we need to send this to our rapper friends they want in so bad but dont understand how it works. thank you truth is

To be honest just be a independent artist, have your own team like your own producers, manager, recording studio, artists and so on at first in the beginning it will be hard but once you have things up and run you don’t need a record label

$200K for studio time? Or spend 25K on the same studio equipment once and put it in your house to own forever.

I think EVERY ARTIST should listen to this... this is the best breakdown I have ever heard... bless you brother... speaking the truth as it is

Thank God for the internet musicians are able to market their own music

The dislikes are from record label executives for telling the truth.

Usually even in the contracts, artists can only use certain studios. They can’t pick their own studios. Usually the “required” studios are friends of the record label owner, so the money just gets recycled within the same circle.

This is why I studied music business and as an artist, I would make absolutely sure that I don’t sign to a label that can fuck me over like this.

Hands down the best explanation of how this works. I’m going into PR and I tell people this all the time. Your favorite rapper on IG doesn’t own any of those clothes, cars or jewelry. It’s all rented and borrowed. Think about all these rappers you know of through IG; they have all these nice things yet we’ve never heard any songs from them. Most of them now make money off of partner/sponsorships which the label benefits off of too. These people get stuck in bad deals and end up there for the rest of their lives and the labels force them to stay in the spotlight to attract ppl. Yes, you can make great music in your house for a fourth of that 100k studio time. This is why REAL talent matters.

As an up and coming artist, I thank you for giving me this information. I always thought that, you needed a record label to be a big artist but now I will be independent and have my own team. It won't be easy but I'll try. Thank you very much and I pray everyone has a great day,.

every upcoming artist need to hear this . best advice I heard by far

You don't have to live up to a high lifestyle I see myself with 200,000 in the bank account and still eating ramen noodles from Walmart

You did an amazing job explaining how the record labels work. Helped save new artists from signing with a horrible record label. This will encourage them to go independent.

These record labels are like the parents that adopt you from a orphanage but don't really like you.

"To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize."