how the fuck did fools get attention paid to their music before the internet

January 27, 2012 @ 12:29 AM

Myateach

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Location: LA

how did 90's rappers get their music to be heard and eventually get signed, before the internet? i'm curious.

MAJETITSCH(MYATEACH) I USED TO SMOKE ROCKS. I LOVE TO HEAR MYSELF TALK. http://www.youtube.com/myateach

January 27, 2012 @ 12:34 AM

prxsh

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Were you born in 2000?

January 27, 2012 @ 12:37 AM

Beach2theBay

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Location: Long Beach,CA

Doing shows, selling mixtapes (literally tapes) out of their trunks, industry connections, or just hounding the fuck out of A&Rs or industry guys. You really had to know someone back in the day and you still do now but it's easier to get to know someone.

January 27, 2012 @ 01:04 AM

POISENCTRLCC

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Join Date: Dec 2010

Location: above nj

Doing shows, selling mixtapes (literally tapes) out of their trunks, industry connections, or just hounding the fuck out of A&Rs or industry guys. You really had to know someone back in the day and you still do now but it's easier to get to know someone.

demo tapes too

http://brainbandits.com

January 27, 2012 @ 01:11 AM

Wash Pahpin

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Location: NYC/Philly

the internet helps these days but its just as hard to get shine on it still take a lot

washpahpin.com

January 27, 2012 @ 02:54 AM

Myateach

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Join Date: Aug 2010

Location: LA

A real street fool from the hood a famous rapper who could spit, almost had a golden ticket.

MAJETITSCH(MYATEACH) I USED TO SMOKE ROCKS. I LOVE TO HEAR MYSELF TALK. http://www.youtube.com/myateach

January 27, 2012 @ 02:58 AM

BIRTH

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Location: Hell

talent + connects

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January 27, 2012 @ 03:17 AM

gamesnacks

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Pretty much what Beach2theBay said. I grew up in the 80s and the 90s and I remember seeing people putting together demo tapes and trying to even make trips to NYC (that's what rappers did; people that wanted to be rock stars, well, they packed up and went to LA) just to pitch their demo to some record label connect. But yeah, shows, selling tapes out of your car or a local record shop and being in the right-place-at-the-right time and knowing the right people.

A lot hasn't really changed ... it's just that the internet has added the quick-method. But, a lot of the other stuff you still have to do or it would help if you do it.

January 27, 2012 @ 03:18 AM

Cleophus

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Join Date: May 2011

Doing shows, selling mixtapes (literally tapes) out of their trunks, industry connections, or just hounding the fuck out of A&Rs or industry guys. You really had to know someone back in the day and you still do now but it's easier to get to know someone.

Basically.

January 27, 2012 @ 05:09 AM

Beach2theBay

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Join Date: Apr 2009

Location: Long Beach,CA

I wish it was still "the old days." Because of technology, anyone can become a "rapper", "singer", "producer", "label ceo" and so on in minutes. Back then you had to seriously be about yo shit to earn those titles. Baby and Master P are the best examples of this. They made it off of pure ass hustling. By hustling I mean drug money but hustling in general. No business school, no social media. Those niggas were just about their shit and that's how they got on. The only difference between Master P and Baby is the product.

January 27, 2012 @ 06:09 AM