KrypticFlowz said:
^^have you heard his shit bullet?? let us know cuz to me this guy is a mystery until this post
and syko dont need a huge budget and the neptunes to blow up hes got skills rappin you should know that, personally who do you think is OUR hope to blow up? of course your gunna say eastside records but really who do you think?
I have no idea who this person is, have never heard there music or anything. I commented because everybody thinks there the best or the regions greatest hope. A lot of shit he said had some truth and a business mentality to it.
As for Syko I've heard his record. I didn't like it aside from the one song about i wanna fuck, that was a tight song. The only other stuff i've heard were the diss tracks and they weren't tight PERIOD.
As far as who do i think has what it takes there a lot of artists who are tight, but being the hope of our region can only be concluded by business... music is 2ndary. Do I think I have what it takes musically? yep, but the difference between me and most is business. Personally i think Lifesavas, Jus Family, Unexpected arrival, have the most business behind them with enough commercial music behind them to possibly break through. there's a lot of indy cats who make so much street music and also lack some of the business sources to push the bigger doors open. I know selling 2,000 records won't get you a deal, shit in most cases 10,000 won't. I know what has to be done to get the Def Jams of the world to notice you, i did it for the todd g single with bosko and even with that, we couldn't keep enough spins going to do more than get a phone call. So when i list names its not because i think they are the best artist persay, i do think they are amongst the best but its the business that really matters. Unexpected Arrival has done a lot in seattle major spins and didn't get a deal out of it but i'm sure he had labels watching him which i think proves that its also gonna take more than 1 market to get to the next step. Mad Ro had more than 1400 BDS spins and had several labels offering them deals but noc on wood wanted a lot of money to let them go, or so i was told.
To get a record deal you have to have 1 of the following:
1. Somebody important who believes in your music which is as rare as winning the lotto
2. sell enough records soundscan (every label has different standards but Def Jam is around the 70,000 mark, not to say you couldn't get a deal at 30,000 but it would take selling more than any NW artist has sold X 3 in the last 5 years.
3. Major radio support, beyond 1 market, prolly more like 5 markets, with at least 30 spins a week. Mad Ro and Unexpected Arrival are a few of a very small list from our region that have received more than 40 spins a week on any BDS reporting station.
I guess you don't have to have a record out to get a deal and be our hope, but really without one your odds are slim as fuck. Syko aint had a record in how many years. For people not looking at record deals, you have to have a record to be our hope without question. Right now doing 5,000 records in the NW is like super big shit, yet not anywhere near getting a deal. So considering these facts, who do yall think is the NW hope? If you really look at what i'm saying we have a lot more talent in this regioon than we have business people who can accomplish what needs to be accomplished to get to this next step. Personally i'd like to be the one to get there, but shit i got love for the NW and really it would be nice to see any of us get there. Its long overdue.
THE GOON SQUAD
COOL NUTZ-I HATE COOL NUTZ
E-DAWG (with mix a lot behind him now)
Bullet-When the rainfalls
Lifesavas (new album has a label behind them, there doing good)
unexpected arrival (based on history of radio play)
mad ro (based on history of radio play)
151 (c-bo record was big accomplishment)
Bill Yuns new record
the list of indy cats who are capable of making a record that has potential to reach 10,000...with a few more resources or more money to promote there music
street level artists old and new
self titled (great hustlers)
got'm-2 real records
certified-high side records
old dominion has sold 10,000
todd g has the budget for his new record, he is one 2 watch
Pete Miser just did 6500 of his new record
there's more but i can't think of everybody off my head, and i'm not familiar with all the pure hip-hop groups that are doing there thing aside from who i mentioned but there are more. It really comes down to who can put together 1 hot record, have some nice money to push it, reach numerous markets touring, radio, and promotions. business is what will decide who can produce the results, and who can't. great records can sell 1000, and subpar ones can sell 10,000. the music isn't the only factor, and if you get anything out of my post, remember that.