THIS SPECIFIC FORUM SHOULD BE THE MOST VIEWED COMPARED TO ALL THE OTHER. THIS FORUM WAS MADE SO U COULD NETWORK WITH PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE INDUSTRY. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT THE INDUSTRY. FOR SOME REASON THIS IS THE EMPTY FORUM..WHY IS THAT? YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT WANTING TO MAKE IT BUT DONT WANT TO PUT IN THE WORK?? DONT GET ME WRONG IM A LAZY FUCK TO..BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO MONEY IM ON THE GRIND. IM OUT THERE NETWORKING IM OUT THERE SPREADING MY NAME..IF YOU THINK YOUR NOT GONNA PUT IN ANY WORK AND THAN ONE DAY JUST WAKE UP AND PEOPLE ARE GONNA KNOW WHO U ARE AND YOU WAKE UP UR SUPER MODEL WIFE SO U COULD FUCK THE SHIT OUT OF HER AND THAN JUST JUMP INTO UR LAMBO TO GO TO MCDONALDS TO COP A #1.. U GOT ANOTHER THING COMING BUDDY. I AM GONNA TELL YOU THE ONLY SECRET TO MAKING IT IN THIS BUISNESS.. YOU READY? IT'S CALLED NETWORKING..IM GONNA SAY THIS ONLY ONE TIME..
IT IS NOT WHAT YOU KNOW BUT WHO YOU KNOW.. SAY IT WITH ME..
IT IS NOT WHAT YOU KNOW! IT IS WHO YOU KNOW! YOU THINK OUT OF NOWHERE ALL THESE FAMOUS ARTISTS JUST DECIDED TO MAKE A COLLABO WITH SOMEONE..NO. YOU THINK IF YOU GET A HOLD OF 50 CENT AND SAY YOU WANNA COLLAB HE'S GONNA SAY YES? UNLESS OFCOURSE YOUR OFFERING THE GUY HALF A MILLION WHICH I DOUBT UR GONNA DO. THERE ARE SO MANY UNDERGROUND ARTISTS THAT WOULD TEAR APART ALL THESE RAPPERS THAT U SEE ON TV BUT THESE RAPPERS ON TV MET THE RIGHT PERSON THAT PUT EM ON..NOWADAYS U DONT EVEN HAVE TO BE THAT SKILLFUL (UNFORTUNATELY). YOU GOTTA BE OUT THERE AND YOU GOTTA BUILD A NAME FOR URSELF U GOTTA BE A REAL STAND UP GUY OR WOMAN FOR THE GIRLS THAT RAP (DONT SLEEP ON THE GIRLS I KNO SOME GIRLS THAT'LL CHEW UP HALF THE DUDES THAT ARE IN THE GAME RAPPING) THIS GAME IS 10% MUSIC AND 45% IS IMAGE AND THE OTHER 45% IS BUISNESS (UNFORTUNATELY THATS HOW IT IS NOWADAYS). IT'S CALLED BEING OUT THERE SHAKING HANDS AND KISSING BABIES. HOW YOU THINK PRESIDENTS GET ELECTED OR MAYORS OR ANY OTHER JERKOFF THAT RUNS FOR ANY TYPE OF POLITICAL POSITION? THEY GO OUT THERE AND PUT TOGETHER WHAT THEY CALL A CAMPAIGN OR WHAT WE WOULD CALL A CONCERT AND THEY GO ON STAGE AND ITS PRETTY MUCH A SALES TACTIC (KINDA LIKE A TELEMARKETER TRYING TO PITCH YOU TO BUY THERE SHIT OVER THE PHONE... BY THE WAY TELEMARKETERS ARE REAL HUSTLERS CUZ ANYONE THAT COULD TALK YOU INTO BUYIN SHIT OVER THE PHONE FROM SOMEONE U NEVER MET..DESERVES THAT MONEY) THEY GET ON STAGE AND THEY TELL YOU WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR EM OR BUY THERE ALBUM THEY PITCH YOU THERE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD SUPPORT THEM IT'S A SALES GAME..U GOTTA BE A SALESMAN AND A HALF TO GET SOMEONE TO BUY UR ALBUM. FOR EXAMPLE..50 CENT..HIS WHOLE PITCH WAS ABOUT HIM GETTING SHOT NINE TIMES AND BEING A CRACK DEALER..OBVIOUSLY U WERE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THE GUY HAD TO SAY FOR HIMSELF SO U BOUGHT HIS ALBUM. HIS FIRST SINGLE WANKSTA WAS PRETTY HOT TO (DONT FRONT) AND THAT WERE HIS SALES TACTICS TO GET U TO BUY HIS ALBUM. THAN HE FOUND A WEAK RAPPER THAT HE KNEW HE WOULD TEAR APART (JA RULE) AND BUILD MORE OF A NAME FOR HIMSELF BECUASE DRAMA AND SEX SELLS. AND HE WAS CONSISTENT AND DIDNT GIVE U A CHANCE TO FORGET HIS NAME OR TO SLACK OFF HE KEPT COMING BACK WITH SOMETHING NEW AND WATEVA UR OPINION OF HIM IS NOW..WHEN HE FIRST CAME OUT I KNO U RESPECTED THE MAN AND SHOWED HIM LOVE BECAUSE HE DIDNT GET TO WERE HE'S AT BY PEOPLE DOUBTING HIM OR TURNING AWAY FROM HIM LIKE THEY DO NOW. EVERYONE COLLECTIVELY LISTENED TO HIM..(THATS WHY THE GUY SOLD 1.1 MILLION RECORDS IN A WEEK.)
ANYWAY..
HOW I STARTED TO GET MY NAME OUT (THIS MIGHT NOT WORK FOR EVERYONE CUZ THIS BUISNESS IS HARD AND U GOTTA BE REAL SLICK AND ON POINT..AND SEEING HOW THIS FORUM IS AT THE STATE ITS AT..NOT MANY OF YOU HAVE IT..DONT BE MAD AT ME IT'S THE TRUTH AND NOT EVERYONES CUT OUT FOR A LOT OF THINGS) I STARTED TO THROW PARTIES ALL OVER NEW YORK. I DIDNT DO IT JUST TO GET FREE BOTTLES WITH V.I.P. ACCESS AND FUCK THE SHIT OUT OF BROADS (BUT IT WAS A BIG PART OF IT LOL DONT GET ME WRONG I LIKED FUCKING ALL KINDS OF DIFFRENT BITCHES AT MY EVENTS) WHENEVA I PLEASED BUT I STARTED TO THROW PARTIES BECAUSE NUMBER 1 I GET TO NETWORK LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER AND PEOPLE KNOW ME AND MY NAME AND NUMBER 2 IF I EVER CHOOSE TO I CAN PUT MYSELF ON STAGE SO NOT ONLY AM I THE ARTIST BUT ALSO I AM MY OWN MANAGER AND MY OWN PROMOTER ASWELL (SEE HOW THAT WORKS?) I MET A LOT OF PEOPLE WHILE I WAS DOING THIS AND I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT BUISNESS IN GENERAL. TOP RULE IS NONE OF THESE FAKE FUCKS ARE UR FRIENDS IF U GOT NUTTIN TO OFFER EM THEY AINT GONNA FUCK WITH YOU. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND HAVING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE SCUMBAGS IS ALSO KEY BECAUSE YOU DONT KNO WHEN DOWN THE ROAD ONE OF THEM MIGHT COME IN HANDY FOR YOU. NEVER FUCK ANYONE OVER EVEN IF IT MEANS LOOSING A COUPLE DOLLARS.. BECAUSE IN THE SHORT TERM U MIGHT GET OVER ON THAT PERSON AND MAKE A LITTLE EXTRA BUT IN THE LONG TERM SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE THE PERSON COULDA INVOLVED U OR ASSISTED U WERE U COULDA MADE TRIPLE OF WAT U ORIGINALLY MADE GETTIN OVER ON THAT PERSON. STRONG BUISNESS RELATIONS IS ALSO A VERY STRONG THING YOU NEED TO ESTABLISH. ITS NOT GONNA HAPPEN OVER NIGHT ITS NOT LIKE YOU COME UP TO SOMEONE INTRODUCE URSELF AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE PUTTIN U ON TO THESE HUGE VENTURES.. I HAD TO EAT A LOT OF SHIT AND DO LITTLE BULLSHIT THINGS TO MAKE MY ENDS..BUT I STUCK WITH IT AND ALL THESE JERKOFFS SAW I WAS SERIOUS AND SAW I WAS DOING MY THING TO WERE I DIDNT EVEN HAVE TO COME TO THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY COMING TO ME. YOU SEE HOW THAT WORKS? HONESTLY I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A RAPPER ONLY BECAUSE I WANTED TO HAVE RAPPER MONEY.. BUT I REALIZED THAT THE MONEY RAPPERS HAVE THEY OVER WORKED FOR IT. PRETTY MUCH THERE GETTIN PAID MINIMUM WAGE. BECAUSE ALL U SEE IS THE GLAMOROUS SHIT LIKE THE •••ELS THE HOUSES THE WHIPS AND THE KNOTS IN THERE POCKETS..BUT WAT U DONT SEE IS THE BEHIND THE SCENES SHIT.. THE NONE STOP GRIND IN THE STUDIO (REAL ARTISTS SLEEP IN STUDIOS) ALL THE SHOWS THEY GOTTA DO WERE THERE IN ONE STATE DOIN A SHOW THEN IN AN HOUR THERE ON A PLANE TO ANOTHER STATE TO DO A SHOW AND SO ON. GOING ON TOUR IS WHERE U MAKE UR MONEY BUT THAT SHIT IS FUCKING HARD. I CURRENTLY HAVE MY OWN RECORD LABEL
(ZOOTS RECORDS) WITH 3 ARTISTS THAT HAVE ALBUMS ALREADY OUT AND ARE CURRENTLY IN THE STUDIO WORKING ON A GROUP PROJECT. IM THAT ••• THATS BEHIND THE SCENES COLLECTING THE MONEY.. U COULD CALL ME THE 21ST CENTURY JIMMY IOVINE. EVEN THOUGH MY DREAM WAS ALWAYS TO BE OUT THERE ON STAGE PERFORMIN AND BITCHES THROWIN PANTIES AT ME IM PRETTY HAPPY WITH WERE IM AT AND I HAVE ENOUGH BITCHES THROWIN PANTIES AT ME AS IS ANYWAY. IM MY OWN BOSS AND IM THE ONE THAT CUTS THE CHECK NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
THE REASON WHY I WROTE THIS WHEN ANY NORMAL PERSON WOULD CHARGE FOR THIS INFORMATION IS BECAUSE I HAVE GENUINE LOVE FOR THIS MUSIC SHIT AND IT GAVE ME SO MUCH NOT EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE MONEY..MUSIC HAS BEEN A PART OF MY LIFE SINCE I WAS LITTLE..I LOVE THIS SHIT. AND IM NOT GREEDY IF YOU GOT GENUINE TALENT AND UR A REAL ARTIST THAN ALL THE POLITICS AND BULLSHIT SHOULD NOT STOP U FROM MAKING IT IN THIS BUISNESS.
I WISH ALL OF YOU THE BEST OF LUCK.
ALSO..HERE IS WHY MARKETING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR CAREER. EVEN THOUGH YOU NEVER HEARD OF ME...
YOU JUST DID
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