"HIP HOP ISNT DEAD BUT THE RECORD LABELS ARE DYING"

I remember the dancing era of the hip-hop generation you know the whop, running man etc every rapper had 2 dancers Big Daddy Kane had Scoob and Scrap Lover,Mc Lyte had right and left leg,and Heavy D had the boyz.

We also had the knowledge of self era with gangstarr,poor righteous teachers,public enemy etc.

We had the era of funny punchlines from rappers like Fu-schnickens,common-when he was common sense,and those cartoon dreads Das Efx[yeah you got me i was a fan].

Now we have the generation of the hustler, the pioneers of this era are: P diddy,Jay-z,Master P etc.It was these rappers who ushered in the generation that wanted what was owed to them

everyone had business cards that said CEO of blank____ records I should know I had one my label was Stratagem Records how ignorant I was[laughing]. While I like to bash rappers these pioneers I must give credit for opening our eyes we were sick of being employees and wanted to be the boss, ceo etc with the birth of:
Rocafella records/Def Jam,Ruff Ryders/Def Jam,Murder Inc/Def Jam,Cash Money/universal



we started to look like bosses even though we were still slaves to the labels we just had better business titles it felt good. One thing those record label names had in common they were all / [slash] something else yes people they were all owned by the four major labels[sonybmg,universal,EMI,warner music] the parent companies aka the real owners of the masters and catalogues as good a business man Jay-z is Def Jam still owns his masters[why you think he's CEO he's working to get them back]as many labels rappers had they dont control the distribution network http://top40.about.com/od/popmusic101/tp/majorlabels.htm




so they were just high paid slaves who owned nothing.With the aid of technological forces like Napster[which was the george washington of the music revolution],
You-tube,& Myspace,the power is back to the people
it's like 1865 all over again this time it's the slaves of the record industry that are being freed.Think about it Cd's are a thing of the past we don't need distrubution we have sno cap and itunes,we don't need MTV,BET or even radio we have the almighty internet where millions of people can hear your music and see your videos.The big 4 record labels are irrelevant and albums are dead the single deal is back remember buying those single lp's with the accapella,instrumental,and bonus track on the B side, those days are back the only thing consumers will now pay for is a concert and the artist is the primary beneficiaty of that revenue. Look at Prince protesting his record label by not making records,changing his name to a symbol and writing slave on his face himself because he said he was a slave to his record label.

They later released him from his contract and he went on to do something brilliant his new album Musicology came with the purhase of his concert tickets and went multi platinum of which all that revenue was his,
[oh yeah soundscan try to stop prince's sale strategy effing haters]
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1488027/20040528/story.jhtml
it's not like artists are gonna miss the 10 cents an album they were getting. I trade stocks and there is no coincidence that the only publicly traded music label is Warner Music real investors don't respect such an unprofitable business
[watch the cnbc warner music interview http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=398235335]
Warner Music is one of the worst performing stocks sorry Kevin Liles like the book though [http://www.amazon.com/Make-Happen-Hip-Hop-Generation-Success/dp/0743497368]So hustlers I'm not knocking your hustle I'm just telling you to change your products you hustling put down the white girl [that Lindsay Lohan] and start slinging ringtones,itunes and global concerts in asia now thats the china white I'm talkin bout LOL."Remember the golden rule people he who has the Gold will rule."
$$$MaxamillionDolla signing off

"NOW-A-LATER RAPPERS" NO NOT THE CANDY

Have you ever turned on the television to watch some videos and bam there it is some rapper you who you never heard of or seen before and he has 3 diamond chains on sitting inside of some six figure sports car [rental of course] talking bout how he flys G4,wears designer labels and eats steak and lobster all day[young berg],well if your like me the question your asking yourself is who the f is this I used to cram to understand how a rapper
with his first record deal, first single, first video all of a sudden can afford all that, but noticed i said "used to cram to understand", that was until jigga man broke it down a while back on the "show you how to do this" track they are merely speaking in future tense i now refer to these broke court jesters by their new title "NOW-A-LATER RAPPERS" you know talk about it NOW hope you get it LATER. In celebration of this new moniker for these corporate generated, generic, factory line assembled, cubic zirconian emcees that call themselves hustlers I would like to introduce [drumroll please]
"The Top Ten Now-A-Later Rappers" with the lowest net worth
[you guys need a financial planner call me LOL]
remember the golden rule people he Who Has The Gold Will Rule."
$$$MaxamillionDolla signing off.

10. Jim Jones [yes Mr.ballin himself and the only good song he ever made]

9.Camron [spends all his money on worthless birdgang jewelry and purple furs what an idiot]

8.. Juelz Santana [owns none of his music except his mixtape crap AY]

7. Lil Wayne [Baby's son son he owns all his music and pays him in hydro, bape clothing,and fancy car rentals LOL]

6. Game [forbes richest rappers list yeah righhht his 15 min. is almost over & we all know he works for 50 what a goon that 11mil gross of course he made will soon be spent up on taxes,manager fees,dr.dre name dropping fees,hydraulics and dickies LOL]

5. Busta Rhymes [big record budgets,million dollar videos,fancy producers dre,timbo etc & no sales he is in debt can u say recoup]

4.Young Berg [come on put in some work first before you start flossing sheesh]

3.Jin Tha Mc [still battle rapping for money what a walking E True Hollywood Story]

2. Lax boyz [kid rappers talkin bout their cars and don't have a driver license i can still smell the similac]

1. Kia Shine [Mr.crispy his video cost more than he is worth sell ur clothes buy some stocks]

BONUS NOW-A-LATER - Smilez And Southstar

[I guess this one is self explanatory]

The moral of this hate list is to teach you that everything that glitters aint gold. As a rapper you have a certain time in the spotlight if you dont use that fame and money you get to invest in some real assets like: gold,silver,stocks,bonds,real estate, and profitable business ventures besides clothing lines, you are destined to be a has been who will leave the game as broke as you came in just ask smilez & south star, Jin , Hammer etc...