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BASEDVATO

Judo Chop ur Spirit
May 8, 2002
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i think its kinda stupid some people even charge for there Verse's... i can understand buying a beat, that helps build solid albums. But a verse from someone that not many people know, and won't help sell albums is stupid.

lets really think about it... i'll use Tact Out for an example (because your the post above mine).... you charge $200 for your verse, that means if i get 5 bucks per CD roughly, i'd have to sell 40 albums, to recoup that expense... most likely the reason for buying album would not because your on it -- if anything it does you more good to be on it, cause you get exposure and they hear you rapping.

thats why i'd never buy any verse off a person, unless they sold some "real" units.... like in the 15,000 per release... yes it will cost more to get them on, but names like that will HELP sales...

thats why, tell i'm major i will not ever charge a person for a verse, if i start to get big, and you want me on it ask.... instead, of getting on anything you pay me for... i'll be SUPER picky, and only go on stuff, that'll do me and the other artist justice. Thats real...
 
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FACT IS: I ANSWERED THE QUESTION ABOVE MY POST, ANOTHER FACT IS, PLENTY OF CATS ON HERE IVE DONE SHIT FOR FREE FOR, HOWEVER PLENTY OF FOLX ON HERE HAVE PAID ME FOR MY SHIT..... I DONT BEG FOR MONEY, BUT WHEN THE QUESTION IS ASKED WHAY I HIT FOE.... THATS WHAT I HIT FOE!!!! IF YOU WANT TO NETWORK WIT ME OR TRADE SOMETHIN OR WHATEVER TO MAKE IT WORTH MY WILD THEN WE COULD WORK SOMETHIN ELSE OUT...

AND AS I CAN REMEMBER I HAVE TOLD YOU BEFORE ID DO SOMETHIN FOR YOU GUYS FOR NOTHIN, SO USING ME FOR A REFERANCE WAS JUST STUPID, ILL BREAK IT DOWN.

WHO ARE YOU??? TO ME, YOU ARE NOBODY (NO DISRESPECT) BUT IN ALL HONESTY, I DONT BELIEVE YOU EVER DROPPED AN ALBUM OR SOLD ANY UNITS AT ALL.... I HOWEVER BEEN IN THE GAME AND BETWEEN 2 ALBUMS HAVE SOLD OVER 4000 COPIES AND STILL SELLIN, AND I DO HAVE ALOT OF BUSINESS..... SO IF YOU WANT ME ON YOUR ALBUM, HOW WOULD IT BENAFIT ME, YES ITS MORE EXPOSURE, BUT WHAT IF YOU NEVER DROP THAT ALBUM??? WHAT IF YOU ONLY SELL 100 COPIES??? HOW DOES THAT GIVE ME EXPOSURE??? I COULD JUST SPEND $300 AND PRESS UP 10,000 FLYERS AND GET EXPOSURE....

PERSONALLY ME, I LIKE DOIN SHIT WITH OTHERS AND IM NOT GREEDY, AND FACT IS IM REAL FAIR AND CHEAP AND AN EASY PERSON TO WORK WITH, ASK ANYONE, I CUT MY VERSES DOWN PAT IN LESS THAN 3 TAKES, AND THE VERSES ARE PERFECT, AND I EVEN ASK IF ITS WHAT YOU WANT, OR IF YOU WANT MORE, OR IF YOU WANT ME TO DO SOMETHIN EXTRA..... CATS KNOW IM WORTH WHAT THEY PAID ME WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE.

ALSO, FOR ME TO COME DO A VERSE FOR YOU FOR FREE, WHAT ABOUT MY FOOD, MY DRANK AND MY WEED, MY TIME AND MY GAS MONEY IT COST ME TO MEET YOU AT A STUDIO AND SPEND A COUPLE HOURS OR MORE OF MY TIME.... NOW DONT GET ME WRONG, I LOVE TO DO ALL THIS STUFF, EVEN FOR FREE, CUZZ I HAVE.... BUT THE TRUTH IS, I THINK THEIR ARE HELLA WEAK RAPPERS OUT THEIR THAT AINT DONE SHIT, AND THEY CHARGE MORE THAN I DO..... NOT JUST THAT, MOST OF THE CATS THAT I TALK TO THAT GET DOWN WITH ME, FEEL THEY WOULD BE DISRESPECTIN ME IF I DO SOMETHIN FOR FREE, THEY WOULD AT LEAST GIVE ME $100 AND SMOKE ME OUT AND DRANK ME OUT..... I DONE EVEN ASK, ITS JUST PART OF THE GAME, AND I TRY TO ONLY DO BUSINESS WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE COO, AND WANT TO WORK WITH ME.... I DONT JUST DO SHIT WITH WHOEVER FOR THE MONEY....

I ALSO DO HAVE 2 KIDS TO FEED, I ALSO HAVE A HOUSE THAT I OWN AND MAKE MORTAGE PAYMENTS FOR.... SO IF ITS UNFAIR FOR ME TO ASK FOR A LIL BIT OF MONEY, YOUR TRIPPIN...

NOT JUST THAT, YOU TALK AND SAY YOU WOULD NEED TO SELL 40 UNITS TO MAKE UP FOR WHAT YOU SPENT ON ME.... WELL PEEP THIS, I "GUARENTEE" YOU THAT I WOULD HAVE MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE BUY YOU ALBUM HAVING NO IDEA WHO YOU ARE, JUST CUZZ IM ON IT!!!! SO IN FACT I WOULD MAKE YOU BOUT $500..... AND IF YOU HONESTLY THINK IM FULL OF IT OR SOMETHIN, YOU MUST NOT KNOW HOW I GET DOWN.... BUT I HAVE LOTS OF FRIENDS, FANS AND FAMILY THAT WILL BUY ANYTHING I BREATH ON OR TOUCH.... 40 UNITS AINT SHIT!!!! AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR UNSURE IF YOU COULD EVEN SELL 40 UNITS.... IT AINT NO THANG TO ME TO FLIP SOME BREAD FOR SOMEONE JUST CUZZ THEY WROTE A VERSES FOR ME, CUZZ I KNOW ILL GET MY MONEY BACC..... AND IF I DONT, FUCC IT, ITS PART OF THE GAME..... LIKE I SAID, BOTH MY ALBUMS HAVE SOLD 2000 COPIES OR MORE, AND IT WASNT BY LUCK!!!

AND I AINT EVEN DROPPED "B.A.R.T. TO THE 91SICCNESS" DOUBLE COMPILATION THAT I KNOW WILL SELL PLENTY OF UNITS!!! WHICH BY THE WAY, YOU HAVE A SONG ON THEIR, SO THATS GOOD EXPOSURE FOR YOU ISNT IT???