Comments on: JD: The State Of The Music Business – Part 2 of 5

By: Debonair73

Debonair73 — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:57:32 +0000

The money made it too expensive to take chances. Production cost are too high. Marketing cost are too high. It’s not like in the past when a person could make a cheap video and get it played on MTV/BET 7-10 times a day because they are showing less and less videos. When people talk about the Gold Age of Hip Hop form 86-93, I don’t think people know how cheap those record was made for back then. If they sold 100,000 copies they probably made money off the records. You can take a lot of chances if you can be profitable after selling 100,000 copies.

Now a you got to go goal for the label to even break even. If I remember correctly people use to buy whole CD in the 90’s because singles was like $3.00. So if an artist had like 2 or 3 good songs. It would be cheaper to just buy the album. Ringtones are the same thing today but all the next gen cell phones will kill the ringtone thing.

I think internet if fucking up the music business more because it’s starting to turn music into a service instead of a product you go out an buy. I mean I can pay 15 bucks a month and get access to every song now when I want and take it with me legally. That’s the end of RECORD business to me.

JD I think you would be better off trying to investing in the R & B and Hip Hop version of a video game like Rock Band. If you want to play a video game. You got to go buy the disc.

By: DAYNE

DAYNE — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:28:50 +0000

JD IF RECORD LABELS WEREN’T OUT TO FUCK THE ARTIST IN SHADY CONTRACTS, THEY THE ARTIST WOULDN’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY.

By: theHustleHER

theHustleHER — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:34:27 +0000

Bean… I like “Get Silly” for some silly shit. Its really just the production. You know what though… honestly… lil kids LOVE soulja boy… and for that reason… I cannot hate on him. I mean… these 8 year olds need sOMETHING to listen to and play at recess. I dont have the album… so im hoping thats the demo that he was aiming for 8-13.

By: BAM

BAM — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:44:29 +0000

I finally watched teh vid. I appreciate JD’s ownership of seeing dollar signs & how it effected the game. But I think ppl started focusing on the money when labels weren’t giving artists their just dues. We’ve heard countless stories of artists getting played out of their doe, royalties, ect (Salt-n- Pepa, TLC, Death Row artists , ect). SO from that niggas was like “not me.” Thats where alot of this dolla focused shit stims.

By: Paul Stewart

Paul Stewart — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:49:49 +0000

Thanks Jermaine. You never said any realer shit. I couldn’t agree with you more!!

By: BAM

BAM — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:18:00 +0000

@ alicia all out
while you were talking to collipark you shuld have asked him why he entertains garbage music.. aka soluja boy… dnt get me wrong his cd is fun.. straight cmedy but its not real music… same with that vic guy.. get silly my ass.

By: KT

KT — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:38:10 +0000

I agree wit JD. Money SHOULDN’T be the reason people are motivated to do music, it should be the love for the art form. The fact that JD got bread doesnt mean he is driven by the money, its just a testiment to the payoff of loving what you do and not always looking for the most obvious benefit!

~KT aka Mr. All I Do Is Rap

By: KT

KT — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:37:26 +0000

I agree wit JD. Money should be the reason people are motivated to do music, it should be the love for the art form. The fact that JD got bread doesnt mean he is driven by the money, its just a testiment to the payoff of loving what you do and not always looking for the most obvious benefit!

~KT aka Mr. All I Do Is Rap

By: SHIZ

SHIZ — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:13:20 +0000

YEAH I KINDA AGREE BUT HE ALSO PUT OUT THOSE SAME IMAGES ON VIDEOS HIMSELF. MONEY IS MESSING THE GAME UP TO SOME DUDES FORGOT THE STRUGGLE AND WON’T WORK WITH CERTAIN ARTIST UNLESS THEY GET BIG SALES AND POINTS. BUT I STILL GOT LOVE FOR HIP HOP I SAW IT DEVELOP IT WILL EVENTUALLY GO BACK TO NORM. EVERYTHING DOES, YOU SEE NIGGAS CAN’T MAKE THEY CAR NOTES CAUSE THEY AIN’T KEEPING IT 100

By: mlewjr, esq.

mlewjr, esq. — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:29:34 +0000

Trust me Jus, I wasn’t comparing Trina and Alicia. I was just mention three artists who were allowed to make music that were true representations of themselves not cater to a specific format just for the dollar signs. Some work (Anthony and mos def Alicia) and some don’t (Trina)