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Originally Posted by Nostradamus
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...
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If you're a person who raps for fame, then a record deal would suit you perfectly. Especially if you ignore the reality of mrderous stalkers, law suits, friends backstabbing you, cameras on you while you're taking a shit, and constant mention in the gossip rags. Everything I saw you cite as "better" all related to "what gets more fame". Reasons to sign to a major label is parties and interviews??
that shit don't pay the bills. You get over frivilous shit like that by the time you're 20.
Some people are happy with a solid say 10,000 albums sold on an independant level and knowing they did it them selves AND made more money off their first album that you will off your next 3. Every dollar you spend as a mainstream rapper is borrowed and at the end of your first album you WILL be in debt.
I can understand how some people are scared to do it them selves. they're more comfortable with someone else holding their hand and label's dick up their ass.
A red flag pops up in my head when I do 100% of the work, yet my label makes 85% of the profits.
^If that sounds like your type of shit, then do you.