BeN1 said:
dont know eaven what is FAM THING and by the way what is bootlegged?? i listen yesterday @ some of 50 cents interview and they talk some shit about bootleg...sorry guys i am new on this forum or what ever. and i am from Europe so i cant know what does bootleg means
well for those of you that only post up in so cal fourm,...a lot of over seas heads sign up for siccness membership all day
mr. sippygippy is one of them,...the dude knows more about cali rap (and i do mean undergraound from like 82 till now,..them fuckers are like that,...they wanna know who produce it what label's art work the whole nine her ein the usa folks really only care about manstream chit or what ever for the pass 5-8 years but after that,...they say who cares,...what's next,...but them they love the soul of our music ,...if you only knew how many 60's and 70's soul singers live out there cause they care about them more than we do,...and they stay paid,....well look at def jam gemany,...they are making more money per investment than the us in most cases,...ask a artists that globe troted and they will say euros are the spot!)
any way,...man let me wellcome you to the siccness,....
bootlegs are cd's dvd's or anything that can be manufactured to copy a item in major demand,...say if joe was to buy a copy of a cd,...copy it and try to seel it in mass productoion,...he is a bootleger coming from proabiton era where people would make there own rum and alcahol in they bath tubs and sell it to the close knit of people that they would know,..and at the time rum was illegal,...same goes for music and dvd's,...there are some sady folks that even sell blank dvd's and cd's to unknowing one time customers,....any way,...here in the states it's illgal to do this and there is a task force called th R.I.I.A YOU MAY WANNA SERCH FOR MORE INFO IN YOU LANGUGE (for give me i know euros many speck at min. 4 diff languges so i am not sure what is best for you) but this story is about a swapmet (mini mall housing these and other legal shops )
well i hope i shead some insight on the matter my friend from the other side of the pond,....these here are locals and dont take to kindy to outsiders,...so i ask that you gorgive them,....i'm sure you have locals that would treat me the same way if i did not understand what was really going on,...
once again wellcome,...and peep out the open foum you may see a few chums, mates and laids
and 50 bootlegs his own cds
he sign a contract saying that he will get paid say $2 per cd,...now plaitum that will give him 2 million right?...well what ever cd's he makes himself and sells he makes $10 per cd,...see the diffence?...but he puts it out there so the label knows it and they just let him do it,.....
slowpoke the warden