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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: Lord Funk on June 30, 2003, 08:48:12 AM

Title: How much for a Nate hook?
Post by: Lord Funk on June 30, 2003, 08:48:12 AM

... I'm thinking of putting out a single.  ;)

Nah, really, I was wondering this. Let's face it, if you get a Nate hook it's 90% of the way there to being a hit, so dude can charge a lot. But also, his solo shit doesn't sell, so each time he belts out a hook for someone else he must be thinking "My kids gotta eat off this til well after my album drops", which would make me jack the price sky high if I was him. Has anyone ever read how much he charges?

Title: Re:How much for a Nate hook?
Post by: 40oz GRApHire on June 30, 2003, 09:20:46 AM

Good topic, it makes me agree, Nate needs to charge them because he deserves it when compairing hes solo carreer.

Title: Re:How much for a Nate hook?
Post by: P Nelson on June 30, 2003, 09:43:09 AM

Lord Funk u a rapper?

Title: Re:How much for a Nate hook?
Post by: R-Tistic on June 30, 2003, 10:46:33 AM

If Dre charges $250,000-$500,000 for a beat, Quik charges $100,000, and Mausberg said "5 G'z for a 40 second rap line" on Quik's album...

I'll guess-timate about $40,000. It's not a SURE hit just because Nate's on it, it has to be a dope song anyway, but Skillz did put a LOTTA people on blast when he was like "I ain't gotta put Nate on the hook to get West Coast love"

Title: Re:How much for a Nate hook?
Post by: Lord Funk on June 30, 2003, 10:51:31 AM

Quote from: R-Tistic on June 30, 2003, 10:46:33 AM

Skillz did put a LOTTA people on blast when he was like "I ain't gotta put Nate on the hook to get West Coast love"

I never heard that! That's cold... Oh, Mak - the answer's no. I did years back but I stopped writing. Maybe one day I'll resurrect my pad and head over to the Lab, but I'd just embarrass myself there now. ;)

Title: Re:How much for a Nate hook?
Post by: Trauma-san on June 30, 2003, 12:39:06 PM

People don't always just get paid flat out for a song.  Mauseburg and those dudes were doin' little verses here and there, just taking whatever they could get and run.

On the major level, it works different, Nate might do a hook for J.D., and J.D. promises to give Nate a beat for his new album.  Or Nate might do a hook for Missy Elliot, and Missy pays him a percentage of what the album sells.  Or maybe he does a hook for Dre for a spot on the up in smoke tour.  If you just flat out wanted to buy a hook from Nate Dogg, i.e. you just send him a beat, he sends you back his hook for it, he'd probably do one for 20G's or so.