Considering most unsigned rappers would sell their unborn children to sign to Kanye’s GOOD Music, it’s interesting to see GOOD’s marquee artist abandon ship. I’m not saying GOOD is sinking it is probably rising but why would Cudi leave now? And where is he going? Cudi’s always been a strange artist. When he first blew […]
It’s a sign of the times. Where everything can be googled. Where everyones mad about something. Where everyone has a college degree. This is where Rick Ross gets into trouble. We’ve seen this story already play out with Lil Wayne and strangely enough with Ross’ artist Meek Mill. My guess it’ll blown over when the […]
Drake famously rapped, “haters give me promo” which at least in mind suggested that haters are actually a good thing for hip hop and particularly new rappers. You see when a new rapper comes onto the scene, I believe their success is determined not by how much people love them or like them but by […]
Many up and comers whether they are rappers, singers, djs, bands, actors, businesses or whatever are looking for attention. They want attention so bad that they resort to buying twitter followers to (a) Make themselves feel good about themselves and (b) To get more attention for their youtube video, datpiff mixtape, or whatever their pushing. […]
A guide on how to think like a successful artist. Over the last few months, one of the things I’ve enjoyed ranting about is “making it” as a rapper. For your convenience I’ve put together some of my best posts on this subject. I really hope this helps you change how you think about how […]
One of the pioneers to this rap blog shit, Andrew Nosnitsky, just dropped a nice piece about the consequences of blog’s becoming the new tastemakers. Here’s an excerpt: The principal currency in this new blog economy is buzz. Buzz is a thing that is almost completely imagined, which everyone desperately wants to have or be […]
Since I’m a host of a college radio show and get rappers hitting me up all the time. I think the best advice is to get some kind of buzz going with your music first. Here’s some things to try to get radio play (and get a fan base and get signed). Shoot a video […]
A lot of people think each crop of new rappers is pushed onto the masses by a record label pumping money into the system thinking that they came out of nowhere or were chosen by the Illuminati. While it is true that the labels help market rappers and do spend money to do this, most […]
