Why did they let Universal eat off Nicki Minaj then? That doesn't make sense if they are their own boss. Why give Universal a cut of her as an artist? Why is Lil Chuckee, who is supposed to only be signed to Young Money, all over the Universal Republic site?
I can't speak for Baby but it's not some far fetched idea that they would sell part of a stake in the company to get some cash to support a certain life style or for bidding on other artists, maybe for investments, who knows. Let's not pretend like rappers never lie and we should just assume everything they say is the gospel. There is a few things that just don't add up.
I salute them for a great deal and owning all the masters (or baby owning all the masters LOL!!) but something is up. Btw you linked to an article from 2009 about them meeting for a super special deal that had to do with that distribution contract....its 2012, you are telling me no deal has been made since?
Dude did you not hear that it was an 80/20 split...this is a TRUE JOINT VENTURE which benfits the CASH MONEY brand
THEY ARE BUSINESS PARTNERS!!!!!!!!!!....
Haven't you worked in Corporate America...where private sector companies utilize the services of other companies for specific "work"...
this is called SUBCONTRACTING .......
basically Universal is being subcontracted for the sole purpose of marketing and distributing the PRODUCT of CASH MONEY...
and why wouldn't UNIVERSAL be compensated for helping promote acts such as Nikki Minaj and Drake on a large scale ...you have to understand that Universal has the "global" means to push the product that is where their investment gets returns...but in no manner does it make CASH MONEY any less subordinate
and as far as that "little piece of change (20%)" it is a SMALL PRICE to pay to a man who OWNS the masters and the rights of his artists...
something MAJORS traditionally don't do..as Ahmet Ertegun told Ray Charles....."Nobody gets to OWN thier masters"...
that's just sums up the BRILLIANT MINDSET that BIRDMAN possesed to desire nothing more than the ownership of his own master recordings which basically VALIDATES YOU AS AN INDEPENDENT..nothing more nothing less.
HOW CAN U ARGUE AGAINST THAT?!?!??
cash money isn't SO SO DEF nor BAD BOY where Jermaine Dupri lost the rights to Bow Wow and Jagged Edge...and Diddy had to "BEG" Lyor Cohen to keep the bad boy name , because he was nothing more than an imprint to the Warner Camp...
Thier deal is very unique..it seems to "bother" you in some way that IGNANT ASS TALKING "BIRDMAN" and his brother SLIM have accomplished this....just show some respect.....regardless of what ever gripe or "suspicions" you have about the deal...
unless you can provide some "FACTS" to backup your arguement....
You just gonna have to accept the claims being made and substantiated by musical industry experts...that the DEAL is one of a kind.
and as far as 2012 and the terms of the contract
and where have u been???... i thought you were in "media" (9elements.com)....didn't you hear the news and all the posts i made regarding DOUG MORRIS resigning them to Universal ....and basically the terms of the original contract has remained in tact...
so where is your proof that THEY HAVE BECOME SIMPLY A "SUBSIDARY" as you say????
