Author Topic: How do you survive in west coast rap? (Read 458 times)

Lil Suge Knight · « **Reply #15 on:** January 08, 2003, 05:54:26 PM »

Sign to Tha Row?

?? Nah you'll end up dead

Diss Your Ma, Britney, Christina, Fred Durst, Carson Daly, Benzino, Moby.............Nahhhh Em only sells cos he's white,

Bein serious now,

1: Have Nate to sing all your hooks,
2: Get Dre to produce for you,
3: Diss the fuck outta Nelly and Ja Rule............You'll get recognized

LIL GUY · « **Reply #16 on:** January 08, 2003, 05:59:37 PM »

-Dont sound like snoop cause they'll say "he sounds like a fake snoop"
-Dont sign with suge cuase nobody wants to buy Tha Row products.
-Dont sign to a label that's a also a crew cause you'll just be another rapper in that crew.

Jome · « **Reply #17 on:** January 08, 2003, 06:14:55 PM »

* Do a song with Snoop Dogg, and call your album "Snoop Dogg presents: xxx..."
* Get yourself some Dre-production - if you cant afford it: say that you are wondering to get Dre to the beats for you.
* Have cameos from Spice 1, Tray Deee, W.C. & a few choruses from Nate Dogg on your album.. no Westcoast-fan with respect for themselves can hate on that..
* For heavens sake: stay away from ThaRow if you wanna get paid or have a album released.
* If you're not a gang-member: be affiliated at least
* If you want credibility: make wack music, so that you won't sell. To lose this credibility, just make sure to sell more than 100.000 or call yourself 2Pac.
* Want Westcoast-public? Use words like khakis, chucks, lo-lo's, lowrider, turf, '64, crip, blood, underground, Cali-luuuv, rep your set, etc.
* Be a nice lyricist.. don't matter if you're half retarded, if you can throw together a bunch of words that nobody can understand.. you're a made man
* You're a gang-leader? Oh yeah, just sign here....
You already got fans (the hood) & you're propped up.. Nobody will talk smack on a gang leader.

Mad-Pac · « **Reply #18 on:** January 08, 2003, 09:03:20 PM »

Quote from: Kool G Jome on January 08, 2003, 06:14:55 PM

* Do a song with Snoop Dogg, and call your album "Snoop Dogg presents: xxx..."
* Get yourself some Dre-production - if you cant afford it: say that you are wondering to get Dre to the beats for you.
* Have cameos from Spice 1, Tray Deee, W.C. & a few choruses from Nate Dogg on your album.. no Westcoast-fan with respect for themselves can hate on that..
* For heavens sake: stay away from ThaRow if you wanna get paid or have a album released.
* If you're not a gang-member: be affiliated at least
* If you want credibility: make wack music, so that you won't sell. To lose this credibility, just make sure to sell more than 100.000 or call yourself 2Pac.
* Want Westcoast-public? Use words like khakis, chucks, lo-lo's, lowrider, turf, '64, crip, blood, underground, Cali-luuuv, rep your set, etc.
* Be a nice lyricist.. don't matter if you're half retarded, if you can throw together a bunch of words that nobody can understand.. you're a made man
* You're a gang-leader? Oh yeah, just sign here....
You already got fans (the hood) & you're propped up.. Nobody will talk smack on a gang leader.

lol...
Man... Only if Suge would've never set back the westcoast to begin with

.:Hercy Buggz:. · « **Reply #19 on:** January 08, 2003, 09:25:15 PM »

*Sign to a major label...(Arista,MCA,J Records)
*Be Featured in other artist songs
*Try to present ur style with a Anthem single that can get airplay in the club
*Have a video directed by Little X , Hype Williams, Benny Boom Or Chris Robinson
*Dont look too old like most of the WestCoast rappers (WC,B Legit,Tray Deee)
*Be Affiliate with DoggyStyle Records
*Bring a new Sound to the west coast (not the usual sound)
*Act like it aint about East/West music

tnp · « **Reply #20 on:** January 08, 2003, 09:57:08 PM »

If you have a good single going, make it available for sale, and include remixes or unreleased tracks.

When your CD does drop include extras (DVD or whatever) to distinguish it from the others.

Get on a soundtrack.

Have a drop date and STICK TO IT!

failing that...

get arrested (often)

have a classic album from the early 90s and say "this is going to be the next __________ (fill in name of classic album and add Vol 2 to the title)

peace,
tnp

S.G.V. · « **Reply #21 on:** January 09, 2003, 12:46:32 AM »

dont let a major fuck with u...

drop consistently...

hard beats that bump in the ride...cuz we dont ride the train and use head phones

dont bring up the east coast west coast shit...its dead

collab with people that compliment u...not like xzibit n dre...

dont lie about where u came from...cuz u will get called on it....