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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator
Hip Hop is a different beast though. If you do not record and release your shit right away someone will come down the line and use the dope beat you thought you had all to yourself and then your tracks sound like shit.
It is all different now. a record like Travis Scotts "Birds in Trap sing McKnight" goes to the top of the sales charts by selling 80,000 in one week. That is not enough money to recoup the expenses incurred in recording, production, mastering, samples licensed, merchandise, advertising etc.... Bands used ot have to tour 6-8 months out of the year to make money too. Only the acts with huge record sales actually made money off the sales themselves...
If your audience has a short attention span you need to keep your name out there and your music out there.
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Yeah, this is why tickets for mid to high profile hip-hop shows these days are so expensive, and probably why the costs of "biggest of the biggest" shows are unbelievable.
Drake and Future's Summer Sixteen tour was ridiculous. Kanye West (all by himself, though I've heard rumblings that Tyler or Chance might open for the last leg) was also really fucking expensive, but at least folks could get in the door with nosebleed seats for $50. The good seats were off the charts. I went with a pair that were as close to the middle as I could manage without sacrificing a good view, and it was still the most money I've ever spent on a single show.
Also, Travis $cott may have had a No.1 album, but only for a minute. He'll definitely have to tour like crazy and probably do a bunch of features to have a winning year. Good thing he has an exec producer spot lined up for Cruel Winter (though I hope they leave the brunt of the actual production in other hands).
This is why A$AP Rocky is doing a fucking show for MTV, and has taken a salaried position there. It's why so many rappers are getting into other forms of business and enterprise, like shoes and... other shoes.
But frankly if you don't want someone swooping in and stealing the beat you like, fucking learn how to write beats and produce yourself! Take a lesson and expand your skill set. It's no cooncidence that Dr. Dre and Kanye West are two of the most enduring names in hip-hop. Those boys learned how to fish.