SMH.. Even Snoop complaining he's not making money off streams?? Watch Video...

[TraceOneInfinite]

but it has to be more than streaming does because the artists are getting basically nothing when it comes to that right?

Streaming seems like such a hard way to make money to me.  Like was it Suge, or Snoop, or someone was saying something like how accurate are the figures anyway?  And how would you even verify that shit?  I mean, of course back in the good old days it usually seemed accurate like, if everyone was rolling around bumpin the new Silk the Shocker album then I'd check the charts and sure enough that shit was hitting #1.  Obviously some shit was regional, like Warren G second album actually was really popular in my suburb of KC and had to be selling out West so I just kind of thought, "well maybe he didn't sell shit (other than HighEyeCue) on the East Coast and that's why he's not platinum."

as for nowadays streaming vs. CD sales.. I would think YouTube is probably the best but Sccit obviously knows more about it than me.  But even I can get thousands of views on youtube like I watch some old school basketball and find a sort of rare Rodman or Jordan clip I can post it and get views in the thousands.  Of course to get money you need subscribers in the thousands, but if you are a known artist you could get 1,000 subs and start making money on music videos, interviews, and other exclusives I would think

[Sccit]

but it has to be more than streaming does because the artists are getting basically nothing when it comes to that right?

exactly