PAPERWORK is ultimately what it is for Rae. I no longer believe it's the beat quality (alone).
I saw Rae perform about 6-7 yrs ago...before Cuban Linx 2 dropped and he got 5k to perform. He pulls up in this big Bentley, hops out, does the show and chills for a minute. I chopped it up with him and he's talking about watch for IceH2o. Cool
Fast Forward to now and he's talking about he gotta take care of his family and the paperwork, blah, blah,blah
You can tell Rae ain't about his business like that and probably spent money stupidly, Bentleys and purchasing a bunch of other shyt that depreciates in value instantly when you don't have a successful business is how people GO BROKE and start looking scared and desperate.
He can't go to the studio etc without all his "demands". What is he bringing to the table other than raps?
Is he bringing more to the table than Meth? Rza?
Rza said in the interview he charges 60k for beats and 30k for verses. Off top.
So is Rae saying he commands 50k a verse now because of his value? If that's the case Meth gotta command 100k. How do they expect to make the album? The budget would have to be 5 or more millions to get everyone to the table.
I think Rae doesn't understand business still. He has no track record.