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I think by "street albums" he also means mixtapes that are only sold on the streets and at independent record stores.Something you won't find at best buy, sam goody, target, etc.
Quote from: Gus The G-Funk Maniac on April 09, 2007, 01:24:06 PMI think by "street albums" he also means mixtapes that are only sold on the streets and at independent record stores.Something you won't find at best buy, sam goody, target, etc.The key like Reefer said is original material. If you rapping over industry beats that is automatically a mixtape IMO. That is just some ready made popular shit to rap over, which the industry really does not mind because it helps to generate money. If you have original beats to rap over, why not just make it a album. You may not have the push of a album on a major, but it's all original material.
The flipside I am seeing from that though is the same like street singles. If the fans are not feeling the street single or album, it is a easy out for artists to say "Well that was not the official single, that's why". Most of the rappers I have seen do the street singles and albums have a CRAZY buzz around them and their projects so it usually works out.
Quote from: d-nice on April 09, 2007, 01:43:45 PMThe flipside I am seeing from that though is the same like street singles. If the fans are not feeling the street single or album, it is a easy out for artists to say "Well that was not the official single, that's why". Most of the rappers I have seen do the street singles and albums have a CRAZY buzz around them and their projects so it usually works out.Well it didn't seem to do much for Prodigy, he had 3-4 videos and didn't do much. DPG had 4 street singles and sold less than they were expected to do even considering how bad sales are down.
Quote from: d-nice on April 09, 2007, 01:43:45 PMThe flipside I am seeing from that though is the same like street singles. If the fans are not feeling the street single or album, it is a easy out for artists to say "Well that was not the official single, that's why". Most of the rappers I have seen do the street singles and albums have a CRAZY buzz around them and their projects so it usually works out.so would you say an indie album counts as a street album? cause that's really what the clarification requests were about in the first place.-T
Quote from: reefer alston on April 09, 2007, 01:45:18 PMQuote from: d-nice on April 09, 2007, 01:43:45 PMThe flipside I am seeing from that though is the same like street singles. If the fans are not feeling the street single or album, it is a easy out for artists to say "Well that was not the official single, that's why". Most of the rappers I have seen do the street singles and albums have a CRAZY buzz around them and their projects so it usually works out.Well it didn't seem to do much for Prodigy, he had 3-4 videos and didn't do much. DPG had 4 street singles and sold less than they were expected to do even considering how bad sales are down.Prodigy's actually did ok, better than I thought, and I thought for sure he would drop after the Blood Money album. But the 3 videos he dropped were nice songs so I put him in the same boat as Kurupt, fans still listen because they remember how dope they spit back in the day and they think they will still get a album like the 90's from them.