How To Really Get On As A Producer (READ HERE)
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Truth to that but I mean mainstream releases. That door. Hip-hop single-handedly destroyed the music industry IMO. nikkas made it business to give away so much free music. No other genres purposely give away music besides hip-hop and on a small scale "r&b".
I stand corrected but with Juicy J those calls started flowing in.
how much of that free music is good tho? Little to none. Trust me, if the music is legit good. Money will be made.
I'd say his work on Pluto is what really established him. Turn on the Lights (top 50 and went gold) and Nevah End (Kelly Rowland hopped on the remix). No Lie (plat) and Mercy came before Bandz. I think he really started getting those calls (2chainz, Juicy J, Kanye, Rihanna, Wayne, Miley) after Pluto.
I wasn't even aware he produced some of the joints you mentioned. I just thought of the strip club joints.
Find an artist/performer that is a GRINDER and likes to perform and then produce all their stuff and that first hit you produce starts cooking in the hood then the more established people will start hitting you up with money. Just how it is. Need someone that's going to be out and let people hear your music.
Examples: Young Chop with Chief Keef, Mike Will with Gucci Mane (established already) and Future, Lex Luger with Waka Flocka, Shawty Redd with Young Jeezy, DJ Mustard with YG, Boi1da with Drake, etc cause I know there are a few I am forgetting. A lot of dudes on here and on YouTube make better music than those cats but they were gifted with people that grind.
Something you have to realize as it pertains to Hip-Hop "Producers," most just make tracks and never sit in a studio with those guys, is there are very short shelf lives. Once the new cat with the cat behind the cat comes along then. It's the sad nature of hip-hop. Pharrell and Timbaland cannot buy a hit in hip-hop right now. shyt happens.
So, actually learn freaking music because once you're in the door then you can make Blurred Lines or whatever.
Gone are the days of apprenticeship like The Neptunes with Teddy Riley, Timbaland with DeVante Swing, Rodney Jerkins with Teddy Riley as well, David Foster with Quincy Jones and Maurice from Earth, Wind and Fire, Tim and Bob under Babyface and LA Reid (LaFace period) and whoever I missed. I guess we can say Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis coming from underneath Prince.
So to wrap it up, go out and find a grinding and marketable artist to work with then get heard wherever. That's what I am doing now with . Trust Jay-Z and Puffy started in hole-in-the-walls before getting on so you can too.
Thanks to you I gained more respect for Mike Will Made It and may actually visit his master session at ASCAP "I Create Music" Expo.
Mike Will been killing it. You have to give him is props. Some of my favorite beats of 2013. And he's much more versatile then all the other producers you listed (mustard, lex luger, etc)
Exactly, it is just defining music but good music. My idols are Babyface, The Neptunes and David Foster. I strive to be in their league and have classic records played 20 years later. Mike Will doing his thing but his joints or many hip-hop producers aren't making classic joints. That Move That Dope joint is whack, though.
Throw Mannie Fresh with Cash Money in there, too.
