Author Topic: How do you survive in west coast rap?  (Read 453 times)

Don Seer

How do you survive in west coast rap?
« on: January 08, 2003, 10:35:30 AM »
ok here we go again.. this goes along the lines of cube's "how to survive in south central" if u remember that or anything else where the industry is talked about... follow the format i lay down which is to fill in the blank


"industry rule #...- to survive in west coast rap ............................................"

i'll start off with a this one...

- dont sign to a east coast label

coz they always look after their own first. history shows that.





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Re:How do you survive in west coast rap?
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2003, 10:40:08 AM »
- Dont wear Sean John clothing  ;)
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Re:How do you survive in west coast rap?
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2003, 10:43:27 AM »
lol... keep it serious (ish)

- dont get caught up in crime and lose your shine
- dont use crime to get your shine

 

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Re:How do you survive in west coast rap?
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2003, 10:47:41 AM »
lol... keep it serious (ish)

- dont get caught up in crime and lose your shine
- dont use crime to get your shine

Lol! You call that serious? your going out like Mc Rhyme-For-A-Dime  ;D ;)
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Re:How do you survive in west coast rap?
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2003, 10:49:53 AM »
- Don't swear too much on your first single
- Have more than just one video for your album
 

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Re:How do you survive in west coast rap?
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2003, 10:52:50 AM »
- If your single's hot drop the album soon after...

(shade shiest anyone...)

lol graphire.. ppl can wear what they like as longs they got skillz  ;)
 

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Re:How do you survive in west coast rap?
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2003, 10:55:22 AM »
- If your single's hot drop the album soon after...

(shade shiest anyone...)

lol graphire.. ppl can wear what they like as longs they got skillz  ;)

Got it sir!  ;)
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Re:How do you survive in west coast rap?
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2003, 11:04:16 AM »
- live in a famous city or in tha bay, or else be down with some cool rappers

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Re:How do you survive in west coast rap?
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2003, 12:03:14 PM »
Don't sign to Aftermath, cuz they wont release your album...(Unless you're from the east)
 

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Re:How do you survive in west coast rap?
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2003, 12:43:04 PM »
Don't sign to Aftermath, cuz they wont release your album...(Unless you're from the east)
Sad but true.

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Re:How do you survive in west coast rap?
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2003, 12:50:37 PM »
-No matter how long you been in the game droppin' hot shit without gettin' any shine, don't give up. Just keep doin' the damn thing and you'll get there...

(WC still chasin' the paper, and now he's finally on a major label. He used to be only known in Cali, now he's known on the other side of the Atlantic, up north. (Yes, you got it, I'm talkin' 'bout ME!))
(OK so Quik quit doin' solo joints, but he ain't failed - again, he's known worldwide.)

(But OH NO! WC's on Def Jam, an EAST COAST LABEL! WHY OH WHY?!?!?!?!?)  ;D
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Re:How do you survive in west coast rap?
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2003, 12:50:54 PM »
Get a lot of guest artists all over your shit

 - seems to be the norm nowadays.
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Re:How do you survive in west coast rap?
« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2003, 02:40:39 PM »
take your shirt off alot, steal beats, get a young girl to sing your hooks, oh and act like a want to be pac....


we might not listen to it, but someone else will *ahem eastcoast* *ahem little kids*
 

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Re:How do you survive in west coast rap?
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2003, 03:00:13 PM »
Get a lot of guest artists all over your shit

 - seems to be the norm nowadays.
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Re:How do you survive in west coast rap?
« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2003, 05:49:56 PM »
Be original but stay in touch with the streets