mdpm99
11-08-2003, 10:51 AM
Chuck D from the mountains of Brazil where real black folk answer the greed of the rich Haves
Really they need to get a life.. and see the big picture...and think outside the box they in
So these cats get the say so on what is and what is not promotion?
Do we wait for the big white man to finally say its legit and cool just as they finally accepted mixtapes...which to me are no different?
Again when these companies went digital some knew exactly what they were dealing with in order to triple charge the consumer. With digital comes liquid risk, and these gestapo tactics are stupid as immediately files are in singapore,new zealand, china, budapest and east st louis...what the fk is one american company gonna do here when increasingly american opinion is becoming a smaller part of the world.
Earlier this year there was a television commercial with a backing of what was obviously an older Isley Brothers song. I fiended to find this song, and it happened to be 'I Turned You On' which i bought in the stores in both catalog and Live at Yankee Stadium albums. Ive played it 1000 times. So much for people saying downloading hurts, which proves that people will continue to support and buy was great not just barely adequate.'
Def Jam built its company of sampling and swapmeet trade to get people alerted on rap music, all so Russell and Lyor could sell it to Universal for $160 million
They press up 5000-10,000 pieces of vinyl on most rap artists shipping them to DJs in hopes that they would play it over some radio....how prehistoric and $$$ wasting is this?
Video clips cost $300,000-600,000 avg, with no residual benefit other than promotional, plus the fact that 85% of outake footage is a waste, never used again and no one seems to know where theyre ultimately stored.
A Jay Z promo record is not as accessible in places like where im at now Rio DE Janerio Brazil..the web promotes that beyond a shipment...
Some white business cat(s) now navigates how word moves in the streets, well maybe the streets was his in the first place, eh?
I was told by these same universal legal cats , i wouldn't see royalties ever..after 10 million records..because of legalities//..well aint this a ..cool i said and began to tear the whole ***** down..they know my name and i know theirs and the truth is they dont give a damn about any of this...its a control issue of the format.
Universal bought MCA which bought Chess amongst many other companies....how many blues/ soul cats see Universal checks?
They shouldnt even dare go after you...as youv'e been trying to help in a progressive forward manner..only simple minds stay stuck in old rules that no longer apply.
so its war with me
i deal with 50 countries...and connected into peeps like the world Zulu Nation
increasingly
Universals Slavepimp Doug Morris sicced LL and Lyor on me in DC last month...heres what i had to say about that
>A Family letter to Lyor and LL
>The p2p file sharing Senate hearings in Washington DC September 30th 2003
>
>S(well i don't really know what good to say. I think Doug Morris has pimped
>your brains out or something. The R.I.A.A looked and called Morris who
>probably rang your bell thus you and LL a proceeded to do a tapdance in
>front of the US Senate
>with your strings in his back and with Doug Morrisıs strings in yours and
>the R.I.A.A in his. Thinking that it would neutralize the grassroot effort
>of all this.
>
> I didnt get into this digital whirl for fanfare ...you know me i never
>sucked no ass to get to a place...its about the art, integrity and
>committment as well into the connection to the world because i refuse to be
>submissive to the corporate dominance and collusion of the Radio networks,
>tv outlets and film, record and media companies that now feel they own and
>dictate the culture... This collusion has stifled the growth of grassroot
>business who canıt afford to build themselves without some drug dealer
>backing.
>
> Seriously you guys have separated yourselves into the same aristocracy we
>rebelled against in the first place. Being that i spend half my time outside
>amerikkka and you have such international ties abroad, we should know that
>stuffing your pockets and altering a domestic law in the U.S. has little
>bearing on world thought even in music.
>
>the masses of the people are important and somehow using mass media to
>control their thoughts is becoming a more expensive task with dwindling
>result. The public opinion swayed by propaganda, marketing, and promotion
>will not make the masses sorry for perceived millionaires..
>
>its arrogance..
>typical amerikkkan arrogance that increasingly becoming a symbol of world
>angst and anti-opinion. The haves over the have-nots ..although it may not
>be true it seems that you're responsible for keeping the artists of your
>company dumb or seemingly dumb to reach the dumbed down masses to buy dumbed
>down product. At the end of the day the black artists remain childlike under
>your wings with no world opinion whatsoever,pending the existance on
>soundscam and units sold while people still look to 'white icons like Bono,
>Paul McCartney, Madonna and even Governator for the statements on where we
>really stand.
>
>
>Its hypocritical for LL to say whatıs stolen from him and goes around the
>earth when 75% of his and most of our catalog was also taken from musicians
>who never controlled their copyrights..
>
>LL is family as well as you musically speaking but really your calling
>misses the points of origin that allowed us to do this in the first place...
>
>some points..
>
>im aware to realize that my copyrights were never really mine and were
>unprotected anyway to the point of Universal lawyers saying i'd never
>receive a royalty from them again...
>
>well aint this the blues all over again
>
>1. if i knew that LL or any rapper was on some government hearing opposing
>my view , i would've bowed out regardless because all they would do is play
>up two dueling blackmen against each other..like they did. The the last
>thing i expected was that you and he would be positioned against me. Or
>maybe i should've expected it....yeah.
>
>2. Def Jam and other 80s started rap labels were built off swapmeet and
>mixtaping thruout the years, sampling and unauthorized use which made $$$$
>for you to sell the company in the mass millions..and now you wanna get
>righteous?
>
>3. isnt Russell a board member of Altnet?...how many sides of the fence do
>you guys play...oh, the one that lands in the biggest pile of cash..?
>
>4. the companies knew that the second they digitized music into a cd that it
>was let out of the bag unprotected and easily transferrable it was a matter
>of time a compression such as mp3 would roll along...we've all profited off
>that technology and now you wanna say its evil?.
>
>i was'nt angry ..but really it was some *****-shit as I looked across at
>some rich cats i knew crying trying to make the hearings into a hollywood
>raP mediafest...but in both film and music use the medium of these
>industries tend to brag about how much they have to the same people they
>look to sell to. I guess its the amerikkkan way...
>
>but the world is not a Yankee baseball game...
>
>it aint bitterness but its clarity
>i thought that making music was a
>
>great way to make a living
>
>thank you
>
>but aligning yourselves with the same peeps we fought against
>has altered this game into
>
>The Greed That Has To Make A Killing
>
>so i can survive..but others must have a grassroot of a chanceS(since most
>are shut out from the club of the music businessS(
>
>these conglomerates have really have you in the wrong place
>on the right stuff you built and sold your thing on..
>
if you have any threats from universal, or anyone send them to me
they should be screaming on their nations president spending 87.5 billion dollars of their $$$
instead worrying about some damn record....
IM VERY ACCESSIBLE
AND WAITING
and can get my e-mail in a country of 80 million black people who are puzzled at the backwardness of american blacks dancin the 'electric slave'
& ill be back there soon like castro and sht
mistachuck@rapstation.com
Really they need to get a life.. and see the big picture...and think outside the box they in
So these cats get the say so on what is and what is not promotion?
Do we wait for the big white man to finally say its legit and cool just as they finally accepted mixtapes...which to me are no different?
Again when these companies went digital some knew exactly what they were dealing with in order to triple charge the consumer. With digital comes liquid risk, and these gestapo tactics are stupid as immediately files are in singapore,new zealand, china, budapest and east st louis...what the fk is one american company gonna do here when increasingly american opinion is becoming a smaller part of the world.
Earlier this year there was a television commercial with a backing of what was obviously an older Isley Brothers song. I fiended to find this song, and it happened to be 'I Turned You On' which i bought in the stores in both catalog and Live at Yankee Stadium albums. Ive played it 1000 times. So much for people saying downloading hurts, which proves that people will continue to support and buy was great not just barely adequate.'
Def Jam built its company of sampling and swapmeet trade to get people alerted on rap music, all so Russell and Lyor could sell it to Universal for $160 million
They press up 5000-10,000 pieces of vinyl on most rap artists shipping them to DJs in hopes that they would play it over some radio....how prehistoric and $$$ wasting is this?
Video clips cost $300,000-600,000 avg, with no residual benefit other than promotional, plus the fact that 85% of outake footage is a waste, never used again and no one seems to know where theyre ultimately stored.
A Jay Z promo record is not as accessible in places like where im at now Rio DE Janerio Brazil..the web promotes that beyond a shipment...
Some white business cat(s) now navigates how word moves in the streets, well maybe the streets was his in the first place, eh?
I was told by these same universal legal cats , i wouldn't see royalties ever..after 10 million records..because of legalities//..well aint this a ..cool i said and began to tear the whole ***** down..they know my name and i know theirs and the truth is they dont give a damn about any of this...its a control issue of the format.
Universal bought MCA which bought Chess amongst many other companies....how many blues/ soul cats see Universal checks?
They shouldnt even dare go after you...as youv'e been trying to help in a progressive forward manner..only simple minds stay stuck in old rules that no longer apply.
so its war with me
i deal with 50 countries...and connected into peeps like the world Zulu Nation
increasingly
Universals Slavepimp Doug Morris sicced LL and Lyor on me in DC last month...heres what i had to say about that
>A Family letter to Lyor and LL
>The p2p file sharing Senate hearings in Washington DC September 30th 2003
>
>S(well i don't really know what good to say. I think Doug Morris has pimped
>your brains out or something. The R.I.A.A looked and called Morris who
>probably rang your bell thus you and LL a proceeded to do a tapdance in
>front of the US Senate
>with your strings in his back and with Doug Morrisıs strings in yours and
>the R.I.A.A in his. Thinking that it would neutralize the grassroot effort
>of all this.
>
> I didnt get into this digital whirl for fanfare ...you know me i never
>sucked no ass to get to a place...its about the art, integrity and
>committment as well into the connection to the world because i refuse to be
>submissive to the corporate dominance and collusion of the Radio networks,
>tv outlets and film, record and media companies that now feel they own and
>dictate the culture... This collusion has stifled the growth of grassroot
>business who canıt afford to build themselves without some drug dealer
>backing.
>
> Seriously you guys have separated yourselves into the same aristocracy we
>rebelled against in the first place. Being that i spend half my time outside
>amerikkka and you have such international ties abroad, we should know that
>stuffing your pockets and altering a domestic law in the U.S. has little
>bearing on world thought even in music.
>
>the masses of the people are important and somehow using mass media to
>control their thoughts is becoming a more expensive task with dwindling
>result. The public opinion swayed by propaganda, marketing, and promotion
>will not make the masses sorry for perceived millionaires..
>
>its arrogance..
>typical amerikkkan arrogance that increasingly becoming a symbol of world
>angst and anti-opinion. The haves over the have-nots ..although it may not
>be true it seems that you're responsible for keeping the artists of your
>company dumb or seemingly dumb to reach the dumbed down masses to buy dumbed
>down product. At the end of the day the black artists remain childlike under
>your wings with no world opinion whatsoever,pending the existance on
>soundscam and units sold while people still look to 'white icons like Bono,
>Paul McCartney, Madonna and even Governator for the statements on where we
>really stand.
>
>
>Its hypocritical for LL to say whatıs stolen from him and goes around the
>earth when 75% of his and most of our catalog was also taken from musicians
>who never controlled their copyrights..
>
>LL is family as well as you musically speaking but really your calling
>misses the points of origin that allowed us to do this in the first place...
>
>some points..
>
>im aware to realize that my copyrights were never really mine and were
>unprotected anyway to the point of Universal lawyers saying i'd never
>receive a royalty from them again...
>
>well aint this the blues all over again
>
>1. if i knew that LL or any rapper was on some government hearing opposing
>my view , i would've bowed out regardless because all they would do is play
>up two dueling blackmen against each other..like they did. The the last
>thing i expected was that you and he would be positioned against me. Or
>maybe i should've expected it....yeah.
>
>2. Def Jam and other 80s started rap labels were built off swapmeet and
>mixtaping thruout the years, sampling and unauthorized use which made $$$$
>for you to sell the company in the mass millions..and now you wanna get
>righteous?
>
>3. isnt Russell a board member of Altnet?...how many sides of the fence do
>you guys play...oh, the one that lands in the biggest pile of cash..?
>
>4. the companies knew that the second they digitized music into a cd that it
>was let out of the bag unprotected and easily transferrable it was a matter
>of time a compression such as mp3 would roll along...we've all profited off
>that technology and now you wanna say its evil?.
>
>i was'nt angry ..but really it was some *****-shit as I looked across at
>some rich cats i knew crying trying to make the hearings into a hollywood
>raP mediafest...but in both film and music use the medium of these
>industries tend to brag about how much they have to the same people they
>look to sell to. I guess its the amerikkkan way...
>
>but the world is not a Yankee baseball game...
>
>it aint bitterness but its clarity
>i thought that making music was a
>
>great way to make a living
>
>thank you
>
>but aligning yourselves with the same peeps we fought against
>has altered this game into
>
>The Greed That Has To Make A Killing
>
>so i can survive..but others must have a grassroot of a chanceS(since most
>are shut out from the club of the music businessS(
>
>these conglomerates have really have you in the wrong place
>on the right stuff you built and sold your thing on..
>
if you have any threats from universal, or anyone send them to me
they should be screaming on their nations president spending 87.5 billion dollars of their $$$
instead worrying about some damn record....
IM VERY ACCESSIBLE
AND WAITING
and can get my e-mail in a country of 80 million black people who are puzzled at the backwardness of american blacks dancin the 'electric slave'
& ill be back there soon like castro and sht
mistachuck@rapstation.com