Westcoast rappers charging outrageous prices for Rap Verses (features)

[Stashh]

I've started to learn producing/making beats. I'm working with an artist closely affiliated with Interscope, hes a young singer from Cali. He's fairly well known, and I have 3 tracks on his next album. Anyway, we just did a bangin track that needs a guest rapper/feature on, so I've hit up a few artists and sent a snippet of the record to them to see if they would drop a verse on the track. The prices I got back are fucked up, these old ass rappers haven't been relevant for years but still try and charge weezy prices lol..bare in mind we got Twista for $1K, and a duet with Monica for $1000...

DJ Quik - $10000
MC Ren - $4000
Xzibit - $15000
Tash - $2000
Rass Kass - $4000
Ice Cube - $25000
MC Eiht - $5000
E40 - $8000
Too Short - $15000
Mack 10 - $15000
G Malone - $2500
Crooked I - $5000
Yukmouth - $3000
Tha Realest - $3000
Big Syke - $3000
Mista Fab - $15000
Suga Free - $3500
Goldie Loc - $1500
Dresta - $1500
Menace from bws - $4000
40 Glocc - $8000
Kurupt - $4000
Gail Gotti - $3000
Spice 1 - $2500
Knocturnal - $4000
Kokane - $2000
Kam - $5000
Soopafly - $4000
Defari - $1500
Paris - $2500
Swoop G - $2000
There was a few more but basically I couldn't get anything for 1K.

[Portugoal]

Snoop charges like 50 grant.

[Mygla]

If an artist working with Interscope came knocking at my door, I'd up my prices...

[UCC]

I think that Twista at 1K was a very, very good price seeing as he's still a big, recognizable name and he does nice verses too...

Here's what I think would be reasonable for each of these, based on how famous/well known the name is and also what sort of quality you're likely to get -

DJ Quik - $10000 $2500
MC Ren - $4000 $1500
Xzibit - $15000 $2000
Tash - $2000 $1500
Rass Kass - $4000 $1500
Ice Cube - $25000 tough one, because the name is so well known, I want to say $10000 as reasonable, but could be worth like $20000
MC Eiht - $5000 $1500
E40 - $8000 $3000
Too Short - $15000 $2000
Mack 10 - $15000 $1500
G Malone - $2500 $1500
Crooked I - $5000 $1500
Yukmouth - $3000 $1500
Tha Realest - $3000 $500
Big Syke - $3000 $1000
Mista Fab - $15000 $1500
Suga Free - $3500 $750
Goldie Loc - $1500 $750
Dresta - $1500 $750
Menace from bws - $4000 $750
40 Glocc - $8000 $750
Kurupt - $4000 $2000
Gail Gotti - $3000 $250
Spice 1 - $2500 $2000
Knocturnal - $4000 $1000
Kokane - $2000 $750
Kam - $5000 $1500
Soopafly - $4000 $1000
Defari - $1500 $750
Paris - $2500 $2000
Swoop G - $2000 $750


So I think Tash, Spice 1, and Paris were all pretty close already

[RedMagic213]

MC Ren should be paying you to do a track ! or anyone for that matter

[OG Hack Wilson]

not long ago Crook was offering a deal for a 16 from him AND Royce for $1,500   but that offer is up

[Stashh]

The artist I'm working with is not signed to Interscope, he's unsigned and never been signed. But he's done 2 hooks for 2 Interscope/Geffen artists. The artist this feature is for barely earns enough money from his day job to live so he has no budget. I'm the one fronting the money to pay for the feature.

Snoop and Snoops people didn't even hit me back with a price!

[Will_B]

Sorry that's a lol UCC if you think an artist should write and record a verse for 500 or 750. These guys are still recognized names in the rap scene. I can't see why double those amounts sound too much considering even the sales of an emerging indi artist thats gonna be marketable anyway.

[OG Hack Wilson]

one of my good buddies just did a song with Kool Keith



i know it set him back financially for probably a good month or two lmao

[BiggBoogaBiff]

Welcome to the game

[Blasphemy]

I've started to learn producing/making beats. I'm working with an artist closely affiliated with Interscope, hes a young singer from Cali. He's fairly well known, and I have 3 tracks on his next album. Anyway, we just did a bangin track that needs a guest rapper/feature on, so I've hit up a few artists and sent a snippet of the record to them to see if they would drop a verse on the track. The prices I got back are fucked up, these old ass rappers haven't been relevant for years but still try and charge weezy prices lol..bare in mind we got Twista for $1K, and a duet with Monica for $1000...

DJ Quik - $10000
MC Ren - $4000
Xzibit - $15000
Tash - $2000
Rass Kass - $4000
Ice Cube - $25000
MC Eiht - $5000
E40 - $8000
Too Short - $15000
Mack 10 - $15000
G Malone - $2500
Crooked I - $5000
Yukmouth - $3000
Tha Realest - $3000
Big Syke - $3000
Mista Fab - $15000
Suga Free - $3500
Goldie Loc - $1500
Dresta - $1500
Menace from bws - $4000
40 Glocc - $8000
Kurupt - $4000
Gail Gotti - $3000
Spice 1 - $2500
Knocturnal - $4000
Kokane - $2000
Kam - $5000
Soopafly - $4000
Defari - $1500
Paris - $2500
Swoop G - $2000
There was a few more but basically I couldn't get anything for 1K.

Majority of those are over blown. lol That's just sad. Oh well I heard Dre Charges 250,000 for production of just 1 track. So who the hell knows lol. No wonder Game couldn't get Dre to do it, he'd lose all his money.

[D-Nice]

Sorry that's a lol UCC if you think an artist should write and record a verse for 500 or 750. These guys are still recognized names in the rap scene. I can't see why double those amounts sound too much considering even the sales of an emerging indi artist thats gonna be marketable anyway.

This. And you also have to consider with the artist being up and coming. Sometimes it is negoiations that go into it as well. They want to see how serious the artist is in doing biz as well.

[UCC]

Sorry that's a lol UCC if you think an artist should write and record a verse for 500 or 750. These guys are still recognized names in the rap scene. I can't see why double those amounts sound too much considering even the sales of an emerging indi artist thats gonna be marketable anyway.

This. And you also have to consider with the artist being up and coming. Sometimes it is negoiations that go into it as well. They want to see how serious the artist is in doing biz as well.

I don't think they SHOULD do it for that amount, I'm just saying, logically, if I was doing an album, I wouldn't bother getting verses from some of those people, because only like 3 people are gonna know their name. Would you? What's the point in getting a Gail Gotti feature, she has a hard time getting featured herself (no diss, it's just she's obviously not very famous, so it's not going to make your project more appealing at all)

You'd just save a little more and get a name people properly know, like Twista

[BIGWORM]

I know someone that got a Spice-1 verse for a G.

[OG Hack Wilson]

I know someone that got a Spice-1 verse for a G.

  got a link?