Would u rather be a rapper with a good catalog or a 1 hit wonder?

[Stick Up Kid]

good catalog because 20 years later you'll still be doing shows/tours living off that catalog around the world

exactly. look at Ja Rule, Bone Thugs, DMX, Wu Tang etc they still tour worldwide for the past 10+ years.

Lil Flip, Y.C., Franchise Boyz, Young Joc etc havent done shows in 10 years, all the money is dried up,

 

[mbewane]

the difference is with the catalogue .. you gotta work to get paid...
with the hit like baby got back .. you don't gotta work

Good point

Then I guess it depends on personality, if you're the type that likes performing (I'm thinking about Rae or Mos, when I saw them you see they really enjoying performing), being in the game and keep doing music, catalog. If not, one hit that brings you lifetime money is the way to go I guess

 

[Atsym Sknyfs]

Good point

Then I guess it depends on personality, if you're the type that likes performing (I'm thinking about Rae or Mos, when I saw them you see they really enjoying performing), being in the game and keep doing music, catalog. If not, one hit that brings you lifetime money is the way to go I guess

I actually made that up as I was typing ... but we know 90% of the one hit wonders aint doing mixalot numbers... I mean of all the one hit wonders I remember from back in the day ... only mixalot stood the test of time.. the rest are done. so unless they were smart with their money when they was popping ...

 

[DaveyDave]

but we clearly know by how he living and his interviews ... Mixalot is eating GOOOOOOOOD from that song ..so he aint getting fukked

Sir Mix A Lot is but I would reckon the vast majority of one hit wonders we’re not and are not in the position he was when he got that hit. Most artists on major labels are getting fukked a million ways to Sunday anyway, if they get that big hit then most of the money goes elsewhere and if you don’t own your masters, publishing, etc then you have no say over how t gets used in the future if it even lasts that long as an ear worm/pop culture stand point. Songs like Ice Ice Baby are market points for the 90s so when any movie wants to show a try hard wanna be rapper or someone obsessed with the 90s in sone way or even just show a 90s aesthetic for whatever reason they can go to Ice Ice Baby or a few other key songs from that era and the audience will immediately get the Point.

 

[Evil Grandson]

exactly. look at Ja Rule, Bone Thugs, DMX, Wu Tang etc they still tour worldwide for the past 10+ years.

Lil Flip, Y.C., Franchise Boyz, Young Joc etc havent done shows in 10 years, all the money is dried up,

DMX sold 700k first week. That's entirely different than a one hit wonder nikka. Ja Rule was hot. Bone Thug and Wu arent selling out big shows worldwide. Yall acting like they still hot.

 

[Evil Grandson]

I'd rather be Fetty Wap minus that weird ass eye than some nikka like Mos Def

 

[Atsym Sknyfs]

DMX sold 700k first week. That's entirely different than a one hit wonder nikka. Ja Rule was hot. Bone Thug and Wu arent selling out big shows worldwide. Yall acting like they still hot.

I think he was making the point of artists eating off a catalogue not the one hit part

 

[DaveyDave]

I'd rather be Fetty Wap minus that weird ass eye than some nikka like Mos Def

Fetty Wap didn’t even last 2 years, no one is gonna play Trap Queen in a movie in 20 years. Does it even get play now?

 

[Stick Up Kid]

DMX sold 700k first week. That's entirely different than a one hit wonder nikka. Ja Rule was hot. Bone Thug and Wu arent selling out big shows worldwide. Yall acting like they still hot.

They still tour consistently and getting paid dummy

Ja has 163 shows in past couple years

Ja Rule