BeatsBuY said:I'm sorry to say Jhooks, but the music industry is no longer about talent and more about the money! You have guys in business suits callin the shots. They pick a song for a single no mater how weak it is. They'll pay the radio stations to play it over and over. When you first hear it, you say "What's this weak Shhhh!". But, they play it over,over, and over till you say Um, I guess it's alright. And then if your the type of person who follows everyone else, you'll go and buy it. That's what it's all about. The paper! Not talent!
I am wishing that it's producers like us that will keep hip hop ta what it was ta be. Even the new beats on the radio sound like 5 minute makers!
I don't even listen to the radio anymore. I listen to the original Hip Hop. That's where the real talent was.
No since I'm on the subject. I'm tired of this industry game. What I mean is how they make fake drama ta make you buy a CD. Back in the days you went to buy a CD because it was good. Since music isn't good anymore, they got ta make drama. O.K. J-Lo will get married to Ben Affleck just before her album comes out. Now everyone is talkin about her. Then they'll get a divorces 4 months later. Then you won't hear about her till her next big movie. Then she'll marry Mark Anthony. And of course, divorce. And so on, and so on. I'm just saying whats real.
Can we get back ta real music???
http://www.soundclick.com/beatsbuy
Nowadays rap artists coming half-hearted
Commercial like pop, or underground like black markets
Where were you the day hip-hop died?
Is it too early to mourn? Is it too late to ride?
jibran said:To quote one of my favorite MCs on one of my favorite albums,
Here is Talib Kweli from Too Late off of Reflection Eternal's Train of Thought album:
BeatsBuY said:Ya, I feel your passion. I just get tired when I see hip hop loose it's roots. It's like you see someone dying and you can't do a thing about it. Just keep true ta your roots. Perfect your craft. And always grow as a producer or artists. You never can stop learning...
Fieva said:Yo,
I feel what ya'll sayin', but the way I see things is play the game, don't let the game play you. What do I mean by that shit? Simple. Instead of just being a rapper or just making beats, put yourself out there learning more skills to add to what you've already got. Notice how most of these rap labels doin' shit now are usually indies with big label backing and a distribution deal? I mean look at Aftermath. It's backed by Interscope. Enough said. Look at Cash Money, backed by Universal. No Limit (not that it's worth a damn now) is backed by Koch and once was rollin' huge with Priority backing them up. That's how shit is being done these days.
Also on this note, here's what I hate about hip-hop. I never labeled hip-hop as she. I save that shit for cars, girlfriends, and guns. Hip-hop was a man's struggle to keep shit hood and real. But now I feel like hip-hop is starting to dress in drag. Like ya'll said, it used to be purely about lyrical content and beats. I'ma have to quote 4 words from my man Chalin "Beats, Rhymes, Money and Life". Erase the Money part and that was hip-hop. Our problem is muthafuckas LOVE to floss shit. It's kind of like one-uppin' each other for ego's sake. That's where the shit is now. Me personally, I know no matter how much you got, there's always someone who's got more than you do. Do you get mad and start beef over it? Nah. You be happy for what you got and work to get to that level.
I think everybody lettin' egos get to they head is makin the whole game weak as fuck. It's cool to brag about your ability, that's one thing. To brag about how much you holdin' is another. Anybody can go buy a damn car and put shit on it and in it, but how many muthafuckas can rap worth a damn and constantly put out hits?
That's what's up,
Fie.
JHOOKS said:good point about not putting a label on hiphop, also another good point about owning your own label, but the one problem i have about the l you own record label things is this. See we can own our own label, but to me thats almost like renting an apartment, u still have to answer to the landlord! owning your own indie label and being backed by the major is the same thing. i mean you do have much more freedom, but try doing somthing they dont agree with, man they will pull the plug on your ass quick! i think the true freedom will come when we own all aspects of our music, until then we are like slaves answering to the slave master!( i know a bit extreme, and no disrepect to the slave's and the struggles they had to go through) but hey they still control our moves.