Mac Casper
@adonnis - pull up, there's refreshments
Some say the plan was for Dr. Dre to have all of the production credits on All Eyez on Me and Tupac thought that'd be cool until he realized he was just taking credit for work he didn't do and wasn't involved in. Soon after Dre left Death Row . . a bit of conjecture here but you may say this was a result of Tupac's presence disrupted the way he did things. You're in your house you sit in a certain spot on your couch and all the sudden someone walks in and like "you ain't sitting there anymore"
If Tupac didn't disrupt this plan we might be looking back 20 years from now thinking about All Eyez on Me as a Dre produced album. It might've been good for sales too (if they could get any better then they were). You might say, "why didn't Tupac just keep his mouth shut and go with it, why'd he have to disrupt how things work" . . well a superstar producer like Dr. Dre may of been getting 5 point royalties on his song . . being that he's the co-owner of the label , the hottest name in hip-hop and with hip-hop's level of extravagance - it may of even been as high as 6 points.
In such a case, if Tupac was earning 20 points on the sales of his album he's now earning 14 because Dr. Dre put his name on it - unless a Dr. Dre produced album would've resulted in 70% higher sales . . that wouldn't be a good deal
Let's round it out to 5 points
so now instead of 20 points Tupac is getting 15 points
A million sales at $10 wholesale price to retailer would yield $2,000,000 in revenue
If he is earning 15 percent that would be $1,500,000
Now Dr. Dre is a big-time producer . . runs the label . . not only is he getting paid on the label side but as a producer he probably has one of the best deals in the business worked out for him as well. This means he's paid on "record one" - that means his 5% is coming on the first sale before the project recoupes
$2,000,000 million in revenue
take $100,000 off the top for Dre's 5 percent
You're at $1,900,000
Tupac had a $1 million advance for that right?
down to $900,000
Now you consider the real life scenario . . Tupac's big blockbuster magnum opus double album is filled with a host of producers and features. Half of - you think Tupac . . "Mr. You can mix it when the rappers aren't here
" was in the offices cutting out the royalty agreements between the producers? I believe Suge owned half of Daz's publishing and probably managed him too . . you don't think Daz is getting a nice royalty percentage if Suge's taking his 10-20 percent? When you see something like Tupac was only left with something like $154,000 when he passed . . you would think after selling 6 million copies of an album that retailed for $30 that would be crazy but if you understand royalty computation you would see that's perfectly within the realm of reality - when you consider royalty deductions. Deductions from studio costs - if Tupac is in the studio everyday for a full day's session (8-12 hours) that's at least $1,000 a day not to mention whatever else the label is billing him for - all of that is being deducted from the artist's account - if album 1 loses half a million but album 2 gains $250,000 you still owe $250,000 because it's all handled on the same account - this is called cross-collateralization and is standard on most contracts unless you have the leverage to add the right clauses to your contract. There were accusations of shady accounting . . instances where Tupac's royalties went to pay for miscellaneous items for Death Row's other artists - at some point I do plan to look more into that case between Afeni and Death Row, it seems to be glossed over by most fans, but it's definitely interesting that the posthumous albums were released with the Death Row Records label on them when the term of his contract was 3 albums
#WallyWisdom
i think you trolling...if not is it the same dr dre from wcwc, nwa, deathrow..the same nikka that turns everything he touches to sold? nah nah breh i think you trolling..good work tho
