how did some of these rappers& singers lose their record deal?
Question by intellectual barbarian: how did some of these rappers& singers lose their record deal?
Guess Who Lost Their Record Deal?
Nobody is going to give you a record deal. You have to prove you can sell. In fact major record labels are cutting their own big named artists who are not selling. Here is a list of all the artists who were dropped by major record labels in 2007.
***Add Omarion to this list he recently lost his record deal***
Airbourne
Alexz Johnson
Alkaline Trio
Amerie
And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead…
Annie Steela
Ari Hest
Aslyn
Big Pooh and Little Brother
Blood Brothers
Bo Bice
Brendan James
Brett Ryan
Christian Daniel
Christina Milian
CMurder
Dandy Warhols
DMX
Fischerspooner
From First To Last
Goldie
Hedley
IMA Robot
INXS
JC Chasez
Jewel
J-Kwon
Joe Budden
Kelis — Yes Nas’ wife
Kevin Devine
King Elementary
Liz Phair
Melissa Auf der Mar
Men, Women and Children
Moby
Mooney Suzuki
Natalie Warner
Nine Inch Nails
Northern State
Otep
Over It
P.O.D.
Paris Hilton
Paul McCartney — He was one of the Beatles
Phase 9
Prophet Omega
Radiohead
Reeve Oliver
Ronnie Day
Ruben Studdard
Shaggy
Shout Out Louds
Skye Sweetnam
Sound Team
Sparklehorse
Stacie Orrico
Sugarcult
Summer Obsession
The Clipse
The Donnas
The Music
The Outline
The Redwalls
The Vines
What About Frank
White Stripes
All the acts that lost major label deals in 2007 [Hollywood Insider]
Listen to me people, especially teenagers, record labels are only signing people who proved they can sell. Why? They’re loosing millions of dollars to illegal downloading! To get a deal you have to make your own album, market it online, and get everybody listening to your song (like Soulja Boy did). IT TAKES TIME AND A LITTLE MONEY. My website tells you how to do do this.
Everyday I receive hundreds of emails and comments from people trying to get in the music business. Most of them sound like this ‘All I need is a chance. Singing is my heart, I’m really good, I have a God given talent’. Maybe you do, but millions of people across the world are saying the same thing. Watch American Idol, they all believe that.
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
You have to Invest in Your career. Have you made a demo? Have you ever recorded in a studio? It’s not enough to write songs in a lyric book. It does not happen like a fairy tale or movie. You have to work at it. I posted a video clip of Destiny’s Child talking about how long it took them to break in the game. It’s a lot of work. They invested a lot of time and money.
There are some people who have a Fantasia Barrino type story. They audition for something, get the part, and the rest is history. This rarely happens. Ask Fantasia herself, her record label is considering dropping her. They already dropped Ruben Studdard and Taylor Hicks.
The best way to seal your career is to do what Soulja Boy did. Get a job, save some money, build a home recording studio ($ 1500-$ 2000 see the article I posted earlier about owning a home recording studio), make an album or demo, and promote it all over the Internet. Soulja Boy owns over 85% of his song rights. Most artists don’t get this much control, but since Soulja Boy marketed himself labels came to him. The labels had to listen to him because they wanted Soulja Boy’s fan market.
If Soulja Boy never made another song, he’d still have money (royalty checks) coming. Ruben Studdard and Taylor hicks do not. This website does not give out record deals, but we tell you how to be financially successful as a recording artists. Read the articles, have faith, work hard, and invest time and money in your recording career. God gave you the talent, but remember we all reap what we sew.
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copied and pasted from http://jamilleluney.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/you-have-to-invest-in-your-music-career/
and plzzz dont come in here callin me gay or whatever else yall be calling me because i was being sarcastic with the soulja boy answers,besides we should be even since yall got me suspended with 27 violations all at one time at level 3
so cant we all just be friends???
i was wonderin because alot of ppl still talk about them so why aint they sellin if they sooo good?
i do and i used to be a 2pac stan when i was 15
i didnt like him at first but he grew on me plus i know the diffrence between real rap and radio mess and i learned to tolerate both
yea most of the time i listen to it at parties or when i feel like doing the dance,but when i wanna listen to lyrics i go back to 2pac and lil wayne or somebody so i got it all organized it thats ok,the only south artist i can get into is the ones that dance but young joc and the rest who think they can rap i hate them.
i will i was just gettin a kick outta havin so many thumbs downs lol i quit
Best answer:
Answer by RALPH (2pac Stan)
damn thats a long ass list!!!
EDIT: dude you just need to face the fact that soulja boy sucks man. listen to something real in your life like nas and 2pac.
then why the hell you became a soulja boy fan thats wierd.
don’t listen to the radio crap man anymore they force you to like it. just listen to real rap again man you wont regret it!!!
well thats really ironic. so just listen to what you want too even though soulja boy sucks. just stop the stupid answers like soulja boy is the best rapper ever you even know he’s not.
well you accomplished that.
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