG RAPPERS (SOUND SIMULAR)
11. NOTHING LEFT TO TALK ABOUT (HERD IT ALL)
12. E40 SAID ALONG TIME AGO (I TOLD Y'ALL TO GET IN THE INDEPENDENT GAME AND GET SCRATCH NOW ITS TOO LATE)
13. BIG LABELS ARE SHYING AWAY FROM NEGATIVE RAP
14. DIRTY SOUTH ID THE LAST AND ONLY HOT SPOT FOR RAP
15. PEOPLE AR LOSING FAITH IN RAP MUSIC

WELL FIND OUT HOW THIS STORY ENDS SOON

WERE LOSING ALL THE ELEMENTS OF WHAT HIP HOP IS ALL ABOUT!


AS A RAP FAN I DONT EVEN GET EXCITED WHEN SOMEONE DROPS A CD.. I USED TO GET C-BO, BROTHA LYNCH, TOO SHORT ETC.. WHEN I HERD A NEW CD WAS COMING OUT..NOW I DONT EVEN KEEP TRACK, ITS BEEN ALONG TIME SINCE I BOUGHT A CD... TOWER CLOSED.. DOWNLOADING IS FUCKIN EVERYTHING UP.. TOO MANY NOBODYS DOIN SHOWS WHERE THEY HAVE TO GET 20 ARTIST TO FILL UP A QUARTER OF THE PLACE AND MOSTLY ITS ARTIST AND THEY HOMIES WITH 1 PERCENT FANZ ... THE GAME IS WEAK..

MASTER P WAS THE LAST INDEPENDNT MEGA SUCCESS ...THAT WAS IN THE 90'S

THE RAP GAME HAS TOO MANY WEAK WANNA B RAPPERS KILLIN SALES
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i agree with most of this. Heres a similar thread i made about this, you can vote here.http://www.siccness.net/vb/showthread.php?t=241982
 
Mr. Samos

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This is all debatable. There are many factors that will either play into your success or not. The game is changing constantly, you need to keep your eyes and ears open and be business minded and adapt to those changes. To those who actually have a career off their music and their company, they will tell you different than this thread suggests. It's not the worst time to be an independent rap artist, it's the worst time to be a half assed independent rap artist. Cat's aren't serious enough, don't blame it on the game, blame it on yourself.

To those out there getting it, keep doing it.
 
Checkmate Muzik

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CaLiFoRNia_JuST said:
really just a list of excuses!!!step ya hustle up!! step ya bars up!!
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i agree. its the best time to be a indie artist. you can sell ya music directly to the consumer over the internet. there is gona be no more middleman. who said myspace is not good, we gained thousandsssss of fans off that. i love it.
 
Rusto

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pretty much everything he said was true
BUT, the bay music scene operates on its own, regardless of the conditions with mainstream music. So pretty much, indie music is whats keeping the bay scene alive
 
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ThaNarrator

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Checkmate Muzik said:
i agree. its the best time to be a indie artist. you can sell ya music directly to the consumer over the internet. there is gona be no more middleman..
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Thats how I feel about it.Now more than ever an independent artist has the oppurtunity to step their business game up....Some will and some won't.

-Mouthpiece
 
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pharoah

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Mr. Samos said:
It's not the worst time to be an independent rap artist, it's the worst time to be a half assed independent rap artist. Cat's aren't serious enough, don't blame it on the game, blame it on yourself.
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true words right there
 
Mr. Samos

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Another point I'd like to make is, WORST TIME TO BE A MAJOR ARTIST ON A MAJOR LABEL. Why? Numerous reasons, but one that is most valid would be DOWNLOADING. It's almost the "Norm" now for a kid to download all of his music, kids these days don't even know what record shops look like, they know of Limewire, and Cabos and Soul Seeker and all those P2P programs. Sure you can get money but, you'll only get what $2 back from each sale, being independent, you can get what, $6 atleast. You won't sell as much but you will be in charge of your own product, and you also will own the ROYALTIES.

Peace.
 
Mr. Samos

Mr. Samos

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Another reason it's good to be independent is by being able to be in touch with your fans DIRECTLY and promote and sell your own PRODUCT to your fans DIRECTLY. You control your own destiny, your direction, you don't have to wait on a label for months and months to years, only to get dropped and be back at start.
 
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