LABELS HAVE THEY CHECKBOOKS CLOSED TO WESTCOAST ARTIST, WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?

[yunstar]

Does anybody watch CNN ? or pick up a newspaper? WE ARE IN A RECESSION .... Leave the forums sometimes and drop by CNN.com lol
EVERYONE HAS CLOSED THEIR CHECKBOOKS....

[HimselfTheMajestic]

INDEPENDENT IS THE WAY FAM....

If enough cats was pushing the indy hustle right out here and we all got together we could start our own distro, promotion companies, don't ever let me get money like these big ass rappers I'm starting my own interscope.  Niggas should be doing for themselves and then getting together and creating corporations, shouldn't let the whites and jews dictate on how we're going to get down. 

this is the right idea right here.

props to shade too, i seen him doing it independent for quite some time now.

why would ANYONE really wanna sign to a major anyway? the fame?
fame don't mean shit when you aren't free to express yourself how you please,
and you aren't getting compensated for it.

like immortal technique said, theres a market for everything.
rappers gotta realize what role they play, and what they should and shouldn't be doing.

indie is the way to be.

[streetpoetry5]

fuck them labels....they not making no money...do your own thing....as 4 a change in content...thats real funny...niggaz been rappin bout real shit 4 years......i guess by the end of the year... all these weirdo ass niggas is gonna b black panthers or some shit....if u wanna rap about gangbanging in los angeles...just tell the truth....dont glorify it 2 our children.....let them know the real....99% of these rap niggaz r not built like that....they r liars affiliates hangers-on groupies etc.....finally ...we live in  califonia...5th largest economy in the world...hustle...u dont need nobodys hand out.....

[NEW WEST 2012]

Does anybody watch CNN ? or pick up a newspaper? WE ARE IN A RECESSION .... Leave the forums sometimes and drop by CNN.com lol
EVERYONE HAS CLOSED THEIR CHECKBOOKS....

I FEEL THIS TO THE FULLEST

[NEW WEST 2012]

WHEN YOU SIGN TO A MAJOR YOU GET NATIONALLY FAMOUS, YOU CANT BEAT THAT, WIT FAME YOU CAN GET RICH LOSE YOUR MONEY AND BECOME RICH OVER AGAIN OFF YOUR OWN FAME, LIKE QUIK OR SNOOP, FAME LAST!!! INDEPENDANT IS COOL BUT IT TAKE ALOT MORE MONEY AND WORK THAN PEOPLE KNOW, BELIEVE I KNOW SUCESSFUL INDEPENDANT CATS, THEY GET TIRED AND WORK SO HARD, TRAVELING, GET PRESSED UP, BOOKING GOOD SHOWS, GETTING ON TOUR, GETTING THE BUS WRAPPED, GETTING ON TV. TV IS THE BEST PROMOTION OF ALL, NIGGAZ GOT TO STOP BEIN LOCAL AND CROSS OVER TO TV, TV CREATES HYPE

[penenstamp]

Some of the replies in this thread are even stupider than the initial post. lol

[MAYORR]

niggaz gotta stop throwing up W'S in there promo picture's and when they have budget stop letting they cousin direct there video!
and the bottom line if you hot you hot somebodies gonna notice if you suck you just wasting money....this is not directed @ Disko dude
has a certified regional hit with I'M fucked up with the right video that would have been a smash and still could be!

[RHustle]

Some of the replies in this thread are even stupider than the initial post. lol

yours is the biggest example....

[SO PRUP]

WHEN YOU SIGN TO A MAJOR YOU GET NATIONALLY FAMOUS, YOU CANT BEAT THAT, WIT FAME YOU CAN GET RICH LOSE YOUR MONEY AND BECOME RICH OVER AGAIN OFF YOUR OWN FAME, LIKE QUIK OR SNOOP, FAME LAST!!! INDEPENDANT IS COOL BUT IT TAKE ALOT MORE MONEY AND WORK THAN PEOPLE KNOW, BELIEVE I KNOW SUCESSFUL INDEPENDANT CATS, THEY GET TIRED AND WORK SO HARD, TRAVELING, GET PRESSED UP, BOOKING GOOD SHOWS, GETTING ON TOUR, GETTING THE BUS WRAPPED, GETTING ON TV. TV IS THE BEST PROMOTION OF ALL, NIGGAZ GOT TO STOP BEIN LOCAL AND CROSS OVER TO TV, TV CREATES HYPE

if enough niggas worked had on the indy hustle and got some paper we could all get together and open our own doors mainstream wize

[EFFeX]

WHEN YOU SIGN TO A MAJOR YOU GET NATIONALLY FAMOUS, YOU CANT BEAT THAT, WIT FAME YOU CAN GET RICH LOSE YOUR MONEY AND BECOME RICH OVER AGAIN OFF YOUR OWN FAME, LIKE QUIK OR SNOOP, FAME LAST!!! INDEPENDANT IS COOL BUT IT TAKE ALOT MORE MONEY AND WORK THAN PEOPLE KNOW, BELIEVE I KNOW SUCESSFUL INDEPENDANT CATS, THEY GET TIRED AND WORK SO HARD, TRAVELING, GET PRESSED UP, BOOKING GOOD SHOWS, GETTING ON TOUR, GETTING THE BUS WRAPPED, GETTING ON TV. TV IS THE BEST PROMOTION OF ALL, NIGGAZ GOT TO STOP BEIN LOCAL AND CROSS OVER TO TV, TV CREATES HYPE

So your saying Hip Hop should be a get rich quick scheme? All the best artists love doing the shows and traveling. Your making it sound like a chore.

[NEW WEST 2012]

PEOPLE GOT KIDS, THIS IS A LOVE 4 ME PERSONALLY, I'D DO IT FOR NOTHIN LIKE HOW WHEN I STARTED, BUT ITS REAL LIFE AND BILLS PEOPLE GOT TO PAY, SO IT SHOULD BE A JOB TOO, I DONT THINK NOBODY WOULD DISAGREE THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A GOOD LIVING AT THIS, I LIKE THE WESTCOAST MUSIC BUT THE MONEY HAS TO BE THEIR, ID LIKE TO WATCH MTV AND SEE G MALONE, 211, BISHOP, ME, LOL ON CRIBS AND CARS, INDEPENDENT IS COOL, BUT TO GET TO THAT MANSION MONEY, THE BIG LABEL MACHINE MAKE THE GAME BIGGER THAN LIFE, I THINK THE INDEPENDENT GAME IS "REAL LIFE", I WANT THE GAME TO BE BIGGER THAN LIFE, IF THE MAJORS DID BIZ FAIRLY, IT WOULD BE ALL GRAVY, I CANT COMPLAIN THOUGH, AINT NOTHIN LIKE GETTIN PAID TO DO WHAT U LOVE TO DO AND PICK UP SOME HATERS ALONG THE WAY 

[NEW WEST 2012]

MY REASON FOR THIS POST WAS TO SAY, I HOPE WE DIDNT FUCK OFF OUR BLESSING BASICALLY, AS NIGGAZ TEND TO DO??? IF YOU THINK THATS A STUPID TOPIC, YOUR AN IDIOT, BECUASE IT MIGHT BE TRUE!!! ALL THESE UP COMING ARTIST MIGHT BE FEELING THE EFFECT OF ALL THAT STUFF THAT WENT ON BEFORE THEM

[EFFeX]

PEOPLE GOT KIDS, THIS IS A LOVE 4 ME PERSONALLY, I'D DO IT FOR NOTHIN LIKE HOW WHEN I STARTED, BUT ITS REAL LIFE AND BILLS PEOPLE GOT TO PAY, SO IT SHOULD BE A JOB TOO, I DONT THINK NOBODY WOULD DISAGREE THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A GOOD LIVING AT THIS, I LIKE THE WESTCOAST MUSIC BUT THE MONEY HAS TO BE THEIR, ID LIKE TO WATCH MTV AND SEE G MALONE, 211, BISHOP, ME, LOL ON CRIBS AND CARS, INDEPENDENT IS COOL, BUT TO GET TO THAT MANSION MONEY, THE BIG LABEL MACHINE MAKE THE GAME BIGGER THAN LIFE, I THINK THE INDEPENDENT GAME IS "REAL LIFE", I WANT THE GAME TO BE BIGGER THAN LIFE, IF THE MAJORS DID BIZ FAIRLY, IT WOULD BE ALL GRAVY, I CANT COMPLAIN THOUGH, AINT NOTHIN LIKE GETTIN PAID TO DO WHAT U LOVE TO DO AND PICK UP SOME HATERS ALONG THE WAY 

Alright, I feel what your saying in this post. I mean, if you are in the music game for the love of it and are actually talented, your absolutely right people should be paid for their efforts. In a perfect world. There really are people that put so much into this game and been invested for so many years, it's painful, even as a fan to see them get nothing in return. There ain't nothing wrong with the big money thing either, I mean, that's the dream right? LOL. I was just saying, that if you love Hip Hop and you love spittin', the money should be an added bonus. Of course that's easier to say if you got a hustle on the side.

As far as MTV goes, I been waiting for far to long to see West Coast artists make their big comeback to the limelight. Long overdue.

[Black Excellence]

The west coast don't need no major label. independent is the way.

[EFFeX]

The thing that gets me heated is that people say the West has too much references to violence and the drug game, but how come every popular rapper from the south can get away with it if there are 808s and racing hi-hats on the beat?