shoeking2101 wrote:
Well they are right. A couple of things i've learned/saw:
-Most rappers are paid with any and everything but money
-EVERYTHING cost money, even when you see a mixtape or a brand new interview from an artist, unless he's established it probably cost. Radio spins, everything is either pushed by a label, or payed for. From my experience at least
-You can literally launch a music career with ease in this day and age with social networking
-I've seen thiss with a few artist I'm close to...You are literally one hit away from stardom, and at the same time one dud away from being dropped/non existent
-Most rappers are really dope people, but they don't know or control what's going on in their lives as far as music goes, which can be very dangerous. My homeboy is like this.
-A lot of the higher ups are gay
-The higher you climb, the crazier things get...I'll leave this one alone. I know how NT hate conspiracies even though its not.
-If you get on in LA, its better than getting on in almost any other city. With the exception of maybe NY
-Alluded to this earlier, but with the right amount of money, you can literally buy your way to stardom. I've seen it happen so many times. Records from mixtapes no matter how big the artist may seem, just don't jump to radio. They are either payed for, pushed by a label, something. It's looked at as an investment, and if the investment is successful, then you won't have to pay for that anymore
-Learn the art of winning friends and influencing people. Incredible tool.
-Backstage at the VMA's are so crazy. Grammy's too.
-More than likely,you need to spend money to make money in this business.
-Contrary to popular belief, you can blow in the music industry, that's isn't the hardest part. With the right amount of money, you can "Pay for connections" and "blow."The question is, do you really want to blow? (Pause) This isn't what it seems. There's so much things you have to do and there isn't much room to do what you want.
-There's a reason why your favorite artist isn't as prolific as you think he should be.
There's so much more, I'll come back later
More? Son, you haven't told us anything. You going to hit us with another list of timeless chestnuts like "things get crazy" and "there's a reason" and "everything costs money" and "lots of people are gay"? We could change a couple words in that wasted two minutes and make all your insight apply to anyone's job.
And since you're reading, some people seem to have mistaken this thread for a place to post things you do at work because you are petty and believe you are important. A good example of contributing to this thread would be:
Originally Posted by JD Turk
Jesse Palmer styles his own hair, refuses to let anyone else touch it after its been cut.
A bad example would be:
Originally Posted by Boss Unk II
Costco managers are some of the biggest d-bags on power trips known to man.
Even if it's true, we don't have to work there to figure this out. Similarly, it takes us less time to figure out who the self-important coffee maker/delivery guy/sales person is than it takes you to write it out. If your time is so important then stop wasting your time telling us how important it is.
And finally, a general observation: There seems to be an inverse relationship between how important people's jobs are and how important they believe they are. Middle managers know they are grunts. Hourly employees think they're saving the universe one table at a time.