so i was on the phone with my girl a lil bit ago, just talkin to her and lookin thru my blogs n shit and i hit up Kid Cudis blog and i read this post about how he wants to quit the game cuz of what fame did to his life... and how hed rather be piss poor then have to deal with the shit hes dealin with now... so i got to talkin to lena about it... and i was thinkin how if i ever got famous, how i would never get a big head...
i look at it like this... the shit im goin thru now, is gonna be the same shit ima be goin thru when i get a name for myself... the only difference, instead of takin one of these cleveland rappers shit, ill be takin Busta Rhymes shit, haha u know what im sayin?
this blog is here to show u what its like to be a strugglin producer... and upload my lil videos and pics or whatever... and thats coo and shit, i love givin u guys a look behind the scenes... BUT i feel like im not lettin u know what really really goz down...
let me just break it down like this, and be 100% real... i dont remember the last time ive gotten paid for a beat....
....yeah, all the beats u hear people rockin over that ive produced have all been given for free... and u know what? thats my choice... ima cool, down to earth dude, im cool with that... well, was cool with that. u know what i get at least hmmmmm 4 times a day? a text from various diff rappers/ singers whoever asking "where my beat zup"? (now theres sum people that im workin on shit with who ask that... thats cool) but after a while that shit gets reeal fuckin annoying... u get what im sayin? here i am, givin u thousand dollar beats for free?? and ur askin me "where ur beat at"? come on now
its hard cuz, its a game u see... specialy here in cleveland... cuz if i dont give these beats away for free, no1 will buy them... cuz A, there "too good" to be paying... or B, cuz they have no money... and its shitty cuz the good ones are the ones who dont have money... its these garbage dudes who got all the money in the world... so thats where i put myself in a tough spot... either i sell this dope ass beat to this dope boy garbage rapper, or i give it away free to this amazing rapper, thats gooood, but prob wont do shit with it.
UGH!!! its shitty dude, 4 real... i really need to go to new york and just sit down with sum1 and show them what i got... i need to, i have to... i cant take this cleveland BS shit no more... theres no way that the shit im sittin on isnt good enuff for industry artists... i just need to do sumthin about it, like i said... i have to...
lena and i are goin to Miami in 3 days, and well be gone for a week... the winter music conference is goin on down there on south beach... so ima be bringin my shit down there n hopefully i run into sum1 important
im sorry for bitchin, but this blog is about bein real right?!?!?! ...aight then thanks 4 lettin me be real and thanks to my supporters
do it! did u get the acapellas i sent like 4 to ur yahoo two days ago now
ReplyDeletethats real homie i know its gotta be rough i agree never do anything your good at for free!!!!!!!! txt me fam!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteyo i'm one of the emcees that asks for beats for free because we in the same struggle. I wouldn't put anything i wasn't proud of or didn't believe was excellent out over a Zup beat. So I feel you Zup we have to keep the alliances and build if our alliances are all doing whatever we can to the best ability we can I know we'll see the other side.
ReplyDeletego to http://www.bfochs.com/2009/03/chea-2-cuts-from-kayo-alcatraz.html and http://www.rapmullet.com/forum/showthread.php?p=276922 dont hesitate
Kurzed here,
ReplyDeletethinking why dont you just charge, like maybe not $1000 Yet but enough to help you out, make it worth the time. My opinion (and ya'll can hate) but I think a original "Good" beat is worth the price. Plain and simple, if someone wants the beat enough they will pay for it, you have progressed and trained learned ect to be one of the best producers in the Clev so therefor I feel you have the right to charge.
I think its so Lame that "Us" so called supporters or underground hip hop cant support a cat making good beats for us right,,
Yeah Yeah Yeah, I hear it now "Josh, not everyones got money all like that" so go to work, save the money, and spend it on music you love so much.
First of all man if he doesn't want the fame cuz of what it's done to his life then give it up, i'm sorry i'm never going back to being piss poor. I don't care what being famous would do to my life...nothings worse than no heat no lights dodging bullets n living with the roaches in EC ohio. Let the media and paparazzi follow me and make up rumors about me fucking lohan while on cocaine...some money is better than no money trust me...second zup u my man, and i just got this 2nd job to pay off some shit and drop people like u some dough...u know me u know i'm always offering and i got some stuff i would like to work on with u and i'll slide u money cuz u deserve it, i would never ask for anything without at least offering...u deserve 2 blow homeboy i put it on myself and every other artist thats gotten hot shit off u n done nothing with it...that ain't happening this yr i promise....
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