May 21st, 2009
Jay-Z Has Become An Independent Artist
Doug and I spoke directly and had one of the most unique “negotiations” ever. Doug won the toss but, we both won in the end. I thank him for allowing me to be a completely independent artist. Not every artist can say they own or are given the opportunity to own all of their music.”
- Jay-Z via Rap Radar
Will this become a new trend in the industry? I guess this means he can really take his time with Blueprint 3.
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May 21st, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Roc Nation Baby……. Kanye’s next…. and theres the end of Def Jam’s Million dollar hitters
May 21st, 2009 at 4:07 pm
I’ve read his bought his contract for 5 milli. Good shit for Jay
May 21st, 2009 at 4:07 pm
he bought*****
May 21st, 2009 at 4:16 pm
is this a new trend??
who gives a fuck, hip hop is still garbage and is still gonna continue being garbage if all we see are guys like t-pain, young joc and lil bow wow all over the damn place.
May 21st, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Yo I was saying this in conversation a few years back, If a platinum selling artist goes independent it’s a win win because they don’t lose their fan base and for someone like Hov who always seems to do well when it comes to album sells with little to no promotion; how can you not….
May 21st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
no way will jayz have 43k first week sales just because hes inde now lol.. Which goes to show camron giles flippd floppd
May 21st, 2009 at 4:44 pm
One ^^ veraci0us is crazy, hope its sarcasim.
second ^^ Kanye won’t be doing Roc Nation instead of Def Jam. I guarantee it. trust
May 21st, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Yup..All The Big Dawgs Gonna Go There Own Way..
They Have The Following To Do So..
Fuck The Labels And Their Politics..
Em Doing 600K With No Songs On Heavy Rotation..
Little Artist Should Be On Majors Cuz They Need The Help..
The Big Dawgs Don’t Need Much Help..
And Could Thrive By Cutting The Middle The Fuck OUT..
May 21st, 2009 at 4:48 pm
yo vigorous hip hop is growing in a direction that will requires more musical
output from these artists , all the videos look the same girls cars money and bling , some of the songs are for sure garbage i do agree, but this is where they are challenged face on either bring enteirley new styles and music or get counted out, dont you see em singing now or trying at least to sing thats because if they dont write real songs they wont last 2 sec with some of todays
real groups that have popular music fan bases , in other words vig , niggas better get wit it , the 90s had some of the best rap singles and albums ever but the majors are not checking for those artist anymore WHY you tell me my nigga, thangs done changed , look at busta a icon look how niggas on forums be saying he to old and the music aint all that , we taliking bust ryhme now , when motherfuckas start to think and say shit like that then man i dont know rap i think will either fade like rock music or go to a whole new level of entertainment , my niggas we invented this shit jay z is doing to them what they have done to us for decades , taking full controll , he used em corperatly
proper, took all the marketing and sponsers with him back to where he started with but now with millions look at this shit , its like he´s brand new all over again NEW TRIPLE IMPROVED JAY Z ; WHUT CHU KNO BOUT COKAIN
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May 21st, 2009 at 5:29 pm
WORK OUT HOVE
May 21st, 2009 at 5:42 pm
Cam wins again.. Now Hov wanna be an independent artist….
May 21st, 2009 at 6:11 pm
“WORD TO THE STREETS, I SHOULD OF GONE INDEPENDENT LIKE THAT NIGGA IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE”
HAHAHAHA
GAY-Z DIDN’t SET ANY TREND
TECHNIQUE SET THE TREND
3RD WORLD.
May 21st, 2009 at 6:21 pm
This is monumental! First Wu-Tang, then Bad Boy, the Rocafella, now Roc Nation! I can’t wait to hear how Jay got Mr. Morris to let BP3 go! If Jay’s not in your top 3, this should convince you! Pause!
May 21st, 2009 at 6:32 pm
lmao @ Yall Dummies..12..13..
Don’t Compare Jay To No Weak Ass Cam’ron & Tech..
All Due Respect, They Can’t Cake Like Hov With His Own Label..
Jay-Z Has A Reason To Be Indie….400K Fanbase…U Do The Math..
Tech And Cam Have No Offers From The Majors, They Stuck On That Island..
40K lmao..
Tech I Wont Even Mention……
May 21st, 2009 at 6:34 pm
why didn’t he do this earlier?
i always thought jay was boss of his own stuff since he was up there.
like..i thought he owned roc…or whatever haha. i guess i dont know my shit.
May 21st, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Yooo I Bet This Will Start A Epidemic…Smh Jay A Trend Setter @ Times
May 21st, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Trap House Says:
May 21st, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Roc Nation Baby……. Kanye’s next…. and theres the end of Def Jam’s Million dollar hitters
Really?
May 21st, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Only a stan would think Jay is startin a trend! Yall been keepin up wit Ice Cube lately? Jay is FOLLOWING a trend that the West Coast and South mastered over 15 ago.
http://screwheadsonly.blogspot.com
May 21st, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Dang this is pretty impressive the money on hand to step back, and then the money to make his next move all at once, this was probably one of hip hops biggest moves
May 21st, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Jay didn’t do this earlier in his career cause that upfront money(mills) looks nice.
May 21st, 2009 at 7:18 pm
He don’t need that upfront money now though, what a boss!!!
May 21st, 2009 at 7:21 pm
GOOD SHIT JIGGA MAN!!!!
May 21st, 2009 at 7:26 pm
100 though, Jay’s already influential to alot of people(MC’s, entrepreneurs, now he’s completely independent, everything his way that makes him more influential now because he got his own mass amount of money to do it. yall sayin ice cube, technique and camron did it first, but cmon let’s get real they wasn’t as consistent as dude and didn’t achieve as much success as dude(record sales with classic albums) that one fool up top said, Cam’ron wins again, negro please.
May 21st, 2009 at 7:59 pm
LoL@yall niggaz… Jay is many things… Very talented dude.. I take nothing away from him.. But without Dame.. He wouldnt be this big.. N thats FACT!…
Jay-Z is a brand name… He realizes this.. And he is peddling his name…. Its easy to sell something that is already valuable… But without Dame and BIGGS that nigga wouldnt be able to do none of the shyt he doing now… They built the BRAND together.. Now Jay is reaping the benefits by himself…. It is what it is… I say Cam wins cuz that nigga been gettin that independent money… Along wit Cube, and a lot of other people.. But when Jay do the shyt its like the second comming of Jesus.. Fuck outta here…
I take nothin away from Hov.. But its easy to sell something that already has value… Without DAME and BIGGS… Theres no value there…
May 21st, 2009 at 7:59 pm
God MC! Jay Hova is a boss! Making boss moves. Chyea! Buy the Eminem album!
May 21st, 2009 at 8:04 pm
I heard Jay-Z is trying to sign the whole State Property to ROC NATION. Icon, Legend, trendsetter, businessman. Jay-Z give young black men hope for the future not just for rap but for business in Corporate America.
Things that Jay dont do:
1. Kissing other men(daddy) on the mouth
2. Not a former Correctional Officer
3. Doesnt buy machine guns
4. Didnt go to med school and try to hide it.
May 21st, 2009 at 8:56 pm
these are probably the most dumbest comments i have ever read. Cam is indepedent? Isnt he on Asyulm or Koch or something? I dont think he owns either so how does that make him independent?
LOX were stuck on Bad Boy for so long. Puff would have let them out of their contract if they would come up with this kind of cash. They couldn’t. All these artists that have been shelved by their labels WISH they could buy out their contract.
Jay-Z OWNS Roc Nation. And you know hes plottting something major.
“Highest paid act, highest paid to rap
I advance myself, and pay myself back
Ha, man you gotta love that”
yall dumbass kids go back to school.
May 21st, 2009 at 9:22 pm
NIGGAZ HE SHOULD SIGN SOME HEADS OVER THERE BRING BACK THE ROCAFELLA DAYS
May 21st, 2009 at 9:28 pm
JAY-Z YOU SHOULD SIGN:
1. CORY GUNZ
2. WILLIE THE KID
2. FABOLOUS (AFTER LP)
3. LLOYD BANKS
5. BRING FREEWAY & BEANIE SIGEL BACK!!!
6. PAPOOSE
7. TRY 2 GET NAS
.
May 21st, 2009 at 9:30 pm
OH AND GIVE DAME DASH A JOB!! LMAO
May 21st, 2009 at 9:30 pm
OH AND GIVE DAME DASH A JOB!! LMAO
May 21st, 2009 at 9:35 pm
camron cudnt get on a major label which is why he was independent…no one wanted his bum ass except damon cuz that was his boy and wen damon got the boot cam went right along with him lol
technique doesnt even wanna be on a major label…nd he sed it himself
smartest move for jay…if u thought he wasnt cakin before he gonna be sittin on top of billions now
and the winner is…hov
enough said
May 21st, 2009 at 10:06 pm
jay-z is the most successful (richest) rapper whoever lived.
the idiot that mentioned that, um.. harlem rappers name.. whatshisface, should be imprisoned and waterboarded. jay-z is in a different stratosphere in every aspect of the music business, and life.
May 21st, 2009 at 10:41 pm
thats what 50 is trying to do but he not buying out his shyt he just trying to be done with this finall album but the prolonging his shit by pushing him back again n again
May 21st, 2009 at 11:16 pm
OHSHIT!!! signing Nas would be so awesome, but nobody wants to be Jay’s bitch, nobody wants to work under him. Specially when they had beef
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:18 am
Damn, look at this shit from Killa Cams site…this nigga heated!
Quit being dickryders. This nigga J got a 360 deal with LIVE NATION, meaning he dont own shyt. they got em locked up for 10 yrs, they payin him like 15 mill a yr, what do you think they making off of him. they eatin his record sales/concerts/label money…yall faggots need to quit actin like this nigga discoverd water, he still gettin pimped…also do you think IDJ would have let this cash camel go for 5 mill if that BP3 was that crack? Hell naw, they know its another “Kingdom Come” aka wack juice- CAM
May 22nd, 2009 at 1:41 am
Superman Hip-Hop you think he is waiting to sign Drake? Drake is still unsigned from what I heard, maybe Drake is the one hoping and praying like Jay pleeease. Lol
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:05 am
wow just when i tought jay couldn’t be more successful !
May 22nd, 2009 at 5:01 am
MAN I’VE BEEN THINKIN THIS SHIT FOR YEARS!
FINALLY A BIG ARTIST IS SMART ENUFF TO DO IT
WELL ICE CUBE HAS BEEN DOING THE INDEPENDANT THING FOR YEARS BUT JAY Z MIGHT DEFINETELY MAKE IT A TREND
May 22nd, 2009 at 7:55 am
All I can is $8 an album or more, depending on distribution. This nigga jay is gonna b a billi by the end of next year. Watch. And for all of u who said u thought he already owned his shit. Yes he did, he was a CEO, he received a check still. Now he’s an independent CEO. Only people he has to pay is producers engineers and distributors. And since thatks kanye,guru and the only thing left is distributors, jay is going to cake like a bakery. He is officially the king 10 times over.
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:38 am
Next 50 Cent Should Go independent
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:50 am
THIS CAT IS ON THAT LEVEL ALL HIS OWN EVEN MORE NOW.
THIS IS HOW YOU RUN THE COURSE.
IT’S THE BLUEPRINT.
COME IN 12 YEARS AGO LOOKING TO GET SIGNED.
12 YEARS LATER, YOUR THE TOP RAP/WHATEVER ARTIST, FORMER PRESIDENT, WHO INTRODUCED/BROUGHT IN GREAT TALENT, & NOW YOU BUY OUT YOUR CONTRACT.
ALMOST A FLAWLESS EXECUTION (ROC-A-FELLA MESS).
WOULD’T BE SURPRISED IF HE ATTEMPTED TO BUY HIS MASTERS COMPLETELY & OUTRIGHT LATER ON FROM DEFJAM, IF HE DOESN’T HAVE THEM ALREADY.
THIS REALLY HURT DEFJAM ROSTER TOO.
I MEAN THEY STILL KANYE, (DEPENDING ON WHICH ONE SHOW UP) & HE PROB GONA MAKE THE SAME MOVE SOON.
NAS & LUDACRIS CAN STILL GO HARD, EVEN THO THIER SALES MAY NOR SHOW IT.
FABULOUS IS STILL THEIR THO, CAN’T WAIT FOR HIS ALBUM.
YEEZY IS COOL TO ME, NOT EPIC THO.
RICK ROSS IS NOTHING SPECIAL.
THEY SHOULDA SIGNED KID CUDI. THEY NEED NEW YOUNGER GUYS.
THIS IS LIKE WHEN JORDAN QUIT/LEFT THE BULLS STARTING 5 IN 98 OR SOMETHING. THE TOP 5 IN REGARD TO THE DEFJAM ROSTER.
STILL A GOOD LOOK THO.
May 22nd, 2009 at 11:29 am
#19 im wit you. Ice cube been caking. His last two cd’s were totally independent. And he doing 150,000 wiyh NO airplay. For the nigga who said Em doing 600,000 with no air play, your’re wrong. Ihate for you to hear this, But Em is more pop than hip hop. he gets major airplay on alternative stations(pop), not on the urban stations. Believe it or not, his music is pop not “hiphop”. Thats why he is able to sell more albums than the average rapper.
Im glad Jay will get to do his thing on his own. And for the nigga who said Jay wouldnt be shit without Dame, you got it backwards, Dame isn’t, and wil not be shit without Jay. The proof is out there.
May 22nd, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Jay-Z is so fuckin smart…… This nigga is to fuckin rich. Blueprint 3 is goin to be even more nice now since Hov can take his time with the album.
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:31 pm
who gives a shit.
May 22nd, 2009 at 3:05 pm
^u do. U commented. Lol
May 22nd, 2009 at 5:59 pm
i dont se any sort of trend here
May 23rd, 2009 at 11:24 am
G-Roc Says:
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:38 am
Next 50 Cent Should Go independent
after seeing those T.O.S. “Terminate on sight” album sales, i would stay on a major lol
Beg for mercy = 3.5 million
Terminate on sight = 230,000
and 50’s album sales decline by millions each time he realeases
Get rich or die tryin’ =12 million
The Massacre = 8 million
Curtis = 1.3 million
His career is going down the drain and going indie would add more fuel to the fire. On the other hand, Jay-z is extremely successful and his worse album kingdom come still went 2x platinum “double platinum” and american gangster went 2x platinum with No promotion.
May 23rd, 2009 at 2:34 pm
got a hundred n fifty stole rocafella from dame stole kanye from dame
May 23rd, 2009 at 6:12 pm
^ Poor Dame, LMFAO!
May 23rd, 2009 at 6:47 pm
how can people compare 50 sales to jay z sales. lyrically i give it to jay he is better than 50, but 50 cent sells more than him. lets compare last 3 of there solo projects.
1st week sales: Get Rich = 872,000 black album = 463,000
Total Get Rich = 8 Mil, black album = 3.2 mil (50 sold double the amount)
Masacre = 1.1 mil in 4 days, kingdome come = 680,000
Curtis = 691,000, american gangster = 445,000
Every1 hates 50 too much and loves jay to much, personally i think jay better rapper but he aint hip hop biggest star, 50’s worst album sales is higher than jays best ever album sales, but cos its jay its a success & cos its 50 its a flop, how does that work?
May 24th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
jay a better rapper than 50
but 50 aint no flop, 50 is hard
jayz has been in the game longer an has more earnt respect than 50 ??
50 has to come strong for another 5/6 years to become a jayz type
plus jay aint out cussin everybody lol or jumpin on the beef ting
not takin anyfing away from 50 he is his own person an dats why we want him around, he merks mans
jay would rope a dope 50
May 24th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
oh an by the way
GO Jay
do that thing there
May 24th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Vigorious.
You must an idiot to compare rap to hip-hop.
Im getting really tired of idiots like you comparing a culture to a way to make easy money. Listen kid, hip-hop was made as a way of expressing yourself,rap was made as a way to get money, fuck girls and smoke weed. Hip-Hop has deejays,emcees,b-boys, and beatboxers and graffiti artists. Rap has wack beats, wack rhymes, and hardly working rappers. Learn some culture before criticizing it you illogical punk.
Real hip-hop is not played on the radio!
May 24th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
lol @ BP3 ONLY BEING WORTH 5 MILLION TO DEF JAM!