The Man Who Broke the Music Business(Great read on Pirating/bootleg music)

[Hood Critic]

 

[Piffiztheanswer]

excellent article. i understand both points of view. but on some real ish C.R.E.A.M.

 

[Atsym Sknyfs]

So this means Jay stabbed Un for nothing ??????

Didint he accuse him of leaking Vol 3.

 

[porque]

So this means Jay stabbed Un for nothing ??????

Didint he accuse him of leaking Vol 3.

that was before all this


I had that ish when it first dropped, that was truly exclusive shyt there

 

[Ayo]

that was before all this


I had that ish when it first dropped, that was truly exclusive shyt there

I was downloading RNS releases back in 1997-98 off of FTP servers, IRC and AOL chat rooms (using mail serves). Volume 3 definitely fits into this time line.

 

[porque]

I was downloading RNS releases back in 1997-98 off of FTP servers, IRC and AOL chat rooms (using mail serves). Volume 3 definitely fits into this time line.

I stand corrected

 

[Regular_P]

Amazing article. This should be required reading for everyone on this site.

 

[Danie84]

Wait, A Real African was behind the collapse of the record company

...see, how BLACKEXCELLENCE makes the cypher complete

We need a Drama on how mid 90s - 00s Music Piracy threw the labels in the bushes

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Wait, A Real African was behind the collapse of the record company

...see, how BLACKEXCELLENCE makes the cypher complete

We need a drama of the 90s Rise and consequently 00 Death of the music biz

I wonder how many people these guys got killed or seriously fukked up due to their leaks

 

[zoo]

C4 was literally just a repackaged WCR after others left


while WCR existed we got all our rips from mainly promotion copies from college radio stations(howard)

and a mom and pop location that allowed us to break the drop dates once stuff came in

Hmm, I always thought EGO became C4, obviously I'm misremembering

 

[Animal House]

Very dope read. Damn shame the industry never really wanted to take advantage of the technical advancements like mp3 ect early on

 

[ill]

I was downloading RNS releases back in 1997-98 off of FTP servers, IRC and AOL chat rooms (using mail serves). Volume 3 definitely fits into this time line.

The good old days Thanks OP for this thread. It was great being 13/14 again

 

[FeloniousMonk]

...see, how BLACKEXCELLENCE makes the cypher complete

Not to mention...He was Netflix before Netflix was Netflix..

 

[Wild self]

At this dude single-handedly helping Kanye win the "battle" against 50

He changed the course of Hip Hop he deaded the Super thug era. One person really can change the world as long as they put their minds into it.

 

[Wild self]

i remember when everyone started gettin cd burners and napster around the same time. 2000 was the end of the bootlegging days.

I remember back in the 90's when bootleg brehs were eating good. When high speed Internet and CD burners became available, is when they were going over the fact that people can make their own songs on CD'S without consequences.

Technology is drying up and killing illegal hustles left and right.