Arabian Prince & Getting A Record Deal Equals Getting Paid | MYTHS EXPOSED

[Danijel82]

Arabian Prince addresses the idea that once you get a record deal you're getting paid in this episode of #MythsExposed. The Compton rapper-producer-DJ tells #UniqueAccess about his history with the myth.

[RoyalPurple]

Remember when Suge said Kendrick & Game had bad deals? is it real?

p.s. that history of gangsta rap seems trump tight

[jackcorgi]

Getting a record deal is like getting a loan from the bank.
The artist owes for all the upfront costs involved ,including recording and video costs.
If the album does really well ,you might be able to pay the record company back and make a little profit.
If the album tanks,the the artist is on the hook for all costs.
If the record company believes in the artist they may put another album out for you but if that one tanks... your on the hook for both albums,eventually landing the artist in bankruptcy.

[RoyalPurple]

Getting a record deal is like getting a loan from the bank.
The artist owes for all the upfront costs involved ,including recording and video costs.
If the album does really well ,you might be able to pay the record company back and make a little profit.
If the album tanks,the the artist is on the hook for all costs.
If the record company believes in the artist they may put another album out for you but if that one tanks... your on the hook for both albums,eventually landing the artist in bankruptcy.

what about the "one song" artists or genres that aint mainstream like reggae or black metal?

[jackcorgi]

what about the "one song" artists or genres that aint mainstream like reggae or black metal?

It really depends on deal and what it costs to make the album that 1 hit was on and how much it cost to make a video ,etc...
It's all about keeping recording & video costs low until a Hit song is established.

TLC sold 17 million copies of crazy,sexy,cool and the girls only made around 1 million to split 3 ways,before taxes,but also had expensive videos ,which helped sell the album,but took away from their overall profits

[RoyalPurple]

It really depends on deal and what it costs to make the album that 1 hit was on and how much it cost to make a video ,etc...
It's all about keeping recording & video costs low until a Hit song is established.

TLC sold 17 million copies of crazy,sexy,cool and the girls only made around 1 million to split 3 ways,before taxes,but also had expensive videos ,which helped sell the album,but took away from their overall profits

lets say umm... does someone like paradise or cpo boss hogg (still) get paid off above the rim sndtrk sales?their songs were no singles but appeared on a big sellin album.

when x artist has a hit record who is the head reason of therecord being a hit the mc singr or producer who made the best?

how much does the beatmaker (producer?) get?

its a two men game. lyrics plus beat = hit yknowwhatimean?

[jackcorgi]

lets say umm... does someone like paradise or cpo boss hogg (still) get paid off above the rim sndtrk sales?their songs were no singles but appeared on a big sellin album.

when x artist has a hit record who is the head reason of therecord being a hit the mc singr or producer who made the best?

how much does the beatmaker (producer?) get?

its a two men game. lyrics plus beat = hit yknowwhatimean?

They may receive some money from sales but again it depends on the original deal, and how the original deal was altered over the years.
They may have just got paid for the recording session ,or they could have gotten points on the album but I doubt it.

By the time Michael Jacksons thriller album ,mike was able to earn almost $1 dollar per album sold and he was a well known ,multi-platinum selling artist .

[RoyalPurple]

They may receive some money from sales but again it depends on the original deal, and how the original deal was altered over the years.
They may have just got paid for the recording session ,or they could have gotten points on the album but I doubt it.

By the time Michael Jacksons thriller album ,mike was able to earn almost $1 dollar per album sold and he was a well known ,multi-platinum selling artist .

so if u gain 1 $ per Sale u have a good deal right?

now we all heard how bad suge knight was

what were his bizness tactics that made him look so bad and even he said game n lamar got bad deals.

i read also eazy fucked the doc over. eazy gave the doc a rolex watch and tracy gave him his publishing rights.

so basically easy could release everything he wanted with d.o.c. name on it right?

eazy was also making cents off every chronic album sold "dre day made eazys pay day"

can u elaborate how the above mentioned happpened?

[jackcorgi]

so if u gain 1 $ per Sale u have a good deal right?

now we all heard how bad suge knight was

what were his bizness tactics that made him look so bad and even he said game n lamar got bad deals.

i read also eazy fucked the doc over. eazy gave the doc a rolex watch and tracy gave him his publishing rights.

so basically easy could release everything he wanted with d.o.c. name on it right?

eazy was also making cents off every chronic album sold "dre day made eazys pay day"

can u elaborate how the above mentioned happpened?

If you can get $1.00 per album sold,you have a GREAT deal,even these days.

I dont know any specific details on the deals suge made with his people.

As for eazy and the d.o.c. ... I would think that at that point the doc was paid off completely and wouldn't receive any future money from that particular work with eazy,but eazy would have no right to anything the doc did in the future.

I think eazy was making $0.25 -$0.50 per copy of the chronic.
I think that deal was reached to drop any "charges" that eazy could have brought against suge for strong arming eazy and taking dr dres contract from him.
Kind of like how suge paid Orlando Anderson to testify that suge didnt do any of the beating or kicking that night at the mgm.

[RoyalPurple]

If you can get $1.00 per album sold,you have a GREAT deal,even these days.

I dont know any specific details on the deals suge made with his people.

As for eazy and the d.o.c. ... I would think that at that point the doc was paid off completely and wouldn't receive any future money from that particular work with eazy,but eazy would have no right to anything the doc did in the future.

I think eazy was making $0.25 -$0.50 per copy of the chronic.
I think that deal was reached to drop any "charges" that eazy could have brought against suge for strong arming eazy and taking dr dres contract from him.
Kind of like how suge paid Orlando Anderson to testify that suge didnt do any of the beating or kicking that night at the mgm.

thk u.

so what about the artists or music genres that arent as mainstream as hip hop is now?

say black metal, dancehall, etc.