Nipsey Hussle Airs Complex Out

[Ze Pequeno]

Cot damn Im gonna check for this nicca now

 

[detroit devil 3]

Pac somewhere in heaven smiling down at this lil' nikka

 

[Still Benefited]

But what I took from the interview was Nips stance on not being fukked over by the majors. Nip wants ownership of his projects and ownership of his career.

At this point, I don't think that Nip wants/needs a major

Yeah I definitly agree with that but I just wonder if he thought like that when he took his first deal. How much he valued creative control,ownership etc. Plenty of nikkas said the same thing about being independent before he signed his record deal with a major too. I'm just sayin its easy for him now to say how wack the majors are and how stupid nikkas are for signing some of these deals NOW,but as much as he says that nikkas still gotta learn on they own unfortunatley. Same way he didn't listen to independent artist who were saying the same thing before he signed his major deal that didn't work out in his favor.

But its great to see a dude learn from his mistakes,you see so many try to make move after move to get on a major. Even though the first deal they got didn't work out. Nipsey said fuk that and worked out a new blueprint. I credit Tech9's success too for showin a lot of dudes. Too see him on a Forbes list I think will wake a lot of dudes up as well. When you can take a invoice to a label and show how much money you have made on your own holding them over a barrell will be a lot easier for you...like u said I don't think Nipsey wants one,but I don't even think its bad to have one once you can show your value and can call the shots

 

[dtownreppin214]

damn sonned those cacs.

 

[Black Ball]

it was not, it didnt chart dont think he even sold 4 digit copies of it

the ticket thing is cool, i like that didnt know that about the release. Complex definately does do that, i follow a group of indie guys from Atlanta called Two-9 they worked hard to get mentioned in their emerging artists section then they gave them a backhanded comment in the article

my only issue with his evaluation of his music is that theres no market set for a $100 album. Dom Kennedy is a peer of his and is still selling on itunes for normal pricing. people pay $5 for gas because they must, if someone is dropping 1k for Balenciaga's or Louboutin's its because they have found a market willing to pay for it. i know he had some success with this limited release but it would never work on a larger scale

He still gave the album out for free though. He correctly identified that there was a market for hardcore Nipsey fans to pay $100 for that package. It sold out in a day, nikka had a line around the corner at his shop to pick it up the day of.

 

[Black Ball]

Yeah I definitly agree with that but I just wonder if he thought like that when he took his first deal. How much he valued creative control,ownership etc. Plenty of nikkas said the same thing about being independent before he signed his record deal with a major too. I'm just sayin its easy for him now to say how wack the majors are and how stupid nikkas are for signing some of these deals NOW,but as much as he says that nikkas still gotta learn on they own unfortunatley. Same way he didn't listen to independent artist who were saying the same thing before he signed his major deal that didn't work out in his favor.

But its great to see a dude learn from his mistakes,you see so many try to make move after move to get on a major. Even though the first deal they got didn't work out. Nipsey said fuk that and worked out a new blueprint. I credit Tech9's success too for showin a lot of dudes. Too see him on a Forbes list I think will wake a lot of dudes up as well. When you can take a invoice to a label and show how much money you have made on your own holding them over a barrell will be a lot easier for you...like u said I don't think Nipsey wants one,but I don't even think its bad to have one once you can show your value and can call the shots

I don't think he's against a major deal. He said in the interview that he was close to signing with a major a few months back, but they didn't want to partner with him, they wanted to give him a check.

 

[Hood Critic]

Yeah I definitly agree with that but I just wonder if he thought like that when he took his first deal. How much he valued creative control,ownership etc. Plenty of nikkas said the same thing about being independent before he signed his record deal with a major too. I'm just sayin its easy for him now to say how wack the majors are and how stupid nikkas are for signing some of these deals NOW,but as much as he says that nikkas still gotta learn on they own unfortunatley. Same way he didn't listen to independent artist who were saying the same thing before he signed his major deal that didn't work out in his favor.

But its great to see a dude learn from his mistakes,you see so many try to make move after move to get on a major. Even though the first deal they got didn't work out. Nipsey said fuk that and worked out a new blueprint. I credit Tech9's success too for showin a lot of dudes. Too see him on a Forbes list I think will wake a lot of dudes up as well. When you can take a invoice to a label and show how much money you have made on your own holding them over a barrell will be a lot easier for you...like u said I don't think Nipsey wants one,but I don't even think its bad to have one once you can show your value and can call the shots

You're over complicating his entire point. It's not about independent vs. major...it's about making money vs. retaining ownership (as in publishing and masters) - in which MOST artist don't own either.

I believe his rant is to inspire and not just be used in music but in general. He just happens to personally apply it to music because it's his chosen profession.

 

[Big Boss]

to nipsey hussle

 

[Easy-E]

They be famous, but they don’t own shyt. Once the marketing money wears off and you ain’t getting no check, and your single ain’t being marketed to radio no more? You don’t got nobody who really cares for you, or really loves you, or really connects to what you’re saying. So it’s over. I was on a major label with a lot of these nikkas. I’ve seen nikkas with No. 1 hits come and go. You feel what I’m saying? I’m still here my nikka.

Let’s look at the real mechanisms of gauging an artist’s impact on culture. Because if you’re telling me that all y’all gauging is Soundscan and Billboard, we don’t need y’all. Y’all getting an eviction notice. Complex outta here. We cooled on y’all because everything’s gotta go. Y’all the middleman, fukk y’all. What I’m really offended about is that Complex acted like I don’t remember. They emailed me like, “I’m a big fan, I fukk with y’all, let’s get an interview.”

Wow...

Let's give Complex a lil' credit for publishing this...he went in

I don't even want to quote all the quotables...I wanna print this out!

 

[karim]

there was nothing real about this interview. he couldn't handle being criticized and got butt hurt, then turned around and said he wasn't mad when he clearly was.

 

[tremonthustler1]

I thought most of yall trendy n1ggas fukked with Complex?...I see you using most of their talking points in your posts..

The Booth fukks with Complex the way they fukk with BET, the way the Coli fukks with ESPN, the way our servers have been fukkin with SOHH's

 

[drugxglory]

That was great​

 

[dubsmith_nz]

Nipsey said the realist shyt back to back to back with not one political answer...

I might spend that $100 on that mixtape...

I aint gonna go that far, the one online is just the mixtape minus all that extra shyt.

Definitely gonna cop Dom's album, gotta support these dope Independent artists.

Interview was real as shyt, I actually salute Complex for releasing this in it's full form, when he's basically throwing shade at them the whole time.

 

[NotaPAWG]

there was nothing real about this interview. he couldn't handle being criticized and got butt hurt, then turned around and said he wasn't mad when he clearly was.

 

[JulesWinfield]

I'm supporting Nipsey Hussle off this interview alone