I hear your point, but Tunez do the math. He can ball out making money on the independent tip. That's where the money is fam.. Worst case scenario he is making $5.00 a cd. Multiply that by 23,824 in sales and he just grossed $119,120 fam... Wit his loyal fan base, he'll clear over 100,000 units in sales and once again the math shows he'll gross $500,000. Low over head since he produces his own music. Wack cheap cover means even less money spent( had to say it the cover is weak). Add that with the side money for selling beats. He could never see that type of money on a major based on them sales... Major labels is for the fame, Indy is for the money... Props to Quik for having a long lasting career.