Ebro Says He Got A Call From Record Labels Saying “It Should Be Noted Many Major Record Labels Have Deprioritized Signing Rappers”

[ISO]

Even the rappers starting to say shyt bad

Yo Gotti and Polo G in the same week

 

[O.Red]

The reliance on social media killed all artforms.

Long story short

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Well actual good hiphop don’t get the support it deserves.

You got these try hard vulgar girls taking over.

I think it’s more than the same topics being the problem honestly. Who are the stars now? People will bring up the same old names when you ask that acting like those rappers aren’t over 30.. in a supposed “young man’s game”.

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

“nikkas so ignorant in our hood, they be like, "Why the fukk you makin' techno?"
I'm worldwide and this is just another cargo jet flow, I had to let go
Life insurance policies, you nikkas 'bout to need the gecko
I got some meaner threats, though
Me, Spider-Man, and Leonardo, I'm back tomorrow
I had the chopper to a wedding out in Monaco or Monte Carlo
I'm losin' track of where we all go
I wouldn't trade my life for none of y'alls, it's an embargo
59 bags on the 767, this is heavy cargo
Yeah
59 bags on the-, ayy”

 

[Danie84]

Drill Death Poison FUKKERY isn't viable afterall

 

[tremonthustler1]

Bachata was a dead genre. Aventura SAVED it. a bunch of Dominicans from the Bronx. They paid homage and remixed it and SAVED it. They were legit with the talent, original, and paid homage staying close 2 the roots. They brought that shyt current 2 new heights. went mainstream for the first time in the history of the genre.

But younger heads never thumbed their noise at Anthony Santos or Juan Luis Guerra if it came on. Aventura reassured us all that there was youth making new bachata.

Where Romeo Santos excels is that he always works with O.G.'s which is why three+ generations of women attend his shows. It would be like if Drake's first single off his new album featured Chuck D

 

[tremonthustler1]

Rap will NEVER die. Its an international genre with so many sub genres now its ridiculous.

The major labels are upset because they can’t FORCE these prepackaged bullshyt wack rappers down our throats like they thought they could and the artists who are worth a damn already have they’re own movements and don’t give a flying fukk about a Major Label 360 deal when they can create and sell their OWN merch, organize their OWN tours, and release whatever and whenever they want on streaming networks. Its rappers out here with millions of views on Youtube that most of us have NEVER heard off that can eat of shows and merch

The artists signed to Major Labels seem to do WORSE than the independent rappers. Benny The Butcher signed with Def Jam and his album got pushed back. Since when the hell has ANYONE on Griselda had to push back a project when they were independent? Freddie Gibbs signed to a major and sold LESS than his previous album which was independent. Nas won his first Grammy as an independent artist after 14 nominations as a Major Label artist. Kanye’s wild ass put out an album on a fukking STEM PLAYER rather than resign with Def Jam. Joey Badass has had starring roles in THREE pretty big tv series, why would he want to share that revenue with a Major when he’s probably barely scrape 50K first week with meager marketing.

The majors don’t really offer much of anything unless your young, broke, and desperate for a chance. And we all know how those stories usually end. And even with that it seems the Majors are going against their OWN self interests by investing in novelty acts with only a 1-3 years of “star” potential. Does anybody REALLY think Ice Spice is going to be a nig name 15 years from now? Will Megan Thee Stallion go down as a rap legend? Will anybody give a fukk about a Cardi B album 10 years from now? Hell will anybody care about Lil Baby five years from now?


If anything, without Major Labels, rap would go back being a bit more regional. Local rappers will be the stars of their city/states and probably carve out more sustainable careers than the rappers of right now. Hell that might be whats best from a content perspective.

Music will never produce those kinds of legends again. In the climate we're in now, it's impossible.

The biggest artist in music right now is 17 years deep into her career (Taylor Swift). Drake, Cole, Kendrick, The Weeknd, Bruno Mars, Nicki, Lana Del Rey Future, all over a decade in. I just don't think we'll see artists have that much sustainability again.

As for majors vs indies, there's a reason why big artists stay on majors. The big artists get the big venues, get the big spots on late night TV, the big guest spots, the big award shows, the big features, budgets, productions. Those are the acts we perceive as superstars and legends. The closest thing to an independent superstar is Bad Bunny and he's distributed by the same people who distribute Nas.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

“nikkas so ignorant in our hood, they be like, "Why the fukk you makin' techno?"
I'm worldwide and this is just another cargo jet flow, I had to let go
Life insurance policies, you nikkas 'bout to need the gecko
I got some meaner threats, though
Me, Spider-Man, and Leonardo, I'm back tomorrow
I had the chopper to a wedding out in Monaco or Monte Carlo
I'm losin' track of where we all go
I wouldn't trade my life for none of y'alls, it's an embargo
59 bags on the 767, this is heavy cargo
Yeah
59 bags on the-, ayy”

he tried to warn 'em...

 

[M4T]

Lol do you travel?

Latin music is played globally in non Spanish speaking countries because it has rhythm. Even in Africa you will hear songs.

Look at the Billboard world and domestic charts and nothing you said makes sense.

Yea it's played worldwide but not to the extent English songs are. Bad bunny tours mostly Latin America and the US. If you go to a big rap concert in the states you'll see 50 percent white people, if you go to a bad bunny concert you won't see any. He's music isn't really crossover, it's just 30 percent of the population worships him. African artist have more potential to crossover on some Bob Marley shyt. And Africa has the most potential for streaming services to grow. One of Drake's biggest songs is copied from afrobeats not reggaeton

 

[tremonthustler1]

Yea it's played worldwide but not to the extent English songs are. Bad bunny tours mostly Latin America and the US. If you go to a big rap concert in the states you'll see 50 percent white people, if you go to a bad bunny concert you won't see any. He's music isn't really crossover, it's just 30 percent of the population worships him. African artist have more potential to crossover on some Bob Marley shyt. And Africa has the most potential for streaming services to grow. One of Drake's biggest songs is copied from afrobeats not reggaeton

Remember that Serius Jones line to Jin?

Ain't there 2 billion people in China? You can't even go platinum over there!

Labels are looking for pockets in some of these countries that will support that kind of music. Worldwide numbers are like box office numbers.

 

[Conan]

People tired of the same run of the mill street shyt over uninspired production

It's crazy how you'll post this and then disagree with me when I say rap/hip-hop is in an artistic trough compared to the heights reached in the 80s, 90s and 2000s.

 

[ISO]

It's crazy how you'll post this and then disagree with me when I say rap/hip-hop is in an artistic trough compared to the heights reached in the 80s, 90s and 2000s.

Like I always say let the youngings have their shyt it’s not their fault

And when we had these discussions it was probably a few years back pre-pandemic when hip-hop was doing fine 2010’s was a dope decade

 

[hex]

I doubt anyone personally reached out to Ebro but he probably heard some variation of this and passed it off as first hand knowledge.

And it's not surprising. We're 3/4 through the year and no rap has hit #1. At some point people need to examine why that is.

Fred.

 

[R=G]

Told u..Gen Z sucks. Taylor Swift is almost unstoppable and these new nyggas are just seen as losers...lol

 

[RhymesWell]

This means mixtapes aboot to be poppin again.


And a resurgence of the underground.


The outcome will foster more creativity.



The game needs this.



A major reset. Lets go.



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This.

With less money in it for the creatively uninspired clout/bag chasers it'll leave it to people who actually want to make dope artful content. I smell a resurgance but it will be a quiet one that won't be top of the charts. My only MAJOR concern is this is perfect grounds for the majors to turn hip hop effectively WHITE by giving some major looks to a couple of Jack Harlows and tout them as the "savior" of hip hop later after shyt has completely fell apart saleswise. After that it might be hard to find a successful mainstream black act. So there is that problem but creatively I think the music is going to be a lot better with the industry potentially collapsing.