Why Are People Still Confused About Industry Plants?

[Tuc2DaBoot]

I haven't posted on here in a long time then I come back and I see people still confusing industry plants as to what these artists (and their management labels) are doing these days. 95% of these new artists aren't industry plants and they aren't all astroturfing either...

The music industry is simply finding a way to capitalize off the anti-commercial rap crowd by making seemingly independent artists make "trendy" mainstream music without all the flash of a major label. These hipsters have no clue that the labels and corporations have WAY more influence in the current underground scene then they think... it all starts with management and investors.

I'm not sure what you could call it, but it's not a plant. But basically... the artists are essentially finding major investors to get them placements in shows and in the social media... paying for all their studio time... in turn these artists are going to management labels to get the connects to get these blogs and radio shows talking about them... these artists could be signed to a management label for 5+ years and while they DO get a fanbase... it comes from placements that the investor made sure happen. Basically... it's not about the biggest buzz in a city, it's about who's paying for those slots. Meanwhile, your average fan wanting to be up on ALL the "new" music thinks they're finding a brand new artist... while their artist is constantly being coached on making more accessible music... so when they drop an album... this invisible fanbase is out to buy and support an artist is that all but indie... but by legal definition, he or she is.

So stop calling them plants... just recognize that these management labels (who are the new boutique labels) are controlling what's hot more so than the record labels themselves. The record labels just make sure the national exposure is evident.

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

nobody was listening to Drake

MTV was pushing him like crazy
It was the first time I ever saw the media talking about an artist positively/creatively more than the people!

 

[RhymesWell]

 

[Silver Surfer]

Iggy is a plant

 

[Black smoke and cac jokes]

nobody was listening to Drake

MTV was pushing him like crazy
It was the first time I ever saw the media talking about an artist positively/creatively more than the people!

I'm not his biggest fan but Drake got famous off of So Far Gone cause it was a dope mixtape, don't try to rewrite history.

 

[Lil Bape the PostGod]

why do people care so much about this?

you either like them or not...regardless of what label is pushing them behind the scenes...theyre not using your money

 

[Tunez]

Troy Ave

 

[DF is BUSY]

I'm not his biggest fan but Drake got famous off of So Far Gone cause it was a dope mixtape, don't try to rewrite history.

this, couldn't go anywhere without hearing Best I Ever Had either.

 

[up in here]

this is fukking stupid. the music industry is an industry, not a talent show. it operates on paid investments not on hopes that talented artist might organically catch on.

just about every artist in the history of the music industry is an industry "plant" with financial backing from somewhere, its just that nowadays we are seeing far more of the background than ever before. Motown's whole steez was finding young people who could sing, throw them on tracks written by Motown's songwriters, over tracks from Motown's in house band and there you go, you got a star. thats not to say they weren't talented, but theres millions of talented people, but not everyone gets that push.

Any indy artist with a buzz has a manager. the manager has connects, money changes hands and artists get put in spots that allow them to blow. once an artist is signed to a record label the record label would then promote the artist. sometimes blatantly talentless artists with good management blow up. sometimes artists with local buzz (or nowadays internet buzz) get picked up by majors and promoted heavily. sometimes somebody pays large amounts to get put on. sometimes someone sucks someones dikk to get put on. thats the industry.

 

[Tuc2DaBoot]

this is fukking stupid. the music industry is an industry, not a talent show. it operates on paid investments not on hopes that talented artist might organically catch on.

just about every artist in the history of the music industry is an industry "plant" with financial backing from somewhere, its just that nowadays we are seeing far more of the background than ever before. Motown's whole steez was finding young people who could sing, throw them on tracks written by Motown's songwriters, over tracks from Motown's in house band and there you go, you got a star. thats not to say they weren't talented, but theres millions of talented people, but not everyone gets that push.

Any indy artist with a buzz has a manager. the manager has connects, money changes hands and artists get put in spots that allow them to blow. once an artist is signed to a record label the record label would then promote the artist. sometimes blatantly talentless artists with good management blow up. sometimes artists with local buzz (or nowadays internet buzz) get picked up by majors and promoted heavily. sometimes somebody pays large amounts to get put on. sometimes someone sucks someones dikk to get put on. thats the industry.

The main difference is that these young artists tell their fans that they did it all based on their own hard work... yeah if an investor bought my beats, had someone write my hooks, and all I had to do was show up to the studio and go do shows that someone at my management label made sure I was in... I mean... I'd say I was working hard too...

 

[Tuc2DaBoot]

I'm not his biggest fan but Drake got famous off of So Far Gone cause it was a dope mixtape, don't try to rewrite history.

Once again... no one is talking about the quality of the music... plenty of cats got dope mixtapes.... but where are their investors? Now you gotta work hard to impress rich people instead of music fans....

 

[retroracer]

It's not even really about people not understanding...it's just not something worth caring about.

 

[Tuc2DaBoot]

It's not even really about people not understanding...it's just not something worth caring about.

So you don't care that there are actually good artists who will never get that big push because every other artist who is willing to be commercial gets investment money and placement that they don't?

And people wonder why are the most popular rappers are middle class or richer now...

 

[mortuus est]

op is a plant brehs

 

[retroracer]

So you don't care that there are actually good artists who will never get that big push because every other artist who is willing to be commercial gets investment money and placement that they don't?

And people wonder why are the most popular rappers are middle class or richer now...

Which rappers are you talking about?