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If I got the money I always buy em, sometimes even if I don't get a chance to listen to it. I always support them cats cause soon enough, I'mma be one of em.
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I think what Mannish is sayin is that what you hearin from underground cats is from the mind, heart, and more true to the music cuz they don't have to go platinum........
You need to understand that what you percieve as reality of the commercial hip hop industry is the total oppsite of how the game is actually played.... When you learn that this is a business of generating income and music is the vehicle you quickily begin to see how attitudes change...... Example:
Flo' Dolo said:....."familiarity breeds contempt."....
gec said:I think what Mannish is sayin is that what you hearin from underground cats is from the mind, heart, and more true to the music cuz they don't have to go platinum........
You need to understand that what you percieve as reality of the commercial hip hop industry is the total oppsite of how the game is actually played.... When you learn that this is a business of generating income and music is the vehicle you quickily begin to see how attitudes change...... Example:
You all love Dr. Dre ..... he is the best beat maker, 8 million sold off his last joint and yada yada yada
The truth is Dr. Dre himself does not sit at an engineering booth and make beats, secondly Dr. Dre did not write one rhyme on his album.............but what Dr. Dre is - is a product a household name that sells....and with his stamp on it the music will sell to the masses......
If/ When your local cats get signed their input to what gets heard is not final........ Many others make the decision before the artist and direct what gets played when where and how........
MANNISH1 said:I go at it like this.I don't care if you got a major producer or you produce it yourself.If your music got that special spark to move me,then I feel it'll move the masses.The 1st thing I look for is if the artist in one with his music, intensity/emotional and delivery.We all got that special switch in us that click when we hear that special song that pushes a button.Flo dolo when you say what makes a person fresh or not,wack or not.What,in your opinion makes a person fresh or not.In my opinion,its what comes from inside.I'm not into taking somebody that got good looks,writing for him and making him a artist.I'm not into creating talent.I've also run away from major offers because of it.This major label industry is so manmade that it doesn't make any sense.They try/are shaping this culture into whatever they feel like.When I say shaping.Look at the youth.Whats being heard today is whats being fed into their minds thru music and the youth is our future leaders.Hip-Hop as of today can be jolted into anything the industry can conceive.They control this thing...
BTW.Spinster...I'm gonna make it my business to get with you bro.1
gec said:Flo----- I think you thought I was replying to your comment, but I was just reiterating on what mannish dropped.......As far as Dre is concerned I am a fan of almost everything Aftermath entertainment puts out and don't really care if his ass personally does it or not, the point I was trying to make is he is a product a name........
just like Spin Said:
He plays cats that are dope but won't run the risk of playing something wack....why? cuz he's obviously built up a reputation where fans enjoy hearing him twist and they do not expect him to drop some wack ish on the tables.......
Again, Spin in this sense is a product.........With his stamp of approval by playing it his fans will back the artist for the most part as dope....
It really don't matter what you think is a hot track or what I think is a hot track.......What matters is who's marketing the music and how many people can they get to hear it...... cuz in the end it all comes down to numbers............If you can get 50 million people to hear it you know gain a % of those people as fans .... wack or not wit enough exposure and reptition you will hook some people who will buy the record...........