BO BARON
IT AIN'T $HIT!!!!
how p came up...he cut out middle men n he looked up2 some of the biggest ceos in the country n in the south...n he was best friends with james prince..He used to put the same UPC code on all of the No Limit compilations and certain cats solo albums
@shopthatwrecks explained it a couple years back
he learned how to hustle in the bay...and in texas..
p used alot of texas based companies be4 goin to priority ...southwest wholesale who had a deal with warehouse music n other accounts...n he had pen n pixel..who could do covers for cheap..
both are companies that helped cut cost n made labels like sick wid it..rap-a-lot and suavehouse
p was doin the bar code hustle that cats like lil flip, yungstar pokey, lil troy n others down here mastered..
which was take ya album...put the same upc on ya compilations mixtapes etc...n when mom n pops n major retailers scan em...ya mixtape would count as a album sale...
if u got all of no limit albums all u gotta do is look at the back of em...u see garbage nikkas like prime suspects, the ghetto commission skull dugrey kane n abel..all got the same upc's as some of the compilations...if them nikkas can go gold n platinum..why they cant do it now...n why gone off the face of the earth...
p was droppin shyt every 2 weeks..and all of it was goin gold or platinum...p wasnt that rich to drop half a mill every 2 weeks...he had even got that deal with priority yet..only reason p made the switch from southwest to priority because he got a tip they was goin bankrupt[/QUOTE]
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Kane & abel first album was actually dope & the rest of them nikkas you mentioned did not go gold or platinum
P was getting 75% from priority & all them artist owned there masters so even 300,000 sold was turning profits
Plus those artist was pretty established locally especially skull dugrey whos album was pretty actually