WHO IS THE BEST ARTIST IN DAGO???

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i dont think anyone actually bought I-Rocc's Center of attention...

that album is well rounded... its got everything on there.

I-ROCC IS THE SHIT YEWWWWWWWWWW BITCH.
 

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Not one person fits that description. I don't care what anybody says, and deep down everyone knows it. The closest one IMO is smigg. But thats my opinion, because he sounds a lil mainstream, but the motherfuckin truth is NO ONE. Wanna know why? ask ya local radio station DJ. Play a mitchy slick record to todays cd record buying crowd and what do you get! Tha mainstream making up dances crowd. I'm sorry but until we could throw a dago record on in the club in ATL without everyone leaving the floor then we got nothing. I wish it was not this way but it is, and I say ATL because the limelight is there right now.

everyone that you guys named

mitch, jayo, rocc, smigg, boss, etc.

Ask any "Record Buying" crowd if they heard of them. Let them bump it I could put money on it they wont like it. It's GANGSTER rap to them...and thats not "IN" no more. IMO the problems in dago are.

WE HATE
WE GOT TO MUCH PRIDE TO MAKE A "IN" RECORD
WERE ALL "SOME WHAT" GANG RELATED (EVEN IF YOUR A WANNA BE)
WE DONT WORK WITH EACHOTHER
WE ALL HAVE LABELS THAT ARE MADE UP
WERE LAZY & RELEASE DATES ARE BULL
WERE TOO COCKY

I bet if there were no colors or numbers or letters or sets or gangs or crews involved and we were on one label and not apart we can MAYBE switch whats mainstream, but face it our next gen dago rappers are OLD too. When you think about this question actually think and think about whose buying shit now days because the one who knows and will use it will be the one to make it.
i beg to differ!!! and only one artist you named in that bunch is wat you would label a gangster rapper!!!
 
Feb 22, 2006
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#64
bossman hogg but i dont think gangsta gold macnificent duz tho.. thas jus my opinion.. i mean the name first of all it almost soun like he usin macnificent name from sideways, plus he has no bust that dude cant bust he rap hella fast and say a gang of nuthin... i dont think its even fair of puttin his name next to bossmanhoggs ... thas jus my opinion
gold macnif got spits mayne maybe u thinkin 2 slow bro?? lol j/k
dats my opinion thoe!! he got hella potential 2 put dago on da map! like tiny mille said,get a bar of that nif nasty'em cd & tell me if yo opinion is da same. and he got sum tite videos on myspace. and thats the truth ruth!!! :cool:
 
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its hard for me to imagine dago being on the map as far as rap...the talent is here, but just like Lil C.S. said the time has gone. I just wish the best for everyone and hope they continue to do what they do...and yeah Gangsta Gold is nice ...
 
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its hard for me to imagine dago being on the map as far as rap...the talent is here, but just like Lil C.S. said the time has gone. I just wish the best for everyone and hope they continue to do what they do...and yeah Gangsta Gold is nice ...
to be honest i agee that it is kinda late, but i woulda thought the same thing like 5 years ago when atl and houston where blowin up, if they can do it i think dago can too
but i dont know the way sales and the rap game goin now it might really be too late
 
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Shit Houston and ATL got a much larger "URBAN MARKET" than San Diego. We Live in a Law Order Republican ass City. Alot of artists get known in the clubs in ATL and Houston and on the Mixtape circuit two things which will only happen in Dago, if ATL and Houston are Flooded and all them Black & Brown Folks move out here. You cant walk into these Hollywood ass clubs and hand them a 12" to play. ANd even if you did they wouldnt play it unless they saw it on 106&park or you won a grammy for it. The artists that have been succesful out here have stuck with that street, undergournd dont give a fuck fanbase. And the people buying it come in all shades and origins.

We'd be better off movin to Germany and gettin that International money. Sit out in the City Square Rappin,Breakdancin and doin impressions of Will Smith and Alfonso Riberio for money.. Neo Nazis might try to hem us up, but them German Women would be worth it.

 
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ON THE REAL..THA COR!! DONT SLEEP ON US! WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THACOR619 WE NOT ONLY ROCK HELLA SHOWS, BUT WE CREATE SHOWS AND OPPERTUNITIES FOR OTHER LOCAL ACTS. WE HAVE A GROWING FAN BASE IN AND OUT OF THE CITY... I ALSO THINK ECAY UNO, BUT LIKE CALL 50 SAID, THE MAIN STREAM WOULDNT EXCEPT HIS IMAGE. BUT HIS SOUND IS HELLA RELEVENT AND NOT GANGSTA ALL THE TIME. SAU GOT IT POPPIN AS WELL. AND FREAKS, U NEED TO DROP SUMTHING PLAYA! MAKE THEM FEEL U. STAY IN THEY FACE AND CONTINUE NETWORKING DAILY. THE REAL IS, AINT NO ONE GONNA BLOW UP JUST AS A ''RAPPER''. U GOTTA BE A MAN OF MANY HATS. NOW A DAYS U GOTTA BE ARTIST SLASH EVERYTHANG. FROM STREET TEAM TO PRODUCERS TO ENGINEER TO ENVESTOR, ECT. EVERYTHANG THAT THA COR HAS DONE HAS CAME OUT OF OUR OWN POCKET AND HUSTLE. SOMETIMES WE BREAK EVEN, MOST THE TIMES WE TAKE A LOSS. BUT ALL THE TIME WE MOVE FORWARD. AINT NO MONEY IN CD SALES, ITS IN EVERYTHING ELSE. SINCE EVERYONE WANTS TO BE AND ARTIST. LEARN TO RECORD, LEARN TO DESIGN GRAFFICS, JUST MAKE MONEY AND LOVE WHUT U DO. THE REST WILL COME. STAY BLESSED YALL.
 
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HERE A LIL SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YALL!


Everyone Is an Singer/Rapper/Musician/DJ..

The problem with this is
that artists have become commodities, lowering their value.



A commodity is a useful item that is undifferentiated in the marketplace, is taken for granted
and thus has a low value.



In the days before marketing, if you went to
the corner store and asked for oatmeal, the clerk would scoop the
product out of a barrel, bag it and sell it to you....no Quaker Oats,
no General Mills oatmeal, no Oat's and Honey.



Oatmeal was a
commodity.





Raising a common product from the commodity level allows you to charge
higher prices, and is accomplished by branding.



Branding is marketing
and positioning yourself in the marketplace in a way that distinguishes
you from your competitors and creates customer identification with your
company.





There are three components to the successful launching of a product: production, marketing and distribution.





Thanks to Roland, Akai, Korg, Moog, Sony, etc, production of music is
affordable and ez.



Anyone can make a decent recording in their home
with a few thousand dollars worth of equipment.





Thanks to Snocap, Gnutella, Napster, ITunes, etc...anyone can
distribute electronic versions of those songs for zero cost to millions
of possible purchasers via the Internet.





So the problem for the artist now is marketing...marketing is all about
the story.



Just producing a record used to be a big deal, now the
question is, "Why should I buy your music? If I wanted to, I could do
that.



What's in it for me?

The old marketing was called the TV/Industrial Complex /Advertising and
went like this: 1. Buy Expensive Ads to Interrupt Lots of People 2.




Get More Distribution 3. Sell more products. 4.



Make a Profit

This worked fine when production was somewhat limited.



Now production
is limitless, anyone can produce thousands of copies of anything
cheaply.





The new system is called the Fashion/ Permission Complex: 1.



Make
Something Worth Talking About 2.



Tell It to People Who Want to Hear
From You 3. They Spread the Word 4.



Get Permission from Them to
Tell Them About Your Next Fashion/Product.





So the focus for today's successful artist must be marketing.




Production and Distribution problems have been solved.



Anyone can now
release a CD of music.



The new question Is "Who is this artist? Why
should I care about them? Why should I identify with them and
ultimately buy their songs? It's all about the story.





"Oh, but I've got a great story!", the artist says...I am different, I
came up from the streets/ghetto/middle class/wealth/...(fill in your
story here)...I paid my dues, I moved to NY/Chi/whatever from
wherever...my mother beat me as a child....

This IS not what I mean by the story.



The story isn't what you tell
the customer about yourself...the story is what the customer tells
themselves about how they feel when they buy your products.



A customer standing in line at Whole Foods with a filled grocery cart is telling
themselves a story, "I care about the environment/about the treatment
of the animals I eat/I'm different/I care about my body/I am
conscious/ buying products at Whole Foods makes me feel as if I am making a difference.......A guy bumping hard rap music while driving down the
street is telling himself a story. He's saying, " I am hard.



I whoop
ass. I'm on one, Loc., Listening to this rap music makes me feel like a man.



"

When a potential fan first hears/sees you...what story do they tell
themselves about how you as a product make them feel.



Can they put
your music on loud during the summer and bump it down the street? Does
it make their heads rock? Does playing your music tell people/their
parents how hard/cool/hip/rebellious they are? Do their parents hate
your music? That would be cool...a huge part of music sales are made
to adolescent kids using music to make a break from their parents.





When they listen to your music...how does it make them feel better
about themselves? What in it can they identify with? Hip-hop is about
making something out of nothing and rising up from less-than-perfect
circumstances.



Millions of people live under these
circumstances...millions identify with hip-hop.



Artist, what about
YOU can people Identify with? What MUST they ID with? What about you
do they NEED?

We know you want to be/are a star...what are you giving in return?
Why should we care about one more artist/CD/mixtape/comedy routine?

The first part of achieving a goal is knowing what you want.



The
second, equally important part is knowing what you are willing to give
/capable of giving.



Most of you who read this are seriously talented,
have worked very hard and good at what you do, so you give your talent,
which is beautiful...and it's appreciated.





What emotional connection can you make with your fans, based on this
fact? How can your quest help them make it through their day? Does
your music give them hope? Make them feel like they can do something
good? Make them feel important? Meet their needs and your needs will
be met.
 

T.C

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I was listening to Jamie Foxx's radio show and he mentioned that in the next 2 or 3 years CDs will be obsolete and replaced by digital downloads for ipods, mp3 players, etc. Do you think that's gonna make things easier on artist coming up in the game at that time? This question is for CS or anyone else willing to answer it.
I think whether it will make things easier for the up-and-coming artist has yet to be seen...Mainly because to my knowledge I haven't seen anyone in rap indy or commercial do any significant numbers with the digital downloads other than ringtones. Personally, I think the game is gonna shift from CDs to stuff like licensing (Movies, Video games, etc), ringtones and a more interactive digital download system than the model we have currently. Which means its gonna force indy artists to be first when it comes to jumping into the next trend in music.
 
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The funny thing is that it don't even matter who the best in SD is... And we all know why.

1) There are no record execs in SD. On the greater scheme of things, outside of this little bubble so many are trapped in, nobody gives a shit what we're doing out here. We have to get out and make em care. So who's doing that? Who's hittin the road promoting out of town (and i dont just mean LA, im talkin about at least AZ, Vegas, the Bay, and hopefully much further). How many times have you had this same conversation with your people's about what we need to do to get it crackin. Did you do anything about it after that? Prolly not... Always makes a nice conversation tho...

2) There's way too many fuckin rappers out here. And rappers don't REALLY support another rapper tryna bubble. Maybe not even cuz they hatin, they just gotta support they own shit first.

Best thing to do if you wanna help the city is do it big and don't forget where you from.

Raine n Lane n Kokane THE ALBUM Coming this summer

www.myspace.com/rainendem
 
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im serious

im so tucked in the kutt that when i touch the whole industry everybody iz gonna say oh yeah young holly da hottest thang outta daygo! i not only got swag and rep i got lyrics so im gonna represent myself on this one ya dig. juiced up thumbs down
 
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#77
dude IS tight! from what I've heard he just needs to touch on more topics and he'd be the shit... he got a real tight delivery. its just that I can only listen to someone talkin about smokin weed and spending money for so long... i think prolly about 8 tracks into that mixtape he put out i started to lose my mind
 
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I think whether it will make things easier for the up-and-coming artist has yet to be seen...Mainly because to my knowledge I haven't seen anyone in rap indy or commercial do any significant numbers with the digital downloads other than ringtones. Personally, I think the game is gonna shift from CDs to stuff like licensing (Movies, Video games, etc), ringtones and a more interactive digital download system than the model we have currently. Which means its gonna force indy artists to be first when it comes to jumping into the next trend in music.
I think selling music to consumers is becoming obsolete. What if we gave the cds/mp3s away free and hiked up the prices of the shows
 
Apr 12, 2005
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I think selling music to consumers is becoming obsolete. What if we gave the cds/mp3s away free and hiked up the prices of the shows
How many people actually want to see you perform?..Oh and Actually pay...at a higher price? How long can this last and after some one seen ya perform once or twice do you think they would be wanting to see ya again?
Besides the music being pretty shitty these days I buy less and less because Im Lazy..I do not want to fight traffic and walk in best buy witness the girls who work there with the tight ass jeans with no ass.....I could buy from online stores but I want to see results right now when i spend....even if the waiting time is only 1 week..which its usually longer. I want to have it now....