>but first you gotta get signed. now in terms of , "who's
>cool when their video hits mtv", is one thing, but who gets
>to that point in the thing.

Who does the signing?
Off of what basis?

And why are we thinking about Majors?

You think Lil Flip got his deal cause he had a bunch of "Sunshine"s on his underground shit?

bWhahahaha.

He was selling 30,000 tapes on some gangsta shit.
Making nuff chedda - and with that - majors got interested.

Keisha n'nem might dance to the club to "I can do that" or "this is the way we ball", but they weren't buying them tapes @ King's. Neither were Chet and Duncan.

>Is there anybody who breaks the wall from one level to the
>next without adding significant female numbers to their
>fanbase first?

I don't think we disagree.
The argument is that women define cool though.

And we're trying to work out the mechanics.

The hip hop business is a really a multiple choice test, where consumers just choose a letter between A-E.

The underground of hip hop, is an essay test.
But chicks ain't reading those essays.

Men read those essays, listen to those tapes, and choose who's dope. Majors then reduce a complex subject into a multiple choice test - and it's represented to the rest of the class.

But what is cool?
That's not decided @ the MC level, but at the essay level.

>whenever new artists come out, or a new subgenre gets hot,
>you gotta put asses on the dancefloor. female asses.

But the generic female don't really care, as long as the beat is hot.

Damn is a song for the niggas.
That new shit by terror squad is a song for the bitches.

Both get female asses on the floor.

That's been loop's point for a long ass time.

They will dance to anything.

It's just like white folks can't generate their own hip hop stars w/o having black backing and authenticity.

Look @ insane clown posse or the beastie boys. - Cult audiences.

>you might not be allowed slow burn in terms of sales, but
>when cats go from underground to mainstream, it definitely
>happens.
>
>
>luda
>nelly
>flip
>
>from a 100k out the trunk to plat in the stores, or some
>version of that.

I don't disagree entirely, but the agenda was set.

>hell, even phonte and nicolay are rappin for the bitches,
>lol.

That's a whole other topic, But I'm not gonna get into it, cause I'm gonna look like a hater.

>how many cats you know keep that dream going if they can't
>get at least one woman to think they can do it?

>some, but few.

You talking about their girlfriend?
or their first groupie?

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