Master P Buying SoundCloud Plays Is a Lesson for All Artists

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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
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 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]

Couldn't quote the post correctly but there ya go[/QUOTE]

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
 
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If you hire a good pr firm for promo buzz+pay for views and followers+pay for placement on blogs/street promo during an artists "debut" period=success and $ at the backend? Someone please break it down.:ohhh:
 

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If you hire a good pr firm for promo buzz+pay for views and followers+pay for placement on blogs/street promo during an artists "debut" period=success and $ at the backend? Someone please break it down.:ohhh:
Minus hiring PR(a very smart thing to do btw. ) that's all a lot of these underground/street rappers do anyway

Nikkas videos and mixtapes don't take up the top half of the WordStar/Livemixtapes homepage for free my g
 
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If you hire a good pr firm for promo buzz+pay for views and followers+pay for placement on blogs/street promo during an artists "debut" period=success and $ at the backend? Someone please break it down.:ohhh:
Don't let these people lie to you the internet is overrated and these PR people have no pull they just tryna make money off your dreams. The music scene is like the gold rush of 1849 where the scammers who sold shyt to people tryna get the gold got rich while the people actually tryna get the gold got finessed. It's like that with any get rich quick scheme the money's in the scheme not the prize. And don't solicit for free advice or breakdown nobody who knows shyt is gonna tell you. You just gotta play the game and find your place in it even if it's just as an end user/ consumer. One thing I will tell you is who you are in REAL LIFE matters a fake persona or fake shyt can only get you so far before you get exposed by some nerd with too much time on his hands in an article on DJBooth.
 

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He did this kinda shyt with CDs what make you think he wouldn't try to hustle SoundCloud :russ:


Yeah..and what's cold about it is he told mufukkaz he gameplay in the "i'm bout it" movie-go back & watch when he met big man by the pool & big man was telling him the idea about being rappers..
 

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no different than labels buying up all their own albums.

its a cheap tactic but i aint gonna crucify P for that. he's a player of the game and has been a big player for a long time. fake it til you make it..and continue to fake it after that because people are mostly blind to it :yeshrug:
 

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foh wit dis mean girls logic...all these nikkas is nerds so what is you sayin
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He did this kinda shyt with CDs what make you think he wouldn't try to hustle SoundCloud :russ:

From hustling bar codes to SoundCloud plays :wow:

Oh, y'all thought them regional No Limit acts was all really going Gold and Plat :mjpls:



"Ya'll nikkas think this shyt a game? Think you can rap? It aint about rap, it's about how you...organize your shyt and run your company"

He never hid it :wow:
 
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I'm saying that most of you people rappin need to find some better shyt to do or start to go outside more. And that's not mean girls logic it's the truth nerd nikkas have no idea how to be "cool" for lack of a better term. Ever seen a nerd nikka with all the latest gear after Christmas in high but the shyt just look odd, why cause he just don't have that "swag" for lack of a better term. It's like a nikka from Africa tryin to make American rap song it's just not gon sound right because he's not apart of that tribe.

:umad::camby:
 

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"Ya'll nikkas think this shyt a game? Think you can rap? It aint about rap, it's about how you...organize your shyt and run your company"

He never hid it :wow:


this and the "I'm Bout It" right before "meal ticket" drops, are goat level intros.
 
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Breh... if you worked in digital marketing you'd know this is what labels/artists do

Yeah some artists do blow orgnically from youtube algorithims ...but if you don't have the money
you'll be end up kissing ass and peddling a record for 2 years like Fetty Way did with Trap Queen

Yeah..it caught on afterwards but 2 full years is a long time now...aint no artist development anymore
Cooking numbers for plaques and industry props doesn't mean they are getting paid unless off SoundCloud for spins. Doesn't mean that radio will pick up these artists.

Again there is literally no one stoping you from getting your numbers up on YouTube no label. Getting play in the clubs just off social media. Radio always comes around when it's a hit.

Fetty wap and just team need to become more savvy. He had hits in the bag and didn't know how to reach an audience. That's on them.

Atlanta has used the strip clubs for breaking records for years. There is literally so many ways outside the industry now.
 

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shyt IS A GREAT PLAN!!!! ARTISTS STOP FEELING SHAME FOR BUYING shyt!!!!


major labels, indy labels, no name labels, major artists, indy artists, no name artists.... THEY ALL PAYING!!!


they are paying for followers.... they are paying for radio... they are paying by dangling bigger artists on the label... they doing favors for favors... they paying to get on these shows... they pay to get on these blogs... they pay to get in the magazines... they are paying for awards... they pay PR companies to go out there and get them spots that they don't deserve


they paying for every step of their buzz, but then want to try and clown and make fun and tell you not to do it.. BULLshyt


go out there and buy all that shyt up... do what they have all been proven to have done, and still doing... they'll have 5 million followers and still pay to get another 2 million then go brag about having 7 million


if 150k fake plays are going to get you to number 1 on the soundclick search that day, then it was money well spent... then screenshot it and post it on IG and then buy some followers there and get those numbers up too


you better learn how to play the game... that "keeping it real" shyt ain't getting you a motherfukking deal


THANK YOU!! Hell that's how a lot of the marketing goes in the industry. How do you expect a new artist to get on the first page of SEO? By doing it yourself? You have to hire a company to do that shyt. That's how that shyt always went.
 

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shyt IS A GREAT PLAN!!!! ARTISTS STOP FEELING SHAME FOR BUYING shyt!!!!


major labels, indy labels, no name labels, major artists, indy artists, no name artists.... THEY ALL PAYING!!!


they are paying for followers.... they are paying for radio... they are paying by dangling bigger artists on the label... they doing favors for favors... they paying to get on these shows... they pay to get on these blogs... they pay to get in the magazines... they are paying for awards... they pay PR companies to go out there and get them spots that they don't deserve


they paying for every step of their buzz, but then want to try and clown and make fun and tell you not to do it.. BULLshyt


go out there and buy all that shyt up... do what they have all been proven to have done, and still doing... they'll have 5 million followers and still pay to get another 2 million then go brag about having 7 million


if 150k fake plays are going to get you to number 1 on the soundclick search that day, then it was money well spent... then screenshot it and post it on IG and then buy some followers there and get those numbers up too


you better learn how to play the game... that "keeping it real" shyt ain't getting you a motherfukking deal

All true.
 
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