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

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good catalog.

if i got fans i can tour forever even head overseas with it like mobb deep did with ski beatz before prodigy passed.

long term always
 

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If you're a one hit wonder, how many hands touching that publishing?

How Much Money Artists Really Make From One-Hit Wonders, And What Happens To Them After

JUST started reading the article and they said restaurant etc can pay up to $30,000 for licensing to sing Happy birthday. What a load of bullshyt. What kind of idiot would pay that kind of money to sing happy birthday to a customer in a restaurant? How would word ever get back to the head of publishing or whatever at Warner that some rinky dink cafe in butt fukk nowhere or in the middle of Queens is singing happy birthday. The licensing fees would come from tv shows or movies which is why you hardly ever hear it on shows, they make up their own version half the time.
 

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Baby Got Back and a few others aren’t your average one hit wonder songs. They had a huge impact on pop culture around the world for whatever reason. THOSE type of hits can be parlayed into long lasting publishing or licensing deals to be in commercials, movies etc. but if the artist doesn’t have control over that side of their publishing then they get fukk all from it.
 

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Baby Got Back and a few others aren’t your average one hit wonder songs. They had a huge impact on pop culture around the world for whatever reason. THOSE type of hits can be parlayed into long lasting publishing or licensing deals to be in commercials, movies etc. but if the artist doesn’t have control over that side of their publishing then they get fukk all from it.

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

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


Yeah he made sure to get them publishing rights.

It's also worth mentioning that those jukeboxes actually pay royalties and baby got back is one of the most played songs ever in that format. Every damn weekend he cleans up because becky and her mom Barbara love that damn song.

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