WINDSOR HIP-HOP OVERLOOKED AGAIN!!!!!

JDigital · Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:23 am Post subject:

Man I 100% totally feel u on moving, should I go to ny or la? or I was thinkin tdot for 2 years (till im 22) to prepare myself for one of the 2. I want to move either in the winter or next yr. What do yall think?

RichyNix · Boss Joined: 12 Mar 2005 Posts: 170 Diplomacy: 1482

New york will eat u alive. Go visit make some moves but u wont survive too long out there. LA is cool if u know people. Whether people like to admit it or not the South is boomin. Not just music wize but the economy in general.
try ATL, HOUSTON, OR DALLAS even AUSTIN is insane.
i say go south. But keep true to your sound and rep where your from.

JDigital · Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:41 am Post subject:

You know I agree with u. I just feel rap/hip-hop is moving away from the south...but there's so much unity....i love that..just in 2 years...i don't feel the south will be the main region anymore, but atl n htown interest me. Thats y I figured if I spent some time in another big city t could prepare me for the Ny

JDigital · Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:46 am Post subject:

And ill rep windsor till I die(like UGK from pa moved to houston, alwys reppin pa, still got mad love 4 houston{rip pimp}) your comment on u can't rep ur city fRom your city really got to me man its so f***ing true!

kayce · Supreme Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 230 Diplomacy: 1520

I agree with the South move.. but truth is..anywhere you go your competing with thousands of other rappers thinking the exact same thing you are thinking. LA .. I would not suggest going unless you REALLY know somebody. In Atlanta there's a lotta music showcases and a lot of music executives who live there. T-Dot..is like mini New York but the hip-hop scene there is really competitive and if you don't have good connects there..your basically starting from zero. New York are where most of the main offices for record companies are but....they receive THOUSANDS of demos and mp.3s daily and most of the A&Rs don't listen to demos unless they ask or solicit your music. You have to make your self known first or at least a blip on the radar first then you gotta IMPRESS somebody for them to co-sign you and your music then you gotta impress the staff of marketing and music directors, A&Rs and producers at whatever label that so' n so works at then you gotta show that your music can sell so you can be a PRIORITY at that label instead of being shelved..ask(Papoose, Saigon,Joe Budden,Eve,StatQuo,CoryGunz..just a small list). The reality is if you cant make a name or some connects where your at..to start off..then moving to big market areas like California, New York even down south( Nobody is gonna hook you up just because you can rhyme, cuz them dudes down there GRIND 24-7) is not really gonna change your situation.

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JDigital · Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject:

I don't plan on ever goin major all I really want is to have a nice fan base I can eat off...if I have 10000 fans who buy my music, I am eternally happy, Thats a lot of money independently. I could make enough money in 10 years to invest n be good 4 life. plus a job on the side don't hurt either.

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JDigital · Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject:

I don't have exact figures, and im still not 100% on all the affecting factors, but I figure 2-3 mixtapes/albums a year independently(assuming my fan base supports and buys that amount) would generate enough revenue to live well enough ?

JDigital · Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:33 pm Post subject:

double post :s