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Originally Posted by CRACKPIPE  How many of you "beat makers" try and shape your talent?
I just went in on a rapper I'm working with for his "baggie daddies". The kids will roast you for dressing like their parents and they are the market. I told him he needs a stylist, clothing sponsor, etc. This is LA and that's how we roll.
I feel bad because dude is put together pretty well for 2008 but this is 2010. Style has always been important in hip-hop but I kind of feel like an A&R or something.
At my level of the game (barely in the building), I feel like the more I ensure my artists success, the more i insure mine.
Discuss unless this topic is off limits in a gear forum. Thnks. |
A beat maker don't shape talent and never did. That's what a producer does. A producer can be a beat maker as well but not vice versa. That's why 99% of the radio music suck today because there is less production and more beats being sold. Artist and sound develop is key to making a classic album but is not necessary for making money, as you all see today which is preposterous at best.