Jay Z: I Would Never Sell My Masters

[Woodrow]

Whatever he does with them, the fact it’s his decision is what’s dope. They’re his life story, EVERYONE involved ate off his success, so at some point they should revert back to the artist. If not 100%, then at least in part.

It’s also why Irv looks like a fukkboi every time he tries to justify holding his artists’ masters hostage.

 

[Easy-E]

When you the boss, you don’t gotta sell…

That's what investments are...assest you will eventually sell

 

[Cakebatter]

Jay Z can hold on to his masters because he can afford to. Its not necessarily the best financial decision though. We have been witnessing music become less and less valuable a commodity over the past 2 decades. Radio is dead. No one actually buys music anymore, and the worlds largest streaming service (Spotify) has only one profitable quarter in its 17 years of existence. I've stated this before: If someone offers you a ton of money for your masters. Sell them now, then wait a decade and buy them back for pennies on the dollar.

 

[Ziggiy]

He shouldn’t sell them. He’s not just a businessman he’s a BUSINESS man and those Masters will generate hefty generational wealth for him and his family for decades to come.

He’s probably got a top 5 most valuable Hip Hop discography of all time.

I remember when Nas was going through his divorce with Kelis and she was airing out all of his finances and business dealings that the public didn’t know about it and it came out that he makes 140K a MONTH in publishing residuals, now imagine what Jay-Z makes, and thats just PUBLISHING. Owning the Masters i’m pretty sure doubles that amount. Add in he can tour for the rest of his life. He can do documentaries on the making of Vol.1, Vol.2, The Blueprint, and American Gangster. He can clear samples & interpolations, he can put out “15-20-25-30 year” reissues of his classics. Selling would be absolutely retarded.


Hell I don’t blame Dame for not selling his portion of the RD Masters back to Jay. I’n sure he makes a pretty penny off all the sample clearances, interpolations, and licensing that comes along with it.

What people have to remember is that music is a WORLDWIDE business. Just because you may not hear Can’t Stop The Hustle or Feelin It in American commercials and movies, doesn’t mean their not being licensed in France or Germany or South Korea.


Jay-Z is not Future or The Dream. His catalogue actually MEANS something to the culture and will always be valuable. Hell I was shocked that RZA sold his Masters because Wu-Tang is one of the biggest worldwide BRANDS in music history, not just rap. I woulda thought RZA would be eating off that catalogue forever

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

HOV has no reason to sell them. As Dame said they put blood sweat and tears into making reasonable doubt that’s why it’s so important to them.

 

[fact]

I think it's time to start with the camel threads again, there have been a shockingly low amount of them lately, my wariness is at a low point, I'm ripe for getting fooled *pause*

 

[young3000]

I own my own masters
You know I ain't missin' no royalty statements

 

[I'm Blackman]

this random pic in this thread cracks me up.

 

[steadyrighteous]

Sounds like a personal decision based on that clip.

And the fact that he starts off by saying he understand why people sell theirs, and ends by saying if his kids decide to sell them he's fine with it, but he doesn't want to sell them, shows that it is more of a personal decision and not a good vs. bad financial decision.

But as always, a bunch of nyggas without record deals are gonna spend unnecessary time debating this shyt and then bringing it up in future masters debates as a misplaced example of keeping vs. selling

 

[CashmereThoughts]

Someone worth 20-40 mil makes different moves than someone worth 100x that

 

[The God Poster]

He shouldn’t sell them. He’s not just a businessman he’s a BUSINESS man and those Masters will generate hefty generational wealth for him and his family for decades to come.

He’s probably got a top 5 most valuable Hip Hop discography of all time.

I remember when Nas was going through his divorce with Kelis and she was airing out all of his finances and business dealings that the public didn’t know about it and it came out that he makes 140K a MONTH in publishing residuals, now imagine what Jay-Z makes, and thats just PUBLISHING. Owning the Masters i’m pretty sure doubles that amount. Add in he can tour for the rest of his life. He can do documentaries on the making of Vol.1, Vol.2, The Blueprint, and American Gangster. He can clear samples & interpolations, he can put out “15-20-25-30 year” reissues of his classics. Selling would be absolutely retarded.


Hell I don’t blame Dame for not selling his portion of the RD Masters back to Jay. I’n sure he makes a pretty penny off all the sample clearances, interpolations, and licensing that comes along with it.

What people have to remember is that music is a WORLDWIDE business. Just because you may not hear Can’t Stop The Hustle or Feelin It in American commercials and movies, doesn’t mean their not being licensed in France or Germany or South Korea.


Jay-Z is not Future or The Dream. His catalogue actually MEANS something to the culture and will always be valuable. Hell I was shocked that RZA sold his Masters because Wu-Tang is one of the biggest worldwide BRANDS in music history, not just rap. I woulda thought RZA would be eating off that catalogue forever

@Cladyclad breh had to bring up you know who

 

[Mastamimd]

Oh brother here we go

 

[Cladyclad]

@Cladyclad breh had to bring up you know who

For no reason lol

 

[xXOGLEGENDXx]

Damn. And half those people who took the dinner with him were going to pitch a proposition to him involving selling his masters too

 

[ajnapoleon]

He shouldn’t sell them. He’s not just a businessman he’s a BUSINESS man and those Masters will generate hefty generational wealth for him and his family for decades to come.

He’s probably got a top 5 most valuable Hip Hop discography of all time.

I remember when Nas was going through his divorce with Kelis and she was airing out all of his finances and business dealings that the public didn’t know about it and it came out that he makes 140K a MONTH in publishing residuals, now imagine what Jay-Z makes, and thats just PUBLISHING. Owning the Masters i’m pretty sure doubles that amount. Add in he can tour for the rest of his life. He can do documentaries on the making of Vol.1, Vol.2, The Blueprint, and American Gangster. He can clear samples & interpolations, he can put out “15-20-25-30 year” reissues of his classics. Selling would be absolutely retarded.


Hell I don’t blame Dame for not selling his portion of the RD Masters back to Jay. I’n sure he makes a pretty penny off all the sample clearances, interpolations, and licensing that comes along with it.

What people have to remember is that music is a WORLDWIDE business. Just because you may not hear Can’t Stop The Hustle or Feelin It in American commercials and movies, doesn’t mean their not being licensed in France or Germany or South Korea.


Jay-Z is not Future or The Dream. His catalogue actually MEANS something to the culture and will always be valuable. Hell I was shocked that RZA sold his Masters because Wu-Tang is one of the biggest worldwide BRANDS in music history, not just rap. I woulda thought RZA would be eating off that catalogue forever

That’s why it buggs me out sauce money didn’t make more albums I think he just have one

Middle finger U

I been begging 9th wonder in the comments to remix it


I know sauce did a lot of ghost writing but damn he needed to do more at least put out a mixtape





A writer like sauce could have made so much music and be in jay’s position