9th Wonder has a little rant on Twitter [Drops facts]

[BlackManLiveFromLondon]

@9thWonderMusic: 2moro, the headline will read "9th Wonder blasts poor people..." Or "9th says buy albums not JORDANS" some ... http://tmi.me/1eVERn

@9thWonderMusic: Those people who TRULY don't have...ain't tweeting.....ain't THINKING about tweeting....none of that....


@9thWonderMusic: If you buy and support...salute...if you spotify..then support...salute..the ones saying "well people ain't ... http://tmi.me/1eVEQt


@9thWonderMusic: Don't have? I've been home to Soweto..with all the love and peace in that community...I've seen what "being without" REALLY is....

@9thWonderMusic: This will probably be on some damn blog 2moro....so...shouts to my moms and dad...and all the people back home in Winston-Salem...

@9thWonderMusic: So miss me with that "people don't buy.." Or "black people don't buy because they don't have it...." Waiting in line for the new foams...

@9thWonderMusic: Any 10 records....don't matter...ANY 10 albums...hell you probably only like 6 albums and keep them in heavy ... http://tmi.me/1eVEOC

@9thWonderMusic: And notice I didn't say ANY Jamla records. Not about that....

@9thWonderMusic: Prhyme, ........that's 11 albums? 110.00????

@9thWonderMusic: Cole, Krit, Freddie Gibbs, YG, SchoolBoy, Ab, RTJ2, Diamond D, Logic, Dangelo...

@9thWonderMusic: Hell in 2014....you got about 11 or 12 smoking albums....of which if you bought half....that's 6...60.00

@9thWonderMusic: 7 albums a year...70.00...a year....and all of these tweeting....instagramming....vining folk....a YEAR Fam? ... http://tmi.me/1eVEM4

@9thWonderMusic: And it's not a "white people buy one artist...black people don't buy this...."..a vast majority of my fans ...http://tmi.me/1eVELF

@9thWonderMusic: Come on with that..."black people can't afford"....TWEETING from a smart ass phone....

@9thWonderMusic: People claim to be "poor" in that regard....tweeting from a smart phone....

@9thWonderMusic: If you bought 6 albums a YEAR on iTunes...that's 60.00 dollars...a......YEAR......

@9thWonderMusic: Please miss me with the statement "people can't afford to buy music....."...the ones I'm speaking to buy JORDANS and shyt every drop...

 

[NYK Loyalist]

He's speaking truth but unfortunately people view music as a free service these days and they will still be in line for those Jordan's and foams instead of purchasing 10 albums that should be supported.

 

[Jeepz]

Is 9th Wonder dropping something? What's he on about?

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Out of all those artist he's listed, I really can only stomach half that list

 

[Abstract83]

I agree with 9th on that. If u can go to the movies a dozen times a year u can buy some albums.

 

[Turbulent]

first of all, plenty of people buying smartphones with money they don't have (credit) so just because people are posting from smartphones doesn't mean they aren't broke.

second of all, the reason people stay in line for jordans and not for albums is that you can't download good quality replicas of jordans for free. if you could, people wouldn't support Nike either.

if you can either get something for free or pay for it, the choice is yours, most people will get it for free and for a big segment of these people, no amount of shaming will change that.

the better way to get people to buy your music is to get them to buy into your quest. get them emotionally invested in your story. there is no money into selling music. the money is in the selling of emotions. for better or for worse, music is now free. if you wanted to make money by selling strictly music, you chose the wrong career path.

movies are going the same way too. lots of people only pay to go to the movies. but dvds/blurays sales will probably drop more and more. and with TVs getting bigger and bigger + big sound systems, and movie tickets getting more expensive people will probably go less and less to the movies as well.

Most information (sound, pictures, video, text) is pretty much free at this point. want to make money, i suggest you pick something else to sell. I'm not happy or sad about it though.

 

[Dragonfly Jones]

The only albums I would even consider paying money for these days is a new Nas lp, Biggie lp, Pac lp, Michael Jackson lp



but all them nikkas is dead except Nas so Nas is the only nikkas album that I "might" cop



and I haven't copped a Nas lp since Streets Disciple

 

[onelastdeath]

Agreed. You should buy your favorite artists music. Always. nikkas always claiming to be broke, but spend hundreds on bullshyt they don't need. Gotta support your favorite artists man, a lot of time and money go into these projects. What's 10.00 anyway?

 

[boskey]

People are not obligated to buy your music. Even if they consider themselves "fans".

People pay for Jordan's becuz they see value in owning Jordans. Unfortunately they don't value 9th wonder music the same way. Probably becuz he has no MVPs, he can't dunk and he never starred in Space Jam

This is a marketing/branding/distribution problem not a "black people" problem.

 

[WaveGang]

he talkin like rap contributes positively to the community

fukk these fukk boi rappers and the white men raping them for money, i couldn't give fukk if the industry go broke. It would be a good thing, black people got realer problems as a nation

 

[the cac mamba]

know what the problem is?

its fukking EASIER to download shyt then buy it

 

[SixxiS]

maybe if all his beats didn't sound the same...

 

[Turbulent]

know what the problem is?

its fukking EASIER to download shyt then buy it

that's another thing as well. someone wants to listen to the new XYZalbum ASAP, even if he had good intentions in the beginning and wanted to buy it, it's more simple to download it first to listen right away. and then on first listen, you already have the album, your options are to either go to the store and buy the CD or go on itunes, download it, then do you have to use itunes or not to listen and manage the mp3s or you could just do nothing since you already have it...most people will just do nothing. and that's not even including the people who genuinely don't want to put their money into it.


seems like the only industry who has it figured it out is the videogame industry. they sell info on discs and downloads as well but you pretty much need their console to read the info and while bootlegging is possible, at this point it's a bigger hassle then just buying the game.

 

[Rack4K]

Its not that they dont have the money...its that they dont have the money for things they can get for free. It is what is.

 

[the cac mamba]

Is 9th Wonder dropping something? What's he on about?

as an artist who was around when people were buyin music, and then transitioning into this era...i cant fault him hes right

but if these dudes dont like it, they can go get another job. although even tho, they cant stop people from downlaoding their old shyt cuz its still out there