Why New York rappers still sell CD's on the street (Complex)

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these dudes are pretty annoying sometimes they mostly try and bully tourist or scam people into buying their shyt. One of them dudes try to get me one time by giving me flyer face up and with a cd taped behind it then stopped me after i walked of to tell me look behind the flyer and the cd cost $5. had to hit him with the , give him back that shyt, told him nice try and then we both at the situation.

 

[CashmereThoughts]

The real money in nyc is those street games where you gotta find out where the card is..

I've seen nikkas lose sneaker money...

This chick i was fukking with at the time was almost dumb enough to play..

had to give her thelook real quick

All day on Fordham. That game and the one with the cups and the ball

 

[blackslash]

bruh, you white. why do you insist on usin' a word that you know us black people find offensive when y'all white people use it?

i don't care how long you been listenin' to hip hop, how many of us black people you know or maybe cool with, or how many hip hop albums you own, you have no pass or right to ever use that word, so just stop

Not what Nas says

 

[360dagod]

All day on Fordham. That game and the one with the cups and the ball

Yeah man..

Thats exactly where i was..

Them nikkas got a whole team..

One of the ones who bet is in on the whole scam...

I've seen teenagers get finessed on that shyt...

 

[Olu Dara]

I don't get it brehs. My MacBook doesn't even hav a CD rom. Where do you play these "compact disks" at

Listening to music on a macbook

 

[CashmereThoughts]

Listening to music on a macbook

I listen to music on my iPhone. But with out a cd drive on the computer how would I put ya mans fire ass mixtape on my phone

 

[CashmereThoughts]

Yeah man..

Thats exactly where i was..

Them nikkas got a whole team..

One of the ones who bet is in on the whole scam...

I've seen teenagers get finessed on that shyt...

They catch them Fordham university kids. I know exactly where u was at too, they post up there everyday and NYPD don't seem to fux with them. That shyt don't slide in Manhattan or BK

 

[Tom Foolery]

How else are you going to push music in the street? You gonna hand someone a usb stick?

 

[CashmereThoughts]

How else are you going to push music in the street? You gonna hand someone a usb stick?

Tell them to go to your sound cloud ?

 

[Frida Giezman]

How else are you going to push music in the street? You gonna hand someone a usb stick?

Why not just push your music on the internet?

Promoting your music on the internet can reach more people and can reach further than handing out cd's ever could

 

[torcher]

Yeah man..

Thats exactly where i was..

Them nikkas got a whole team..

One of the ones who bet is in on the whole scam...

I've seen teenagers get finessed on that shyt...

Not in NY but me and my homie got caught with that shyt when I was a teenager on the train on my way to the mall. They always let you win the 1st time before you put money up then after that its a wrap. Funny almost 20 years later them nikkaz is still running the same scam

 

[360dagod]

Why not just push your music on the internet?

Promoting your music on the internet can reach more people and can reach further than handing out cd's ever could

Everyone that is local does that though..If your an unknown, you need something for the person to remember you for

I think with everyone rapping, actually being out there on the pavement is more helpful...it shows your grinding and it excellent for networking..

if your a good dude, who knows where a simple convo can take you

Besides those cd's can be a tax writeoff

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

Yeah man..

Thats exactly where i was..

Them nikkas got a whole team..

One of the ones who bet is in on the whole scam...

I've seen teenagers get finessed on that shyt...

Yeah the inside man is called the shill.
I was on the greyhound from Columbus to Rochester and this Rochester dude bodied some dopeboy's girlfriend for $500 on that game. She was supposed to be bringing his bread back. shyt was hilarious. She got dude on the phone trying to plead for the paper. Son was like: "Yo...all that HARD TALK ain't shyt. I do what you do."
He tried to get me to play and I was like: I ain't got the CONfidence.
Son said: "Ha...I like you. You rap?"
Then we spit bars until the bus dropped us off in THA TOWN.

 

[torcher]

Why not just push your music on the internet?

Promoting your music on the internet can reach more people and can reach further than handing out cd's ever could

Why cant you do both though? If anything handing sumbody a CD can make people go to the internet and do more research on ya music

 

[360dagod]

Not in NY but me and my homie got caught with that shyt when I was a teenager on the train on my way to the mall. They always let you win the 1st time before you put money up then after that its a wrap. Funny almost 20 years later them nikkaz is still running the same scam

Breh..if they are in an area of decent foot travel and setup shop for 5-8hours, they could easily clock 5 figures in a year..And we not even talking 10-15k..like 20k and up..

this broad told me she gambled her rent money