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Originally Posted by Apexx
I love the blind sheep who think a record deal means you get paid to rap.
You're in debt from the moment you sign the deal, so how are you getting paid?
People who say they wouldn't sign a deal aren't lying. They just know more than you do.
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Yeah, cause its so dope being a reletivly un-noticed independant rapper who only gets recognised by hip hop heads who are in the know about the countless underground nobody rappers who aint really getting their music out on a large enough scale..
The music industry is a dirty fucking industry no doubt.. But just like any other business, if you dont take risks... You'll never reach your full potential...
Taking risks is working on getting your sound perfected, going to a major label, raping them for all the promo and money they can throw at your project then working for a few years and putting all your cd's out through their label to pay them back..
You know.......at the end of the day... Independant artists have loads more freedom artistically and make more money off each unit sold, but cats that go on majors are the ones who get the big advance and fame, do the bigger shows, go on better tours, get better interviews, get invited to better parties, get better production guys working on their shit, get played on the radios more and overall.... Are far closer to living the dream than any rapper doing it indie.
You can rag on about how the industry will steal your soul and burn it and thats cool... A lot of rappers dont have the balls to go on a major label, and the results of that will show when they put their cd out and well...........just dont sell as many copies as they would want to...
I think its best to start on an indie label as an unknown... But after your comming up on a small scale and start having a fan base.................Indie labels are just a worthless bottleneck on your career...