Tonight, you're basically getting two shows in one, JAPIRO & RAY VIC NUFF SAID!!!I'M GOING IN...
First and foemost I would like to say I heard The Game's LAX songs at least one week before it dropped. I've heard 50% of Jeezy's album already but, I'm not mad. I'm going to tell you why I'm not mad anymore... Artist are learning how to market themselves without help from the label nowdays.
I dont give 2 or 3 fuck's if I hear a someone's album before it drops. If it's dope I'm still going to cop it. Until CD Depot, Best Buy, and Target (etc) stop selling cd's I'm going to make sure I still buy the physical cd. Niggas spend countless hours with ideas, concepts, and in studio time to make shit for the consumer. Then, people who are strictly downloaders or bootleggers never have official copies. Now, I can admit I don't bring my official cd's out the house anymore because I do not want to have to restore my collection of classic albums that I've bought more than twice such as Reasonable Doubt, Trap Muzik, Only Built For Cuban Linx, The Chronic, Life After Death and All Eyes On Me. Plus, the last two cd's mentioned are double discs. What the fuck I look like buying these $25 albums again. Fuck that, the point I'm trying to make is the artist doesn't eat off of your cd purchase. The Artist sees about 15-25 cents for every cd bought if they do not have a lot points for each sale per cd. For an artist going the independant route can either win big or get dropped because of the constant downloading.
Now, understand why I don't care about getting a Major Label Deal. It cost me $4.73 per cd the last go round for the 1st 50 cd's to test out Pizzlematic. Now if I get one-thousand units they only cost $1 per cd. Then, you still have to get a designer and hope all of the artwork fits the printing guidelines and parameters. As well as the audio needs to match the all the order displayed on the covers and inserts. Remember, you are the middle man supplying like 3 people. At that point that's when I said fuck it! If I buy every cd myself it costs 20 cents per disc, 20 cents per cd printed with my own thermal printer, and 20 cents per jewel case. So, it costs me 60 cents to do that per cd and if I want covers it may cost me a dollar per cd. This is better than selling weight! So, you mean to tell me I can sell 1 cd for $5 and make $4 back and at $10 make $9 back. Nicca, I'm in business. Even when I sell a cd @ $2 I'm still doing better than most rappers on labels. So, the game has changed and I guess I had to learn from countless years of not cutting out the middle man and others. Not to mention, I have digital distribution too. So, there's enough out here for us all to get!
I dont give 2 or 3 fuck's if I hear a someone's album before it drops. If it's dope I'm still going to cop it. Until CD Depot, Best Buy, and Target (etc) stop selling cd's I'm going to make sure I still buy the physical cd. Niggas spend countless hours with ideas, concepts, and in studio time to make shit for the consumer. Then, people who are strictly downloaders or bootleggers never have official copies. Now, I can admit I don't bring my official cd's out the house anymore because I do not want to have to restore my collection of classic albums that I've bought more than twice such as Reasonable Doubt, Trap Muzik, Only Built For Cuban Linx, The Chronic, Life After Death and All Eyes On Me. Plus, the last two cd's mentioned are double discs. What the fuck I look like buying these $25 albums again. Fuck that, the point I'm trying to make is the artist doesn't eat off of your cd purchase. The Artist sees about 15-25 cents for every cd bought if they do not have a lot points for each sale per cd. For an artist going the independant route can either win big or get dropped because of the constant downloading.
Now, understand why I don't care about getting a Major Label Deal. It cost me $4.73 per cd the last go round for the 1st 50 cd's to test out Pizzlematic. Now if I get one-thousand units they only cost $1 per cd. Then, you still have to get a designer and hope all of the artwork fits the printing guidelines and parameters. As well as the audio needs to match the all the order displayed on the covers and inserts. Remember, you are the middle man supplying like 3 people. At that point that's when I said fuck it! If I buy every cd myself it costs 20 cents per disc, 20 cents per cd printed with my own thermal printer, and 20 cents per jewel case. So, it costs me 60 cents to do that per cd and if I want covers it may cost me a dollar per cd. This is better than selling weight! So, you mean to tell me I can sell 1 cd for $5 and make $4 back and at $10 make $9 back. Nicca, I'm in business. Even when I sell a cd @ $2 I'm still doing better than most rappers on labels. So, the game has changed and I guess I had to learn from countless years of not cutting out the middle man and others. Not to mention, I have digital distribution too. So, there's enough out here for us all to get!
RANDOMNESS
I have that Jeezy Album already...got that on pause so, make sure you copp that on Tues. September 2nd, 2008
Why do these Blogsites keep showing this nigga Charles Hamilton so much publicity?
I don't know why I like every Rihanna song. T.I.'s new song Life Your Life featuring her is straight FIRE!!! A month from now don't say I didn't tell you.
I'm not a die hard Ravens Fan but, they need to at least get to the Super Bowl again! Niggas be out partying too much...LOL
A lot people have asked what party am I going to be at on Sunday...I don't even know why they would do such a thing. Shame on you! You already know.
"Just live your life...ay, ay, ay, ay, Got no time for these haters!!!"
Rihanna -
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