Y'all really thought Dr. Dre would publicly co-sign someone they weren't making money off of
lol. i remember the coronation.
chit looked phoney as hell.
that and the fact that i remember him having a video on mtv jams with interscope at the bottom of the screen when he was supposedly "still unsigned". and alot of dudes on here(some in this thread) were arguing, and claiming that he was unsigned and in the midst of a bidding war.
these corny rap niccas is phoney.
so section.80 isnt as good now because it wasnt actually indie?
this shyts stupid, who cares if they were signed or not? if you like the music, you like the music regardless of them being indie or "industry plants", which i guess if you arent indie your an industry plant now according to the internet
this shyt has nothing to do with the quality of the music
it has everything to do with the quality of the music.
their whole fanbase(which really aint anywhere near as big as their fans want to think) is based off of lies. and they mainly just ride with "the quality of the music" because of said lies.
"Rapper doesn't gain widespread popularity until widely popular artist starts advocating for them."
This is your secret, your big conspiracy? You're telling me we didn't already know this was the case with Kendrick?
Please find me evidence of people acclaiming Section 80 on the basis of its "grassroots indieness".
No? Because what ya'll are trying to do is retroactively emphasize what was an irrelevant part of a narrative, that you could only have bought into if you think rap blogs are the bible and weren't paying attention to the obvious signs that he was affiliated. You can't touch him in the present so you're trying to rewrite the past.
Kendrick raps about rolling with Dre on Section 80 and even before then yet you're trying to act like the exact timing of the deal with interscope is the thing that matters here?
Please
theres no need to "retroactively emphasize" anything. where the hell have you been the past couple of years? if you havnt seen these dudes riding for TDE on the internet off the strength of them being duped into thinking that it was some sort of grassroots indie movement, then youre just lost in the sauce and not cognizant. the funny thing is, THEYRE STILL DOING IT by constantly comparing him to drake, not knowing that theyre really just 2 peas in a pod. and look at all the stuff that they say in these types of threads. theyre still convinced that its real. thats their whole selling point, and theyre still using it. i mean, cmon man. just look at the type of fans that they attract. chit is embarrassing.
no, the rapper cosigns arent exactly whats under the microscope here. its just another cog in the machine. i mean, golly-gee-willickers, how hard is it for some of you to understand? no wonder these labels take advantage of yall. i cant even blame them to an extent. chit is like taking candy from a baby.
I'll tell y'all RIGHT now... There won't be a "True" indie rap movement with NO label involved... It doesn't mean that they're full-on "Plants" though... A label might see talent or a lite buzz and throw a couple dollars at it to see how it plays out... If it continues to click they toss more, and before you know it full backing...
The reason they don't Tell y'all about the backing is because rap fans have a FIT if Majors step in... They've realized it and play off of it..
alot of these rappers being planted dont even have "lite buzzes".
meanwhile, the rappers that actually have real grassroots buzzes arent getting signed for chit anymore. and then we wonder why hip-hop is so wack, and so gay, and so whatever. its not hip-hop, its the recording industry.
Yes and no...those blogs, similar to DJs at one point in time, do stake their reputation as being able to put people onto good music. It is important for them to find the 'next guy' as much as it is for them to get kick backs from these artists.
nahright has been getting quite the access at SXSW for years now, that isn't by accident. Just like Trinidad James getting back stage to a major concert in LA right as his single took off out here isn't either. There is a hook up element but at the same time being the first guy to promote ____ is important for blogs/djs/radio in the same regard.
man, after all these years, i aint seen a real grassroots movement come thru the blog system yet.
all this chit is corrupt. and they pulling the whooly over people's heads.
. How is Robb Bank$ doing
? I heard he signed up with ya for a distribution deal.
No lady over here, but all good.
say word breh? Is it any new shyt in that compilation, or old shyt remastered for a second time? (Mysterious Phonk: The Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurpp)
nicki was signed in 07 or even 06, it was public knowledge. She just didnt have a name yet.
