It's June 04, 2024, 08:51:13 PM
And yes I'm catching feelings, I'm pissed. FUCK THE RIAA! They ARE taking away hip hop.
Quote from: MIC on January 22, 2007, 04:40:04 PMQuote from: Sikotic: That Kufi Smackin' Ass Negro on January 22, 2007, 04:36:43 PMWhy is the RIAA doing this if the artists are consenting to make these mixtapes?Maybe cause they're using other people's beats most of the time ?yes that's the main reason I think
Quote from: Sikotic: That Kufi Smackin' Ass Negro on January 22, 2007, 04:36:43 PMWhy is the RIAA doing this if the artists are consenting to make these mixtapes?Maybe cause they're using other people's beats most of the time ?
Why is the RIAA doing this if the artists are consenting to make these mixtapes?
Damn, we're gonna be afraid to even bump the music we buy one day.
the mixtape-industry they're aiming at is not the mixtapes of up-and-coming artist putting out their own shit, but the million dollar mixtape industry the major DJ's are running... Drama can't go around bragging about selling a million mixtapes and expect the labels (who OWNS much of the materiale used on mixtape, esp. beats) and artists (who often doesn't get a dime, Lil' Wayne commented on this in some interview) to let it slide... fact is that mixtapes is taking away a biiig share of music market, and when they're bending the rules, they're bound to get fucked.And the mixtape-game we see in todays hip-hop got nothing to do with the good old running-your-tapes-out-yo-trunk-business, most of the time it's not even original beats on it, but when it is, I don't see the problem in labeling the "mixtape" as a demo or a street-album, if your label won't let you release them, fuck it, you shouldn't have signed the contract if you're so damn eager to get your half-assed material out on the streets.let me be the first to say "Fuck mixtapes", it's ruining more than it's creating... some up-and-comers push out so many tapes that when their albums finally drop, people are tired of them... Whatever happened to good' ol' hype? Snoop didn't need 100 mixtapes to become a star, neither did Jigga, Nas, Biggie, 2pac+++ They got their hype from guest-appearances, word on the streets, affiliation etc. When was the last time an album came that you were just dying to hear? I can't remember the last time I felt like that, because they all push their leftovers out on the streets a year before the album is finished, and i'm sick of it..Blah, it's 6 in the morning, i'm tired and annoyed, so alot of that prolly didn't make any sense
psh, IMO nowadays mixtapes were just an lazy easy way for some people to make a quik buck on mediocre half assed music. Don't get me wrong, there has been some bangin ass mixtapes released, but for the most part 80% suck, 10% are decent, and 10% are bangin.