Even if you "struck gold" with a smash.. before a label... if you are the right kind of artist... i.e. Soulja Boy the label can get u with the right producers and you'll make another one...

and because they have you in a 360 deal.. they can milk every aspect of your rev streams.. merch, tour, acting, publishing etc.... so they bigger they blow you up the more they make...

example... I guarantee you Psy is in the studio with every EDM hitmaker and Pop songwriter imaginable looking for another Gangnam Style... nothing will come close but it could push the ball forward and make way more money...