Migos Announce They Leaving 300 Ent

[Harry B]

no Atlanta artist should be signing deals...if you can get a wave down there, the artist/producers that are already poppin will fukk with you and hop on a track or ask for a feature...you can get you name out off that...throw music on iTunes cause if people want it for free, they gonna get it anyway...build relationships in the city and the nation will catch on...

I hope you understand that most of them are artists and not businessmen.
They need people to take care of samples, paying producers, engineers, studios, tours, features and on. Usually you can get a manager to do all that, but if you don't have any bread you need a deal cause the banks won't front you.

managers is the real cost, 15-20% 360.
Labels make a case for their price, they charge you an interest rate for the money they put up. The smaller the risk the less they charge. Managers however, few of them are worth the percentage they charge. They shouldn't sign deal too quick though or you should do like Macklemore or someone and sign deals for every album/single etc. But you need some crazy success for that.

 

[MusicConsulting]

Can you really leave labels though

You can but you need to have a getaway car and some passports. Maybe......a sugar daddy or sugar mama.to finance your down time.

 

[Nature's Fury]

I hope you understand that most of them are artists and not businessmen.
They need people to take care of samples, paying producers, engineers, studios, tours, features and on. Usually you can get a manager to do all that, but if you don't have any bread you need a deal cause the banks won't front you.

managers is the real cost, 15-20% 360.
Labels make a case for their price, they charge you an interest rate for the money they put up. The smaller the risk the less they charge. Managers however, few of them are worth the percentage they charge. They shouldn't sign deal too quick though or you should do like Macklemore or someone and sign deals for every album/single etc. But you need some crazy success for that.

that's why i said build relationships in the city...if you got a wave going on, you can attract a knowledgeable manager thats already been in the industry...there's plenty of them in the city...and managers are wayyyyy more worth their percentage charges than labels...they do everything from booking sessions to shows to features ect...labels put up a lot of money, take a HUGE percentage just for the platform, still make artist pay out their earnings to recoup, 360 so they get a piece of everything that your name is on, owns your masters and publishing...like Ross just told y'all, he never met an artist that fully recoup...the money that a label will put up to get you on the radio isn't even part of your advance...that will have to be paid back...like i said, better to create a wave and go independent and keep your name bubbling then to be in huge debt...

 

[Wild self]

Give your best music out for free brehs.

Thats why the rap game has very few classic albums left. Drop a classic project as a mixtape, unannounced, but drop a shytty album afterwards.

 

[tremonthustler1]

Didn't even see this post, that's my thoughts exactly.

Stop chasing the big numbers and focus on a number u know you can get and once you get that number move on to the next one. That's what Suave House,No limit did. I swear to GOD seeing people like 300 or other labels makes me want to start a label as a social experiment and get it funded by kickstarter to see if I can get better numbers than some of these new labels.

Think about what you said and try telling that to an artist, let alone a new artist with actual dreams. It's like telling a basketball player "I don't know why you're trying to win a spot on a NBA team. Get this Euroleague paper." It's hard to tell acts, especially acts who have had a taste of the success they ultimately crave that it's the kind of success that isn't meant for them.

Even Tech N9ne at Migos' age and stage in their careers was on a major trying to make it.

 

[Wild self]

no Atlanta artist should be signing deals...if you can get a wave down there, the artist/producers that are already poppin will fukk with you and hop on a track or ask for a feature...you can get you name out off that...throw music on iTunes cause if people want it for free, they gonna get it anyway...build relationships in the city and the nation will catch on...

Sad to say, Magic City hoes determine what is hot these days

 

[Still FloW]

that's why i said build relationships in the city...if you got a wave going on, you can attract a knowledgeable manager thats already been in the industry...there's plenty of them in the city...and managers are wayyyyy more worth their percentage charges than labels...they do everything from booking sessions to shows to features ect...labels put up a lot of money, take a HUGE percentage just for the platform, still make artist pay out their earnings to recoup, 360 so they get a piece of everything that your name is on, owns your masters and publishing...like Ross just told y'all, he never met an artist that fully recoup...the money that a label will put up to get you on the radio isn't even part of your advance...that will have to be paid back...like i said, better to create a wave and go independent and keep your name bubbling then to be in huge debt...

Godfather Fif & Hov recouped im sure...

 

[FinesseKing]

why would anybody in 2015...tech9 and his manager gave these dumb nikkas the blueprint

If I was an artist with buzz and not business savvy, I would seek Tech out myself and put what I have on the table and do a deal with him. Him and his team know what they're doing and the artist would see more of their bread or maybe Tech should be doing this himself.

 

[scuba]

If I was an artist with buzz and not business savvy, I would seek Tech out myself and put what I have on the table and do a deal with him. Him and his team know what they're doing and the artist would see more of their bread or maybe Tech should be doing this himself.

Thats literally the same as signing to a label. Your just signing to a small label.

This whole go independent thing, is while factual not for everyone. Its for hard working business people. If an artist is not a hard working business person going independent is not going to help them in anyway. Its like giving the advise 'be smart', yeah thats a true strategy but its not actionable for people who are not already smart.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Lyor sent those dudes packing

still collecting checks off their publishing tho. 300 is nothing more than a succubus, and once you leave you're still gonna get bled.

 

[malbaker86]

If their new tape is any indication, 300 had their hands in the album.

I TRIED to make myself like their album but its just terrible. They so much better than the shyt they put out as an album

 

[Jemmy]

Sounds like Culture was their last project under 300. They've joined the rest of the Quality Control roster over at Motown/Capitol.

 

[KENNY DA COOKER]

I understand their frustation with 300....but jumping ship doesnt solve anything now that LYOR is head of YOUTUBE MUSIC STREAMING division he will be EATING off MIGOS royalties for the rest of his life....

Lyor Cohen Named YouTube's Global Head of Music
9/28/2016 by Dan Rys

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Lyor Cohen attends Rick Ross' 40th Birthday Celebration on Jan. 28, 2016 in Fayetteville, Ga.
Lyor Cohen has been named global head of music at YouTube, the company has announced.

Cohen is the founder and current CEO of 300, which has Fetty Wap, Young Thug and more signed to the label.