ASAP Rocky Thread
Moderators: TheBigSleep, stype_ones, Philaflava
-
- Posts: 3777
- Joined: Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:43 pm
-
- Awesome Vatican Assassin
- Posts: 55482
- Joined: Fri Jun 17, 2005 2:55 pm
- Location: where people throw ducks at balloons and nothing is as it seems
they did a whole series like this, there's a wutang one too
http://www.steadybloggin.com - some of these are my thoughts yo
-
- Ghetto Revivalist
- Posts: 10965
- Joined: Thu Jan 29, 2004 1:50 am
http://www.imposemagazine.com/GM Dizzy Skillespie wrote:thought the same shit.young god wrote:Why have I only heard of two of those websites if they are such tastemakers?
-
- Ghetto Revivalist
- Posts: 10965
- Joined: Thu Jan 29, 2004 1:50 am
nobody's heard of this site either.Employee wrote:http://www.imposemagazine.com/GM Dizzy Skillespie wrote:thought the same shit.young god wrote:Why have I only heard of two of those websites if they are such tastemakers?
I work closely with Sony/RCA Records, and there is a bit of a joke around our offices about ASAP Rocky saying he got a $3,000,000 record deal. He actually got a $300,000 advance on a 360 deal, and the possibilities of being the creative director of ASAP Records (or whatever he calls it) as a satellite company. The potential budget of his upcoming album could top up to $1.7 million (typical record contract budget max with major labels), IF Sony/RCA decides to grant him access to that high of a budget.
They give this exact same deal out about 3 times a week to artists who rarely even come out.
Apathy got the same exact record deal, but never materialized a single or song that excited the brass enough to unlock his budget.
I'm sure ASAP Rocky will get further in his career than Apathy, but he is definitely not factual with a lot of what he says.
They give this exact same deal out about 3 times a week to artists who rarely even come out.
Apathy got the same exact record deal, but never materialized a single or song that excited the brass enough to unlock his budget.
I'm sure ASAP Rocky will get further in his career than Apathy, but he is definitely not factual with a lot of what he says.
Seduce wrote:I work closely with Sony/RCA Records, and there is a bit of a joke around our offices about ASAP Rocky saying he got a $3,000,000 record deal. He actually got a $300,000 advance on a 360 deal, and the possibilities of being the creative director of ASAP Records (or whatever he calls it) as a satellite company. The potential budget of his upcoming album could top up to $1.7 million (typical record contract budget max with major labels), IF Sony/RCA decides to grant him access to that high of a budget.
They give this exact same deal out about 3 times a week to artists who rarely even come out.
Apathy got the same exact record deal, but never materialized a single or song that excited the brass enough to unlock his budget.
I'm sure ASAP Rocky will get further in his career than Apathy, but he is definitely not factual with a lot of what he says.
this song is pretty dope. escobar will masturbate to it.
<object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qeKhVMYzbIM?ve ... ram><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qeKhVMYzbIM?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>
300K is still not too bad. Hope he makes the best of it.Seduce wrote:I work closely with Sony/RCA Records, and there is a bit of a joke around our offices about ASAP Rocky saying he got a $3,000,000 record deal. He actually got a $300,000 advance on a 360 deal, and the possibilities of being the creative director of ASAP Records (or whatever he calls it) as a satellite company. The potential budget of his upcoming album could top up to $1.7 million (typical record contract budget max with major labels), IF Sony/RCA decides to grant him access to that high of a budget.
They give this exact same deal out about 3 times a week to artists who rarely even come out.
Apathy got the same exact record deal, but never materialized a single or song that excited the brass enough to unlock his budget.
I'm sure ASAP Rocky will get further in his career than Apathy, but he is definitely not factual with a lot of what he says.
"tim dog! i hope he's scamming bitches in heaven.." - EichTurner
- The Ivy League Nigga
- Posts: 2701
- Joined: Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:37 pm
- Location: L.A.
Can you explain a "360 deal"? Does that just mean the record company gets a piece of everything the artist does, including shows, merch, mixtapes...Seduce wrote:I work closely with Sony/RCA Records, and there is a bit of a joke around our offices about ASAP Rocky saying he got a $3,000,000 record deal. He actually got a $300,000 advance on a 360 deal, and the possibilities of being the creative director of ASAP Records (or whatever he calls it) as a satellite company. The potential budget of his upcoming album could top up to $1.7 million (typical record contract budget max with major labels), IF Sony/RCA decides to grant him access to that high of a budget.
They give this exact same deal out about 3 times a week to artists who rarely even come out.
Apathy got the same exact record deal, but never materialized a single or song that excited the brass enough to unlock his budget.
I'm sure ASAP Rocky will get further in his career than Apathy, but he is definitely not factual with a lot of what he says.
Yeah. Money from records went down so the record companies needed to make a profit of off the tours, merch, and etc. Its like there's taxes....then there's the record label.....then you get paid.The Ivy League Nigga wrote:Can you explain a "360 deal"? Does that just mean the record company gets a piece of everything the artist does, including shows, merch, mixtapes...Seduce wrote:I work closely with Sony/RCA Records, and there is a bit of a joke around our offices about ASAP Rocky saying he got a $3,000,000 record deal. He actually got a $300,000 advance on a 360 deal, and the possibilities of being the creative director of ASAP Records (or whatever he calls it) as a satellite company. The potential budget of his upcoming album could top up to $1.7 million (typical record contract budget max with major labels), IF Sony/RCA decides to grant him access to that high of a budget.
They give this exact same deal out about 3 times a week to artists who rarely even come out.
Apathy got the same exact record deal, but never materialized a single or song that excited the brass enough to unlock his budget.
I'm sure ASAP Rocky will get further in his career than Apathy, but he is definitely not factual with a lot of what he says.
Not sure how mixtapes fit in the equation if they're free though.
"tim dog! i hope he's scamming bitches in heaven.." - EichTurner
-
- Posts: 2221
- Joined: Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:29 pm
To be fair, he probably doesn't understand the structure of his own deal.Seduce wrote:I work closely with Sony/RCA Records, and there is a bit of a joke around our offices about ASAP Rocky saying he got a $3,000,000 record deal. He actually got a $300,000 advance on a 360 deal, and the possibilities of being the creative director of ASAP Records (or whatever he calls it) as a satellite company. The potential budget of his upcoming album could top up to $1.7 million (typical record contract budget max with major labels), IF Sony/RCA decides to grant him access to that high of a budget.
They give this exact same deal out about 3 times a week to artists who rarely even come out.
Apathy got the same exact record deal, but never materialized a single or song that excited the brass enough to unlock his budget.
I'm sure ASAP Rocky will get further in his career than Apathy, but he is definitely not factual with a lot of what he says.
-
- Posts: 10257
- Joined: Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:03 am
- Location: Throwin up dubs like Ice Cube
-
- Posts: 3720
- Joined: Fri Jan 06, 2006 2:38 am
- Location: Bible Belt Misery
- Contact:
-
- Posts: 3621
- Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 5:10 pm
- Location: Seattle
This is kind of what I was talking about. If any media outlet bothered to fact-check, dude probably wouldn't have half the hype. A 3mil deal is a big deal. Ten percent of that? Not so much.Gyangsta 4 Life wrote:To be fair, he probably doesn't understand the structure of his own deal.Seduce wrote:I work closely with Sony/RCA Records, and there is a bit of a joke around our offices about ASAP Rocky saying he got a $3,000,000 record deal. He actually got a $300,000 advance on a 360 deal, and the possibilities of being the creative director of ASAP Records (or whatever he calls it) as a satellite company. The potential budget of his upcoming album could top up to $1.7 million (typical record contract budget max with major labels), IF Sony/RCA decides to grant him access to that high of a budget.
They give this exact same deal out about 3 times a week to artists who rarely even come out.
Apathy got the same exact record deal, but never materialized a single or song that excited the brass enough to unlock his budget.
I'm sure ASAP Rocky will get further in his career than Apathy, but he is definitely not factual with a lot of what he says.
That said I still bump the fuck out of the music. Solid record.
-
- Posts: 3621
- Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 5:10 pm
- Location: Seattle
http://www.complex.com/music/2011/10/who-is-asap-rockystarks wrote:Tired & Broke wrote:link?realhiphop wrote:I've been diggin ASAP recently man...that interview where he talks about slapping Odd Future just made me love him even more haha...this dude is gonna be a monster
Click through to the OF pic.
Isn't he talking about NOT slapping OF?
The way I got it was Left Brain was butthurt (nh) about ASAP using that leopard whatever-it-is, when he "did it first" and then Hodgy posted "Asap Copy" on his twitter. All of the internetz shouted BEEEF!, but he says he doesn't want it.
How is that slapping OF? ASAP Ty Beats even talked about he wanted to produce for OF. I don't think there's any hate, only young rappers with bad tempers and access to social networks.
The way I got it was Left Brain was butthurt (nh) about ASAP using that leopard whatever-it-is, when he "did it first" and then Hodgy posted "Asap Copy" on his twitter. All of the internetz shouted BEEEF!, but he says he doesn't want it.
How is that slapping OF? ASAP Ty Beats even talked about he wanted to produce for OF. I don't think there's any hate, only young rappers with bad tempers and access to social networks.
-
- Awesome Vatican Assassin
- Posts: 55482
- Joined: Fri Jun 17, 2005 2:55 pm
- Location: where people throw ducks at balloons and nothing is as it seems
they hype came before the deal, not the other way around. the deal thing just added to itQWALMS wrote: If any media outlet bothered to fact-check, dude probably wouldn't have half the hype. .
and yeah in that interview he actually explicitly says 'i DON"T want to smack anybody'
http://www.steadybloggin.com - some of these are my thoughts yo
-
- Posts: 3621
- Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 5:10 pm
- Location: Seattle
I realize. I said half the hype. He'd still have hype but the mention of a 3mil deal put him on a lot more radars.drizzle wrote:they hype came before the deal, not the other way around. the deal thing just added to itQWALMS wrote: If any media outlet bothered to fact-check, dude probably wouldn't have half the hype. .
and yeah in that interview he actually explicitly says 'i DON"T want to smack anybody'
Word. I'm sure that news alone gained him an additional 35-70,000 new fans.QWALMS wrote:I realize. I said half the hype. He'd still have hype but the mention of a 3mil deal put him on a lot more radars.drizzle wrote:they hype came before the deal, not the other way around. the deal thing just added to itQWALMS wrote: If any media outlet bothered to fact-check, dude probably wouldn't have half the hype. .
and yeah in that interview he actually explicitly says 'i DON"T want to smack anybody'
Word. I'm sure that news alone gained him an additional 35-70,000 new fans.QWALMS wrote:I realize. I said half the hype. He'd still have hype but the mention of a 3mil deal put him on a lot more radars.drizzle wrote:they hype came before the deal, not the other way around. the deal thing just added to itQWALMS wrote: If any media outlet bothered to fact-check, dude probably wouldn't have half the hype. .
and yeah in that interview he actually explicitly says 'i DON"T want to smack anybody'
-
- Posts: 3621
- Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 5:10 pm
- Location: Seattle
-
- Ghetto Revivalist
- Posts: 10965
- Joined: Thu Jan 29, 2004 1:50 am
GM Dizzy Skillespie wrote:Jeff Weiss' review on Pitchfork this morning was solid.
It kind of side-stepped the album itself a bit, discussed too much of the hype, which I typically hate, but he did a solid job with it. Kept things in proper perspective and organized it into the album discussion.
LOL. Get the fuck out.Pitchfork wrote:By contrast, Rocky was telegenic and chanting swag. His lead singles poured syrup-slow Houston ride music atop the malt liquor melodies of Harlem's Max B. What Rocky lacked in lyricism, he made up for in narcotic charisma. Seeking street-cred, Drake announced plans to take Rocky on tour. Seeking swag-cred, Lloyd Banks and Jim Jones hopped on tracks with him. Hype metastasizes fastest in New York, and it's easy to conflate the need for a standard bearer with the desire for a savior. Rocky was the chosen one. Hence, $3,000,000.