Because when you get signed you get rich like me.


- Flipmode squad
Busta Rhymes

u got 2 b tha lamest nigger ever

That's what A&R's are for, or better still A&R companies, like Taxi or Circle of Songs, etc. etc.

A&R's tell you how to become more marketable, what to wear, shape your image etc., and not everyone's looking for that. They assign you one when you get signed, but you don't HAVE to get signed to have one. Far from it.



How do you see money coming from getting signed?? :huh:

don't believe what you see and hear these rappers tellin you on TV man lmao, most of the rappers you've heard in your life are piss broke or are in DEBT from their deals. Labels don't GIVE you money. They give you a loan that you have to pay back that all your expenses come out of. Why do you think it's called an "advance"?

wait till you see what happens if you don't meet your sales target, or worse yet, get shelved. better have a great way to come up with the moeny you already spent, cuz the label's definitely gonna want it. and get it.



Only need a distrobution deal for that. They'll get your CD in stores like Sam Goody, Coconuts, and any other music store super-giant.




^^continue the rape cycle? probably the most realistic reasons I've ever heard.

I don't wanna really get signed, I just want fame, studio time, and the ability to have sold out concerts. Groupie love...um...Yea. I rather be on an independent label like Koch than a major one though. Majors rape ur cd sales....The fuck am I gonna do wit 15 cents or less per cd? Sheee... lol Atleast on Koch you have a chance of gettin $8 per cd (depends on deal I guess). But yea, in majors, that shits like unheard of practically.

P.S And if I got famous, for the record, I would buy a fake ass chain. Why? Cuz no one would doubt my credibility, cuz the public would think I'm rich. When you're poor they doubt you, but if you have money, fake diamonds still shine bright to the common folk ;) So I think these niggas is stupid, buyin chains that is a house worth. U GOTTA FEEL ME ON THIS ONE lol.