cali who? kid - you have never done ONE show, and you don't have a studio. I've never heard any, one, kid front as much as you, seriously. If you even rapped for one person - post a pic, or something dog. For real. If you sold 3000 cds, gimme a list of buyers who gave you feed on it. I can't believe you even gave 10 away, let alone sold 3000. For real kid, you are the FAKEST kid on the net. word.

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Damn. I'm not even nvolved and even MY feelings are hurt from reading that one, lmao

Damn, I love the simplicity of your mixtape cover so much I'm gonna rob it form the guy that robbed it fomr the guy that robbed it from someone else. Just on hard stock and a lil more :ahem: manly. >: D

I don't even like the cover of Vol. 2. haha. But my boy made it in a rush one night before we flew out of town for a show so I could burn a bunch of new mixtapes... I think he made it all white so I didn't waste his ink in his printer :( LMAO. But yea, i just stuck with it.... cause honestly... I can't do graphix at all :(

Good post Phenom, some good info for them backpackin hustlas...

When I was at Micheal's (which is a craft store lol) wit wifey I saw that mat, and got to thinkin...I decided to try it out, since like everyone else I'm sick of doin the scissors thing...lol

I ain't got that kinda time to sit there and burn and cut out covers...sheeeet

Well, glad the blade and mat worked for ya...And it wasn't too expensive either, altogether the mat and blade were about $20. Since I bought it at a craft store, prices are gon be a little higher...But worth it. When you think about it, when you slang a CD which is worth $1.00 or so in materials for $10.00 its all worth it. You could prolly get the same deal at a dollar store or somethin. An Exacto-Knife (box-cutter) and a smooth flat surface will do the same job too.

Remember its not what you earn, its what you keep. You gotta spend a little $ here and there to make things efficient for your hustle.

OTHER TIPS:
If you don't want to use a sharpie - print off small mailing labels from your inkjet printer. Those work great. You can include your contact info and album title on there. Not everyone has a CD burner with disc-printing capabilities, and this does a better job then a sharpie. Plus you get like 40-50 labels to a sheet so it ain't gonna kill your ink. Burn em ahead of time if that helps.

COVERS
Make the designs simple. The covers you see of Phenom's mixtape, I designed it with a purpose. Not to do a full color cover, but simple enough so that it ain't gonna use up all my ink to print them off. You know ink cartridges ain't cheap! Rock em til the wheels fall off....

What I do sometimes is design the cover the way I want it, then take it to a Staples and get crazy black n white copies made for cheap. Or take it into my work and photocopy em there. You can also buy glossy paper and print em off at home in full color, up to you. I do that for special occasions lol....

Hope that helps dudes....

ILL

Thats maaaad hate phenom...jk

Thanks for the tips. I appreciate that shit :thumbup:™

I print in "Economical" mode


uses less ink