Jun 29, 2021·1 reply
whippet volversenot a conspiracy at all. Wendy Day herself, the woman who's in the OP and a veteran in the music industry confirmed that he was signed long before they announced it.
!https://youtu.be/5ugoPtG_hWQ"The only thing I remember about the Drake deal is it was actually already signed when he was doing interviews about where he should sign," she explained. "When he signed to Aspire, to Lil Wayne, the deal was already done when the Source magazine and XXL were talking about where should he sign
I'm talking about rap within the last 5 years
Of course back then you needed a label 99% of the time
Jun 30, 2021unkle adams is a legend
Jun 30, 2021·1 reply
dotMIt’s not impossible. It’s very difficult but not impossible.
You can go to Reddit and find places that will do your artwork for cheap and be great quality for less than 250.
By marketing I mean going to places like creative sxn and other forums were people are interested in up and coming acts. Not just uploading to YouTube and hoping it blows up some day.
The most difficult and costly part would be the recording process whether you go to a studio or you buy a mic and do it from your bedroom. Plus the audio mixing and everything else.
It’s not impossible, it’s not probably gonna happen in 6 months, but if you grind and continue to grow as an artist it can be done it just takes tons of discipline and patience, which in today’s time is limited.
Link to Reddit pages where I find people to do album covers
- Jun 30, 2021·1 reply
throwawayokayi always wondered about akademiks promos so this was cool to hear. some of his posts are blatantly obvious that they are paid promos while other's, not as much
here's an AK promo that's designed to not look like a promo. probably cost $10k
- Jun 30, 2021·1 replySlamDunk
Link to Reddit pages where I find people to do album covers
If you make a post in Reddit logodesign people will flood your inbox with portfolios and prices.
Also you can try on freshalbumart. Try to find a user that posts stuff you like and try to get in touch with them.
- Jun 30, 2021!https://youtu.be/niVJh4GkVHI
BrickellBaysideWas telling my homies the other day, that there's a reason why the vast majority of your favorite rappers are real life trappers, that have hit B&E licks, gangbangers, etc.
because it takes an outstanding amount of money to actually be an artist and breakthrough in a material way.
no it’s cause these dumb as niggas buy cars watches and spend all their money on dumb s***. then they look around and wonder why they’re broke.
anyone making a decent living and has smart money habits will be well off at some point
- Jun 30, 2021·1 reply1887
I'm talking about rap within the last 5 years
Of course back then you needed a label 99% of the time
Cudi didn’t
Jun 30, 2021Saint AquinasWhat's 150 grand to a muthaphucka like me can you please remind me
Jun 30, 2021Saint AquinasWhat's 150 grand to a muthaphucka like me can you please remind me
- Jun 30, 2021
Chance isn’t and was never “indie” lol
Jun 30, 2021BrickellBaysideI mean it's like, unless you have a high 6 figure job or someone sponsoring you, the only real way to make it is by robbing and thuggin s*** out or get enough of a local buzz to get a record label behind you to cover the cost.
But even that's expensive because you have to pay them back.
The idea that s*** is organic is such a farce. EVERYTHING cost. EVERYTHING you see from a rap act cost.
Jun 30, 2021knockknockwhoitislol yeah I can tell from ur posts that u have worked in the industry. it's like speaking a foreign language
a post on the shade room is like $9k - $15k. and most folks do a package deal which can get the per post price down, but you're spending six figures over the course of months or a year
I'd love to know what Ak or Saycheese or No Jumper charge for a post. stuff like that is where this $150k can go
This. The rest of my budget is definitely going to promotion in this way
- Jun 30, 2021·edited
no longer true in the internet age imo. Most artists now hustle on soundcloud and get promo or get a viral tiktok song then are found by an A&R and signed. If you aren't interesting or unique you might have to pay to get recognized then the label will rebrand you and control you.
- Jun 30, 2021BrickellBayside
Nah it's clout. Clout, fame, network of important people, I mean it's all the same s***.
Clout = popularity. Popularity = mass amounts of people digesting your content = being able to monetize content = boom, a career.
But you dont need 150k to get clout. You could build clout with minimal promo if your music is actually good and interesting.
Jun 30, 2021Someone like this so I can go back and read this later
Jun 30, 2021Fka GroovyYou definitely don't have to be a criminal or a thug to follow your passion what the hell?
Why people always making excuses for s*** like this?
- Jun 30, 2021
BlueStepper GawI got some money, maybe I should become a rapper
Or invest in someone who does
- Jun 30, 2021·edited·4 repliesBrickellBayside
None of it is impossible.
But great art? Cost money
Smart marketing? Cost money
Pushing out great content? Cost money
This is why the rappers you see that are popping, are popping because they were popular in their cities first. They had a name in their city because they were gang bangers, had money, clout, etc.
Going from 0 to a full fledged rap career is almost impossible.
You been posting generalizations this whole thread like you some kind of A&R and most of it has been bullshit.
Paak recorded majority of Malibu vocals on a dented f***ed up Garage Band mic and got a Dr. Dre deal out of that at the age of 30.
Hella successful "low quality/badly mixed" rap artists that have a very loyal and paying fanbase on sites like bandcamp (e.g. mike, mach hommy, etc.)
Just because you talk in absolutes don't make it true bruh lol.
- Jun 30, 2021·edited·1 reply
if anything the cost has lowered over the decades lol.
Have you seen how easily accessible and low quality it is now to shoot visuals/music videos?
Back in the day you had to actually have a CAMERA. F*** knowing how to shoot it and how to direct it, you had to own a camera or at least know someone that did.
Now you can just grab an iphone and call it a f***ing day.
@op has no idea what he's talking about.
- Jun 30, 20211887
Oh this a conspiracy thread lmfaooooo
listen his neighbor is dom kennedy's manager bro and his uncle's nephew is a weed runner for teefliii's A&R so he knows his s*** bro.
- Jun 30, 2021·edited·1 replyknockknockwhoitis
here's an AK promo that's designed to not look like a promo. probably cost $10k
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQuTDJIgY-x/?utm_medium=copy_linkinteresting
AK does the fashinova sponsors from time to time too. he’s said it once before that he has a crazy partnership with themedit: this is also interesting. he describes a bit more on how he does business with labels and artists
youtu.be/PJKAG7RusHo 
Jun 30, 2021VENDETTAListen up hoe, da swag comes from us, it’s a setup, the media is controlled by certain races/groups of people
inorder to go viral u have to go thru the white man, you not allowed to just post whatever u want on the internet either da Internet not free as portrayed
- Jun 30, 2021·edited·2 replies
It was to be a machine behind you to become a mainstream act
In the other hand you could reach a certain amount of fanbase - so you can become an indie artist, or some mysterious
Anyway sending demos is still a good way to get into some label, otherwise when you could pop in some blog or go viral in social media or youtube - so the labels might start a bidding war to get you
- Jun 30, 2021·3 replies
Soulja Boy was 16, unsigned, working at Burger King, and using an illegally downloaded version of FL Studio when he blew up.
nigga was posting s*** on soundclick before he even made his myspace and youtube channel.
soundclick.com/artist/default.cfm?bandid=372975
all it takes is an innovative mind and you can bypass paying $150 f***ing thousand to break into the game.
Jun 30, 2021·1 replyWasn't op on the XXL Freshman cover or am i buggin