West Coast Connection Forum
DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES on May 05, 2010, 07:43:53 PM
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According to industry insiders, Pittsburgh’s Wiz Khalifa has been signed to Atlantic Records for close to a month now. (You may have noticed Kush and Orange Juice, the title of his most recent mixtape, trending on Twitter and Google.) Asked about the signing, Khalifa said, “Whatever people want it to be, that’s what it is. I didn’t say yes, I didn’t say no.” Either way, he released Kush independently, planning, as he told VIBE.com, the publicity behind the project himself. “The mixtape was done last month, but I really wanted to do it up and make sure something like this [buzz] would happen,” he said. “I got some more tricks up my sleeve, too.”
Good looks, all these new school dudes bka Chess Club are getting major deals like they deserve. These execs are waking up! But you can't say Wiz didn't make this himself, he's been grinding for a good 3 years now...
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these new school cats just going to get rapped by the labels
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yeah and then complain and cry and then quit and retire like lupe...lol
they think its all good...til they find out what they have to do to get paid.....gettin a deal aint shit
these new school cats just going to get rapped by the labels
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he was already on a major and got fucked over once.Being signed doesnt mean shit anymore.In fact,it seems the be the kiss of death on 90 percent of rappers careers these days.Ask saigon where his atlantic debut is.
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You just need one independent artist with that one single that grabs the public and a team that understands how to work the radio and blam! the idea of being on a major probably won't be appealing.
I view it one of 2 ways.
You can be like Nas - you just want to create music and not work too hard
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you can be like jay - you want to create music and make lots of fucking money and thus work really hard
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yeah but what era are you talkin about from nas and jay? lol
look at the muzik they have made after what many consider their success
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yeah and then complain and cry and then quit and retire like lupe...lol
they think its all good...til they find out what they have to do to get paid.....gettin a deal aint shit
these new school cats just going to get rapped by the labels
Lupe ain't quitting because his label is raping him... Lol. He has stated numerous times that he wants to move on from rapping, he likes producing and the behind the scenes stuff alot.
J. Cole, Lupe Fiasco, Asher Roth, B.o.B., Wale, Blu, Kid Cudi and Charles Hamilton all released (J Cole is about to) albums under major labels...
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then part of him is outta this world....the wackest rappers stay alive...and the better ones quit....lol
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Charles didnt.He leaked the album when he got dropped.
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Charles didnt.He leaked the album when he got dropped.
Same thing. Major label funding for an album = good.
I don't care how I get it, lol.