If these artists takeover, what will the mainstream hip hop game turn into?
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Thats the problem. The industry changed dramatically. There use to be a "wow" factor when youngins came into the game back in the day. They use to sign older artists that had talent and their lyrical content was better because they were wiser and witnessed some real life shit. Now they give these kids the spot light and what the fuck have they gone through in life? They know nothing but materialistic shit and fucking bitches because thats a youngins state of mind.
that young age theory isnt really true bc look at the top hip hop rappers jay-z, eminem they are atleast 40 so thats bs. its just all about staying relevant nowdays thats all only way the age thing counts is if you just now getting in the game. it will be harder for a 40 year old to get his first major deal then a 16 year old.
I cant believe somebody named method man he is washed up majorly and never did or will catch a break as a solo artist since mild success of his first album. theres something missing cant explain but all his albums are considered failures so his ship been sanked atleast he done better as a actor or member of the wu group.
I cant believe somebody named method man he is washed up majorly and never did or will catch a break as a solo artist since mild success of his first album. theres something missing cant explain but all his albums are considered failures so his ship been sanked atleast he done better as a actor or member of the wu group.
I think the older niggas will always be there because they won't give up their spot.
I just feel it has to be a young nigga who is new and fresh to really shake things up in rap/hip hop
T @tylerthetaco ok so u r young. I'm 32...back in the 90s each record company had an artist development department and their job was to give a person a style, teach them the basics about the industry. They also made sure the artist had a strong buzz FIRST in the streets before even releasing an album. If the buzz wasn't there they would get shelved and sometimes released from the label. So that's what I meant by artist development. That piece of it is gone. I think it was a great way of quality control imo. But like you said internet buzz is all they need. I'm just kind of puzzled by this because internet fame does not translate into units sold at times. So how are record companies making money these days? Maybe that's why they do these 360 deals so they can get.a piece of everything an artist does.
All I know is I wasn't complaining at all when the top tier niggas were: pac, big, nas.
Damn I sound old. Lol
I just feel it has to be a young nigga who is new and fresh to really shake things up in rap/hip hop
T @tylerthetaco ok so u r young. I'm 32...back in the 90s each record company had an artist development department and their job was to give a person a style, teach them the basics about the industry. They also made sure the artist had a strong buzz FIRST in the streets before even releasing an album. If the buzz wasn't there they would get shelved and sometimes released from the label. So that's what I meant by artist development. That piece of it is gone. I think it was a great way of quality control imo. But like you said internet buzz is all they need. I'm just kind of puzzled by this because internet fame does not translate into units sold at times. So how are record companies making money these days? Maybe that's why they do these 360 deals so they can get.a piece of everything an artist does.
All I know is I wasn't complaining at all when the top tier niggas were: pac, big, nas.
Damn I sound old. Lol
Alright I understand what you mean Rasan and that's why I mentioned Drake. They had their hands in his career since at least when he was ghostwriting for Wayne and imo clearly molded him to have the image & content that makes him one of the top rappers. These days their window is much smaller, even with Drake they only had about a 2 year period to make it work, if So Far Gone flopped he might have been another J. Cole. it's partially gone back to how the late 80s/early 90s was, signing people because they build their own buzz, with their own sound & talents. If only because it's so hard to successfully make a "Drake" these days. Back then they had the luxury of time that doesn't exist in the internet age.
Also album sales have pretty much been abandoned as a main sales revenue for a while now since only maybe a dozen artists across pop music as a whole are capable of going platinum, or gold for the most part.
Also album sales have pretty much been abandoned as a main sales revenue for a while now since only maybe a dozen artists across pop music as a whole are capable of going platinum, or gold for the most part.