how the industry operates.

When these stories are told it’s usually by someone who is mad at the artist so it comes off like the Roots made these decisions and not the label.

So when JW is saying this stuff it sounds fucked yo and it IS fucked up but people are just trying to stay in the industry. A lot of people can’t handle the way shit works so they walk away from it.

when we have these debates about new artist signing bad deals people don’t realize it’s either bad deal or no deal. My peoples in LA been burned more than a few times by “coworkers and friends” when it comes to publishing, credit, etc.

You will see 8 producers in the room and they are all trying to cut each others necks off to get on the record.