It's April 25, 2024, 10:41:31 PM
I personnally buy all Westcoast albums when they drop. The only thing downloading does that might be considered bad.. is that it makes it easier for me to wait and buy an album when I have the cash rather then on that Tuesday. None of us are rich.. and 18 bucks for a CD is THE PROBLEM. NOT BOOTLEGGING. Before.. I would run out ever Tuesday on my lunch break and buy new shit.. cuz I couldnt wait to hear it even if I didnt have the money.. I would have to have it. Now I may wait 2 or 3 weeks after its release before buying it.. but I still get it. This was the case with DJ Quik and Daz. This is not a bad thing as I should have the right to buy music when I can afford it. If they want to do something about bootlegging.. they should first try lowing the price of CDs and maybe this will cause folks to purchase more. Not to say that Bootlegging isnt a problem.. its just that they are going about it backwards IMO.. Axle
Well they should release their albums WORLDWIDE, I buy stuff online but others DON'T or just CAN'T (credit card & shit). I mean Nate Dogg never released out here & I m sure most of the EU didn't saw 1 copy in stores :-/. Same with Daz, DJ Quik, Eastsidaz, .... so on. How can u sell units (like Nelly, DMX and all that other crap) when your album isn't in store. => u can'tI really think that this is the problem
IM GLAD THAT MOST WEST COAST ARTIST DONT MAKE MUSIC FO THE MAINSTREAM(POP RAP) THA WEST COAST IS KEEPIN IT REAL , NO NEAD TO DO MUSIC FO THEM KIDS IN THE KINDERGARTEN.
Hell I pay $50 for a sack of weed that gets smoked up in a few days and then I have nothing for it. So paying $18 for an album that I will have for many years, and that will entertain me for a long ass time then it is well worth the money.
the reason west coast artist dont sell is becuse peeps buy artist they already know. think about it snoop already had a history of classics before his first album droped. its not it was when quik came out, just put out a tight song and peeps buy your record. the main thing that sells your record is word of mouth. If everybody is saying your shit is wack than more than likely you shit is wack, if everybody is saying your shit is real than peeps are going to pick it up. just like when i bought jadakiss everybody was telling me it was tight so i picked it up. i bought the NAS cause i herd ether on the radio so said i have to have this. I bougt quik and his shit was wack so when peeps ask me about quik i say his shit is wack dont buy it, sound bombing 3 was wack so i tell people dont buy it. if you think of the people that have been selling latly they all have history. mario has a single that has been getting a lot of play but his cd is not selling crazy.
Nelly and Ja Rule are wack as a mutha fucka and they sell millions.