COMMENT: So, what do you guys think? In today’s work is it worth going through the major label route or simply building up hype online is enough to make a mark?
I'm going the independent route. Both independent and or record labels have pros and cons. Independent Pros ● You get to keep all you earn ● You have to be more creative when you don't have money ● You don't have to pay any money back ● You get to learn how to network ● Your music belongs to you Cons ● It can take a long time to get fans ● Your stuff videos, music etc may come off as amateur ● May not have the money to make merchandise ● Cheap home studio Record labels pros ● Faster networking ● Professional sounding music ● Professional videos Cons ● You have to pay back the money ● Can face rejection I'm sure that there's more just can't think of them atm.
It all depends on what time of music you're doing. Trap involves going a different route than say, boom bap. You can't be a Chicago trap rapper and think griselda is gonna pick you up. Wrong! You can't be a babytron and think TDE gone want you. I think everybody should be independent for a while, build a reputable collection of music and show a major label that you don't need them, show them that they need you. Use your catalog that you built yourself as leverage to get the best deal possible. If that's the route you wanna go.
@@adrenalinestairz5068 any reputable label won't make you pay them back, especially if it's your first record. Never sign a contract that doesn't have a no recoup clause. They're taking a risk on you so that's on them and this is if you fail to sell records and you have to be let go, if it works out, you're gonna be paying a lot of money to them. Unnecessary amounts of money.
I been rapping for about 11 years and probably have the repertoire of someone 6 months in. I have not even completed a second project. I have done two prison sets adding up to 5+ years over the span of my rap career as it were. I performed in prison for the uhuru sasa and Asian clubs at Oregon state penitentiary. I am a slacker, a drug addict, I am the Comback story waiting to be written. I am willing to write and rap forever man I love it. Well I love the rapping of my completed songs of when they are coming together. Perfectionism mixed with substance addiction has literally had me at a stand still for about two years. I’ve become petrified almost, a fossil, dinosaur. Lol The problem Is I am just good enough that I know if I put the effort in consistently I would make it without a doubt. I’m terrified of becoming recognized and then falling off. I’d rather be never noticed at all it seems then for everyone to know that I was good and then I fkd it off. That being said I need the structural design and accountability that the labels would provide. Plus i am now 30 so sooner the better. Independent is the route I would take if I were more focused and driven and did the work without excuse. Talent ain’t ish without consistent results. Bleezie
@@LeonHopeTheGreat hey that’s dope man i’m glad you got to listen. i can’t freestyle to save my life probably but the pen game has gotten decent. again, i need accountability and organization, consistently cause i ain’t got it on my own. thanks for checking me out fam 🙏🏼
a few years ago I realized I am not able to articulate my thoughts into words nearly as well as I thought and then I realized that most people are the same and have no idea how to truly express themselves and suffer greatly from it, I had just started rapping around the same time and writing raps helped me tremendously in becoming articulated. this is why they say art is self expression and is so important, rap has the power to expand the scope and scale of human consciousness
There’s a huge part of this video that talks about having a 9-5 job but I feel like for many people, especially artists, having a job can help you financially if you’re broke You can still be consistent about your art even with a mediocre job, if it helps your current situation
Eminem said he almost got fired cuz he didn’t want to listen what music they wanted him to make. “The Way I am” is the song and is one of the greatest songs in rap
@@chosen2begreat so talent,hard work, & networking equals selling your soul?? your delusional if you have what it takes to make it big at the end of the day your going to make it big no need to sell your soul for what God has already ordained and destined to be smh you think you can sell your soul and the devil will bless you with riches and fame my goodness the devil came to kill,steal, and destroy not to bless peoples lives and have them prosper 🤦🏽♂️
@@solomon7713 Lol I saw everything behind the scenes and I know what it’s about, but if you believe that go find out for yourself lol. Remember this comment and let me know how that works out for you 🤣🤣
With the job thing…I don’t really understand Him making 10/hr doesn’t imply he wasn’t still working 8-10 hour shifts So is he meaning like, don’t get caught up in a company/position where you’ll be actively competing to move up? Cause then you’d end up doing OT and dedicate more energy to the job than music? Cause I just don’t see how “not working a 9-5” is valid advice when that’s legit just a shift
Give me feedback on these lyrics for a rap I recorded u won’t regret it World Still Turns Wanna be an MC Wanna be like shady Maybe Let’s see Backwards E Will discover me Only sure of one thing Nothing stopping me from my dream I’m regaining my self esteem Cuz when I rap I’m feeling ectasy Distracting from life cuz its crazy It’s amazing Not goin Through a phase see Rap is my game For more than the fame I even made a name The names DK But in a way I feel like This earth Has turned against me I got a list of people pissed At me just cuz I exist I just wish Someone would stop this They wanna throw fist But I respond with a diss Cuz when I take a shot I don’t miss And sometimes I feel heartless Cuz this heart was broken Over and over again But gotta deal with it cuz this is when People die cities burn But as u see this world still turns People don’t get what they deserve Others get what they don’t earn People die cities burn But as u see this world still turns People don’t get what they deserve Others get what they don’t earn Used to wanna be fighter pilot But I’m colorblind so Guess I’m gonna have to live without it And I doubt that There’s anything I can do about it And now I realize that Life is fucked up sometimes The only thing keeping me alive is my rhymes It’s my reason for livin and it’s driven me insane Only thing keeping me from the pain Cuz I feel like I’m alone in rain Just these feelins my mind is on But life still goes on Like I said I wanna be an MC I want shady To discover me To uncover me So I show this man That this fan Is more than another Stan Or at least that’s what I plan If life goes by my demands but People die cities burn But as u see this world still turns People don’t get what they deserve Others get what they don’t earn People die cities burn But as u see this world still turns People don’t get what they deserve Others get what they don’t earn Listen If things don’t go your way Listen to what I say And just know Things will get better another day Always be on the move Nothin is stoppin u From doin whatever u wanna do But if someone tries to Then there an asshole so Just say fuck u ho And don’t let them make u feel low Even though People die cities burn But as u see this world still turns People don’t get what they deserve Others get what they don’t earn People die cities burn But as u see this world still turns People don’t get what they deserve Others get what they don’t earn
COMMENT: So, what do you guys think? In today’s work is it worth going through the major label route or simply building up hype online is enough to make a mark?
I'm going the independent route. Both independent and or record labels have pros and cons.
Independent Pros
● You get to keep all you earn
● You have to be more creative when you don't have money
● You don't have to pay any money back
● You get to learn how to network
● Your music belongs to you
Cons
● It can take a long time to get fans
● Your stuff videos, music etc may come off as amateur
● May not have the money to make merchandise
● Cheap home studio
Record labels pros
● Faster networking
● Professional sounding music
● Professional videos
Cons
● You have to pay back the money
● Can face rejection
I'm sure that there's more just can't think of them atm.
It all depends on what time of music you're doing. Trap involves going a different route than say, boom bap. You can't be a Chicago trap rapper and think griselda is gonna pick you up. Wrong! You can't be a babytron and think TDE gone want you. I think everybody should be independent for a while, build a reputable collection of music and show a major label that you don't need them, show them that they need you. Use your catalog that you built yourself as leverage to get the best deal possible. If that's the route you wanna go.
@@adrenalinestairz5068 any reputable label won't make you pay them back, especially if it's your first record. Never sign a contract that doesn't have a no recoup clause. They're taking a risk on you so that's on them and this is if you fail to sell records and you have to be let go, if it works out, you're gonna be paying a lot of money to them. Unnecessary amounts of money.
If you here u gonna make it some day.
Amen bro
You better know it!
Appreciate that man
God bless you bro
fuck yeah
This is a great video. J.Cole is one of the reasons why I stay writing songs every day. Him, Denzel Curry and Ice Cube are my influences.
Florida i gat some free fire beats for you💥
ruclips.net/video/_PMoGV4RtRk/видео.html
Denzel is 🔥🔥🔥
Yo songs suck
Wanna collab?
Cole is a real one. And this video couldn’t have come at a better time.
Best of luck to all of you starting out!
Likewise brother 🙏
That thumbnail says "Establish yourself first" really make sense coz I wanted to rap long time ago but I have nothing to Rap about even about myself.
I been rapping for about 11 years and probably have the repertoire of someone 6 months in. I have not even completed a second project. I have done two prison sets adding up to 5+ years over the span of my rap career as it were. I performed in prison for the uhuru sasa and Asian clubs at Oregon state penitentiary. I am a slacker, a drug addict, I am the Comback story waiting to be written. I am willing to write and rap forever man I love it. Well I love the rapping of my completed songs of when they are coming together. Perfectionism mixed with substance addiction has literally had me at a stand still for about two years. I’ve become petrified almost, a fossil, dinosaur. Lol
The problem Is I am just good enough that I know if I put the effort in consistently I would make it without a doubt. I’m terrified of becoming recognized and then falling off.
I’d rather be never noticed at all it seems then for everyone to know that I was good and then I fkd it off.
That being said I need the structural design and accountability that the labels would provide. Plus i am now 30 so sooner the better.
Independent is the route I would take if I were more focused and driven and did the work without excuse. Talent ain’t ish without consistent results.
Bleezie
that pushing on freestyle in the car is dope, you could do it independently now way easier
@@LeonHopeTheGreat hey that’s dope man i’m glad you got to listen. i can’t freestyle to save my life probably but the pen game has gotten decent. again, i need accountability and organization, consistently cause i ain’t got it on my own.
thanks for checking me out fam 🙏🏼
Im motivated by this..."Never stop no matter what, your time will come"
a few years ago I realized I am not able to articulate my thoughts into words nearly as well as I thought and then I realized that most people are the same and have no idea how to truly express themselves and suffer greatly from it, I had just started rapping around the same time and writing raps helped me tremendously in becoming articulated. this is why they say art is self expression and is so important, rap has the power to expand the scope and scale of human consciousness
Everything I’ve been telling myself patience bro patience and step out of my comfort zone and into the unknown.
J. Cole is a big influence of mine, I'm in College and also learn how to rap i don't really like 9 to 5
Cole is one of my biggest inspirations! 💯
Yo connections will PUT YOU ON🔥... don't sleep
I believe that either way can work. What really does matter is one's consistency in what they are doing.
There’s a huge part of this video that talks about having a 9-5 job but I feel like for many people, especially artists, having a job can help you financially if you’re broke
You can still be consistent about your art even with a mediocre job, if it helps your current situation
Yes this is what I needed
Yo this is some true stuff right here. Definitely great points Cole is making.
Everyone feels like they gonna make it. You just don’t hear the ones that don’t make it say that…. Because they didn’t make it.
We all gone make it! Lifes about the journey not the destination. Fw my music
Eminem said he almost got fired cuz he didn’t want to listen what music they wanted him to make. “The Way I am” is the song and is one of the greatest songs in rap
Just want y’all to know I’m next
Never quit
It’s hard to tell this early in my career.
You’ll hear me 💚
i k im gona make it 🤞🏾
Hope it helps 😉
Thank you so much
Very useful tips from this video. Nice 👍
💪🏽👊🏽
Holy shit this is so impactful
Thank you
Big Ups
I personally think both of them a good
🐐
Tell me why I feel like me and this guy are supposed to be friends?
Hype online is enough to make a mark but not a lasting impression.
You gotta sell your soul for that type of lifestyle. Don’t waste your time y’all, I went to Hollywood and saw everything first hand
How
@@callmehnikki1595 what you mean how
You gotta dig hard no soul sell shit works
@@chosen2begreat so talent,hard work, & networking equals selling your soul?? your delusional if you have what it takes to make it big at the end of the day your going to make it big no need to sell your soul for what God has already ordained and destined to be smh you think you can sell your soul and the devil will bless you with riches and fame my goodness the devil came to kill,steal, and destroy not to bless peoples lives and have them prosper 🤦🏽♂️
@@solomon7713 Lol I saw everything behind the scenes and I know what it’s about, but if you believe that go find out for yourself lol. Remember this comment and let me know how that works out for you 🤣🤣
Where drew ?
Can I the instrumental to the back ground music
It’s from epidemic sound
With the job thing…I don’t really understand
Him making 10/hr doesn’t imply he wasn’t still working 8-10 hour shifts
So is he meaning like, don’t get caught up in a company/position where you’ll be actively competing to move up? Cause then you’d end up doing OT and dedicate more energy to the job than music?
Cause I just don’t see how “not working a 9-5” is valid advice when that’s legit just a shift
I'm a be one of the biggest artist in the world
Features?👀
Drew's voice sounds different tho haha
Uum, is j.cole related to kendrick...
Like are they brothers...?
@Tack Draas yh kuz they got lamar in their names, that's why am asking...
@@universe9244 so does mine . am i their father?
Give me feedback on these lyrics for a rap I recorded u won’t regret it
World Still Turns
Wanna be an MC
Wanna be like shady
Maybe
Let’s see
Backwards E
Will discover me
Only sure of one thing
Nothing stopping me from my dream
I’m regaining my self esteem
Cuz when I rap I’m feeling ectasy
Distracting from life cuz its crazy
It’s amazing
Not goin
Through a phase see
Rap is my game
For more than the fame
I even made a name
The names DK
But in a way
I feel like
This earth
Has turned against me
I got a list of people pissed
At me just cuz I exist
I just wish
Someone would stop this
They wanna throw fist
But I respond with a diss
Cuz when I take a shot I don’t miss
And sometimes I feel heartless
Cuz this heart was broken
Over and over again
But gotta deal with it cuz this is when
People die cities burn
But as u see this world still turns
People don’t get what they deserve
Others get what they don’t earn
People die cities burn
But as u see this world still turns
People don’t get what they deserve
Others get what they don’t earn
Used to wanna be fighter pilot
But I’m colorblind so
Guess I’m gonna have to live without it
And I doubt that
There’s anything I can do about it
And now I realize that
Life is fucked up sometimes
The only thing keeping me alive is my rhymes
It’s my reason for livin and it’s driven me insane
Only thing keeping me from the pain
Cuz I feel like I’m alone in rain
Just these feelins my mind is on
But life still goes on
Like I said I wanna be an MC
I want shady
To discover me
To uncover me
So I show this man
That this fan
Is more than another Stan
Or at least that’s what I plan
If life goes by my demands but
People die cities burn
But as u see this world still turns
People don’t get what they deserve
Others get what they don’t earn
People die cities burn
But as u see this world still turns
People don’t get what they deserve
Others get what they don’t earn
Listen
If things don’t go your way
Listen to what I say
And just know
Things will get better another day
Always be on the move
Nothin is stoppin u
From doin whatever u wanna do
But if someone tries to
Then there an asshole so
Just say fuck u ho
And don’t let them make u feel low
Even though
People die cities burn
But as u see this world still turns
People don’t get what they deserve
Others get what they don’t earn
People die cities burn
But as u see this world still turns
People don’t get what they deserve
Others get what they don’t earn
This shit low-key fire 🔥
Thanks man
I wrote it to this beat
m.ruclips.net/video/OmyNSMvqlR0/видео.html#dialog
Not bad bruh fr, keep going! 🔥🔥🔥🙌🙏
@@dedasalmeida9047 thanks
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