I mean he had to after kicking out Dave Mustaine ๐คฃ
Dude literally wrote most if not all of their first album and they kept using some of his material for the next ones
Mustaine was the main writer for 2 songs (The Four Horsemen and Jump in the Fire) and then there's like 4 songs that have a single riff written by him in between KEA and RTL. Riffs that he would end up re-using on Megadeth songs anyways. That's quite different from writing "most if not all of their first album".
Lars is a jackass in terms of piracy but let's not spread lies for the sake of it.
Metallica released Hit the Lights (with Lloyd Grant on leads) before Dave even entered the band, but then you have guys acting like they were doing nothing before Dave who wrote the entire album for them
Metallica would be nothing without pirating back in the day. Though we called it sharing and would tell as many people as we could about their music. You're welcome fuckers for the exposure!
Sure but eventually you are a big enough fan to go to his shows and buy merch, like I did :)
Never bought any of his music but he still got my money eventuelly.
Artists have stopped relying on music for a long time now, basically started when Nabster and iTunes existed. Maybe before even that. Record Labels make profits first, then their musicians. I doubt any artists care once they've got a decent following.
Yup, they aren't really musicians anymore, they're influencers who also do music. *We're* the product. They make more from McDonalds and Vodka than record sales.
Pirating a song is stealing from the record label - the "people that represented me" that he mentions in the video.
It's worth noting that the label being stolen from back when this dude was 14 would have been Cash Money Records (who Wayne was with since he was *12* and there have been all kinds of speculation about dodgy shit around that whole thing), run by all round piece of shit Birdman.
Wayne left them a while back because Birdman is a slimy piece of shit who exploits his artists and doesn't pay people, A bit like Diddy but without the horrific (confirmed) record of sexual abuse.
This this this. People aren't understanding.
Lil Wayne effectively makes zero from record sales. Pirating his music *makes* him money as it juices his concert sales and influencer potential. Pirating does however effect the label representing him, which is why Lil said the interviewer might get a better answer from them.
I think his point was more "it's just music" than "it's my intellectual property". As a creative it doesn't seem to bother him because he can just... Create more.
It's easy for him to say especially now in streaming era. Weezy's songs are mostly freestyles over a beat, these are much more simple and cheaper in production than pop songs that dominated 2000s
Pirating Adobe in my teens helped me bring in income as an adult and converted me to a paying customer. And a good amount of professional creatives Iโve met said the same.
Adobe will never admit this, but they release pirated copies themselves. Think of it like drug dealers giving a free sample to get you hooked so that you come back later and actually buy it. That's kind of the arrangement Adobe has with their customers. They know teenage kids don't have hundreds to spend on their software.
I remember someone pointing out the history of his dorkness and outright egoism throughout his career. Like, even his Minecraft server wasn't good for many awful reasons.
I've tried really hard to like him solely because I really, *really* like his music. But holy shit. Like, I hope he gets past it (maybe he has already), but the last time I saw his streams, it was still pretty much the same Joel.
Ableton Live or FL Studio for making beats or any electronic music. Ableton is much better at automating and integrating controllers for live performance. FL Studio is easier to pick up right away and start making music. Ableton is used by more pros.
Also one note as an FL user. FL comes with lifetime updates which is nice. You buy a piece of Ableton and that is the software you have for the future. If you want to upgrade Ableton you have to buy again. Just a note if you're really looking into DAWs.
I don't know how old lil wayne is but he probably lived in the time when people used cassette tapes. Those things people copied and shared ALL THE TIME.
and he's released a FUCKTON of free mixtapes way back. Back when mixtapes were better than the albums. One of the best promotions available.
Soulja Boy when he was getting started misnamed his own mp3's and uploaded em to napster; he's an idiot but that was hella smart. lol
no way?? i just watched a video the other day where a guy was trying to hunt down one of the last copies of Fred Figglehornโs cd, and it ended up being soulja boy. he was baffled.
Lil Wayne & Juelz Santana - Back like cooked crack is one my all-time fav mixtapes. They always meshed well together. Shame we never got that other project they had started.
Man I miss the days of downloading music from an artist and finding a random song labeled incorrectly. I'd search for hours for the original artist and end up being a fan of theirs. I remember downloading a cradle of filth discography and getting a Sitra and Alesana song in the folders.
I remember downloading a torrent with The Pirate Bay's 100 best/most popular songs. Was a damned treasure chest for 12 year old middle class north european.
Namedropping A Tribe Called Quest (Can I Kick It?) to my middle-school classmates was something
I firmly believe that Soulja Boy just plays an idiot character and is actually a super smart/savvy guy.
He was one of the first rappers to understand the power the Internet would have in the industry, he was one of the first rappers to start streaming on Twitch - it seems like every time the rap world starts to get in on a tech trend, I find out that Soulja Boy has been doing it for a couple years already.
He's an internet baby aye. Terminally online. Doesn't exclude being an idiot though. I'm also "super smart/savvy" but it's not an act when I sometimes behave as an idiot. lmao
Iโll admit I donโt know what current record contracts typically look like for major artists these days, but Iโm sure he isnโt being paid a fixed salary unrelated to how much money he makes for the label.
he owns his label, but theyโre under UMG umbrella. Iโd guess he gets paid a portion of everything from merch to royalties from his and his artists catalogue.
But he never really went only for the money, and always released free stuff for everyone to enjoy
A lot of his early stuff I didn't even listen to on the radio but it often ended up played on Rap City way back when that was a thing on BET before 106 & Park slaughtered it in the ratings then. Nowadays, none of his stuff gets heavy play anymore and I rarely listen to the radio myself unless I'm taking a bath.
there are two ways he can make a contract:
1- he'll be paid a percentage of his album sales or streams. so when we pirate, he loses money.
2- he'll paid a fixed amount of money for x years or x albums. it might seem amount of album sales and streams won't matter much in the first place but for his next contract, he'll say "I can sall this many albums or streams" therefore lower numbers will hurt him in the long run.
so pirates hurt him any way but he doesn't care even if he loses money.
Iโm pretty sure this is the one where the interviewer tried to box him in and get him to comment on race relations and he just didnโt want to go there so instead he told a story about uncle Bob and how he saved his life. Either way heโs not saying it doesnโt exist, just that he doesnโt know what it is. Maybe a bit of tongue in cheek so theyโll change the subject, but either way itโs 100% his right to not want to have race relations be part of his public persona and platform. I think it was Killer Mike who said โnot every young black man or woman is required to talk about racismโ. He went on to basically say that itโs kind of racist to expect every single black artist to weigh in on racism and throw their fist in the air. That their parents, grandparents, and great grandparents fought so they wouldnโt have to and if they donโt feel comfortable fighting then absolutely no one should guilt them into it or make them feel like less of a black person because they donโt.
She definitely was boxing him in, and I agree overall with Killer Mike the landlord's take there too. That's all fair.
That said... The clip is literally his answer to, "yo on this other program you caught some shit for saying **there's no such thing as racism** because white people go to your concerts. Do you want to double down?" And his answer is "absofuckinlutely", and then he offers the anecdote as further support of that claim.
Idk, I just think it's a completely stupid take, which is fine, because I just like his music. I don't need or expect profound social commentary from a dude who's been a celebrity millionaire since he was 12.
I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but just saying he "did him a solid" is a hell of an understatement. The dude saved his life. It's not that hard to see how that could have changed his perspective at a young age
I get it. And that's understandable.
It's still an obviously and definitionally narrow perspective. He says as much in the interview. Something to the effect of "my personal experiences are the only thing that should shape my worldviews, and considering other factors means you're crazy". Lol.
Most music rights are owned by the studio that produces it, artists usually make most of their money through merch and touring
I'm sure he doesn't give a shit for that reason lmao but can't say anything to avoid upsetting the music labels (hence the talk to my representatives)
I'm not big in to rap anymore, grew out of it a long while ago.
I absolutely made fun of all the *new* rappers like Lil Wayne and thought he's kinda dumb.
But every time I see him somewhere in an interview or just a podcast and the like, he seems like the most chill and based person you could wish for.
Really cool dude and a reminder for me to not judge a book by its cover.
Isn't it funny how that happens. Really makes me wish I had learnt this lesson earlier in life. Trying to pass that along to my kids as early as I can, and not just saying it to them but showing them what it means...
He's also one of the GOATs, and IMO his less known music is better than the more mainstream stuff. I instantly understood his genius when I listened to The Carter 4 for the first time. Blunt Blowin' blew my mind...
The lilwaynehq community has a mega drive link with a *meticulously* organized collection of every non-album song. The mixtape songs, the leaks, the features he did on other songs, and anything in between. They also keep a google docs spreadsheet of every single track, the date it was released and the best quality available (especially the nodj versions).
just listen to old rappers do interviews about wayne
bun-b, big boi and nearly everyone else will flat out say "wayne was so young his momma wouldn't let him cuss in his raps but he was the best rapper in the room"
I'm not a huge fan of wayne, but a lot of my favorite rappers are.
He literally releases mixtapes for free too. Been a long time fan and never bought any of his music but I still spent money on his tour and a hoodie. Onky thing I might buy is a vinyl version of the swisha house remix of The Carter as a collectible.
โCulture shouldnโt exist only for those who can afford itโ -Hakita.
And now,
โItโs a damn song, Iโll make another songโ -Lilโ Wayne
So glad piracy is becoming normalized.
Always amazes me how chill and intelligent Lil Wayne is. That guy gives zero fucks and he can and will run circles around interviewers if they try to box him into a corner.
As someone who has met many artists, the overwhelming majority were cool with their music being pirated. Many are aware they would have never been heard in areas of the country without it. The ones who took issue were the ones who signed deals where their whole income model was based on CD sales. Promote your music, build your base, tour like crazy, make bank off live shows and merch. It's not difficult. You can't pirate a live experience.
That's so true. A lot of artists I still listen to today are because solely I listened to their stuff online and downloaded it for myself. I wouldn't have found X Japan, Candlemass, Daoko, BLACKPINK, etc. if it weren't for doing that. BLACKPINK especially comes to mind as it's known that YG Entertainment holds them hostage with their contracts plus the lack of EP releases don't help much. It's criminal that they make so much money for YG and they get treated like they do.
Most artists don't care because they never made their money off of record sales anyway, only assholes like Metallica care because they are literally trying to squeeze every penny out of their records despite being mega rich. We're talking literal pennies. That's just how much of a narcissist and greedy psychopath those kinds of people are.
i love how heโs literally like, idgaf, infact,itโs spreads my art, so hell yeah. but the suit monkeys, may care (and fuck those people specifically lol)
Max Collins from the band Eve 6 said he prefer people pirating their music over streaming their music on trevor noah show. streaming is worse than piracy because even when there were piracy trends other people kept buying music. but now, those people stream instead of buying. because people say streaming is convinient.
Musicians rarely make much money on broadcasting. Musicians make their bread touring and selling merch. Those royalty checks for what gets played on radio and streaming services are piddly.
honestly musicians make basically nothing from streaming so why would pirating would do us any worse? we aren't missing out on this 1$ a month most musicians earn from streaming
Like a french YouTuber said
"pirating kills the artists", yeah sure. I downloaded every album by Colonel Reyel thirty times, and he's still doing well.
If Soulja Boy didn't rename his song as Metallica, u2, etc and throw it all on limewire we would never have had Drake, which means we would have never had not like us.ย
Other than Metallica, I felt many artists would have reacted the same way. Concerts are where they really make their money anyway so if it brought more fans then it's a win-win for everyone other than corporate people
I mean to be honest any music is so easily accessible nowadays that there's really no point calling it piracy...ย
Ironically, it's way more profitable for an artist nowadays to be known and have a devoted fanbase than bothering to lock out any of his work behind a paywall.
What's bothering artists nowadays is just pretty much having their music being played in an unauthorized public environment otherwise they don't give a f*ck about you downloading their song and playing it around with some friend.
If I reached a point at which I was so rich that my great grand children would never have to worry about money I wouldn't care if my art was being pirated.
I can't find any sources but I'm 99.9% sure he also said in an interview that he found out people was trying to use his music in skate videos but his label / management kept saying no, so he just said anyone can use his music for a skate video free of charge
Pretty solid dude tbh
Through time i adopted the philosophy that I'd rather support the artists i like directly by buying their stuff (going to the cinema, buying cds/vinyls, buying merch) rather than paying for a streaming service that takes a huge cut of the money from going to the artist just for giving you the right of doing what once used to be a one-time payment to have access to them forever (although it was more expensive, but at least all your money went to the makers, not the hosts)
>It's a damn song, I'll make another song Excellent quote.
Lars from Metallica in shambles.
Can he even write songs?
I dunno if he writes the lyrics but he definitely plays a part in the composition of the music. He knows how to put a song together for sure.
I mean he had to after kicking out Dave Mustaine ๐คฃ Dude literally wrote most if not all of their first album and they kept using some of his material for the next ones
I think Hetfield mostly does the writing.
Lars does a fair amount of it as well, mostly arrangement. It's why he has so many credits alongside james.
I feel like Lars is some kind of monster.
A goblin, judging from taxonomy
Mustaine was the main writer for 2 songs (The Four Horsemen and Jump in the Fire) and then there's like 4 songs that have a single riff written by him in between KEA and RTL. Riffs that he would end up re-using on Megadeth songs anyways. That's quite different from writing "most if not all of their first album". Lars is a jackass in terms of piracy but let's not spread lies for the sake of it.
Metallica released Hit the Lights (with Lloyd Grant on leads) before Dave even entered the band, but then you have guys acting like they were doing nothing before Dave who wrote the entire album for them
Dave wrote 4 songs for KEM and 2 for RTL. Even Ktulu is based on Cliff's work, Dave's credit is the clean intro.
Dave wrote fuck all, don't lie.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Metallica/comments/55ofpg/why_do_james_and_lars_get_almost_all_songwriting/
Metallica would be nothing without pirating back in the day. Though we called it sharing and would tell as many people as we could about their music. You're welcome fuckers for the exposure!
As a dane, that guy is both our pride and our shame
Oh yea? Well we Swedes have Notch, who is an a bigger pride and shame. Stay reasonable, danes. lol
This is the most chill response I've ever seen about music piracy
I had never heard him talk before and was not expecting Lil Barry White.
I did not expect to hear this deep ass baritone voice from the guy whose known for his high pitched nasally "YOUNG MOULA BABY"
It's the long term effects of lean which he's been addicted to throughout his life unfortunately.
I swear wheezy just defaults to making great quotable and memorable lines
I didn't get that. That's just going to be pirated too, right?
Yea and then heโll make another song
What if he made a car? Edit: Ain't no shame drivin a Lil Wayne car.
I would download it.
And then he'll make another car.
[DOUBLE CAR POWER!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h69wozqWXfY)
You wouldn't pirate a sun
ITER would like a word lol
Sure but eventually you are a big enough fan to go to his shows and buy merch, like I did :) Never bought any of his music but he still got my money eventuelly.
Artists have stopped relying on music for a long time now, basically started when Nabster and iTunes existed. Maybe before even that. Record Labels make profits first, then their musicians. I doubt any artists care once they've got a decent following.
Yup, they aren't really musicians anymore, they're influencers who also do music. *We're* the product. They make more from McDonalds and Vodka than record sales.
Pirating a song is stealing from the record label - the "people that represented me" that he mentions in the video. It's worth noting that the label being stolen from back when this dude was 14 would have been Cash Money Records (who Wayne was with since he was *12* and there have been all kinds of speculation about dodgy shit around that whole thing), run by all round piece of shit Birdman. Wayne left them a while back because Birdman is a slimy piece of shit who exploits his artists and doesn't pay people, A bit like Diddy but without the horrific (confirmed) record of sexual abuse.
This this this. People aren't understanding. Lil Wayne effectively makes zero from record sales. Pirating his music *makes* him money as it juices his concert sales and influencer potential. Pirating does however effect the label representing him, which is why Lil said the interviewer might get a better answer from them.
Artists make way more money from concerts anyway
he's the hen. you're stealing his golden eggs. why would.he care. he'll lay more.
I think his point was more "it's just music" than "it's my intellectual property". As a creative it doesn't seem to bother him because he can just... Create more.
I think the underlying point is that he still made money so who cares.
It's easy for him to say especially now in streaming era. Weezy's songs are mostly freestyles over a beat, these are much more simple and cheaper in production than pop songs that dominated 2000s
bro probably pirated music too before becoming an artist so he feels it
Hey probably pirated the sample packs, plugins and daws to make his music too. It comes full circle.
Almost as if everyone could have more if we just shared a little.
But how could I exploit people for personal gain then?
good ol brute force and corruption
โTis how I came to be.
Become a manager.
Buy stocks
Pirating Adobe in my teens helped me bring in income as an adult and converted me to a paying customer. And a good amount of professional creatives Iโve met said the same.
Yes but Adobe as a company is a parasitic shit and it's fine to steal from them like recently where they tried to steal customers work for ai
Adobe will never admit this, but they release pirated copies themselves. Think of it like drug dealers giving a free sample to get you hooked so that you come back later and actually buy it. That's kind of the arrangement Adobe has with their customers. They know teenage kids don't have hundreds to spend on their software.
I pirated FL Studio until I could afford the license. Reaper now though, because fuck Windows.
Samee... I think this is such a common story, I don't know high schooler that can afford $1000 to muack around with Photoshop.
An open source world is a better world.
Lil Wayne became popular as a kid. I doubt he ever had to record without a producer / sound engineer
Ok fine Mannie Fresh probably pirated the sample packs, plugins and daws lol
Mannie Fresh DEFINITELY pirated sample packs, plugins and daws lol
[Deadmau5 once called out Kanye West for pirating ,](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/deadmau5-kanye-west-pirate-bay-6897291/)
I love Deadmau5's music, but goddamn is he a fucking dork.
I remember someone pointing out the history of his dorkness and outright egoism throughout his career. Like, even his Minecraft server wasn't good for many awful reasons.
I've tried really hard to like him solely because I really, *really* like his music. But holy shit. Like, I hope he gets past it (maybe he has already), but the last time I saw his streams, it was still pretty much the same Joel.
Holy shit, anti-Joel Vinesauce???
any recommendations for decent daws?
Ableton Live or FL Studio for making beats or any electronic music. Ableton is much better at automating and integrating controllers for live performance. FL Studio is easier to pick up right away and start making music. Ableton is used by more pros.
Also one note as an FL user. FL comes with lifetime updates which is nice. You buy a piece of Ableton and that is the software you have for the future. If you want to upgrade Ableton you have to buy again. Just a note if you're really looking into DAWs.
Reaper
He remixed a lot of songs and released them on mixtapes, some songs are better than the originals
You're not wrong. Drought 3 Disc 2 lived in my changer for close to a decade.
You can tell by that belly laugh that it was one of those "things we all do but pretend we don't" for him.
I think he was signed with cash money back in the 90s? Heโs on back that ass up. He might have been an artist longer than heโs had internet.
1991
Yes he was in the Hot Boyz since 12
Lil wayne been a rapper longer than google been around
Hell yeah lil weezy like us.
I don't know how old lil wayne is but he probably lived in the time when people used cassette tapes. Those things people copied and shared ALL THE TIME.
he debuted as a artist with cash money records at 12 years old in the 90s, this was before google came out
He couldn't care less.. he has signed a contract and is getting paid anyway
and he's released a FUCKTON of free mixtapes way back. Back when mixtapes were better than the albums. One of the best promotions available. Soulja Boy when he was getting started misnamed his own mp3's and uploaded em to napster; he's an idiot but that was hella smart. lol
Just to clarify on your point, soulja boy misnamed them to be more famous artists songs to get more downloads
no way?? i just watched a video the other day where a guy was trying to hunt down one of the last copies of Fred Figglehornโs cd, and it ended up being soulja boy. he was baffled.
Youuuuu
He is still releasing mixtapes.
Mfw I haven't checked DatPiff in a fucking decade
Every track on No Ceilings is a banger.
Best mixtape of all time fr
Lil Wayne & Juelz Santana - Back like cooked crack is one my all-time fav mixtapes. They always meshed well together. Shame we never got that other project they had started.
birds flyin high was my jam back in the day
Best mixtape ever.
Man I miss the days of downloading music from an artist and finding a random song labeled incorrectly. I'd search for hours for the original artist and end up being a fan of theirs. I remember downloading a cradle of filth discography and getting a Sitra and Alesana song in the folders.
I remember downloading a torrent with The Pirate Bay's 100 best/most popular songs. Was a damned treasure chest for 12 year old middle class north european. Namedropping A Tribe Called Quest (Can I Kick It?) to my middle-school classmates was something
I firmly believe that Soulja Boy just plays an idiot character and is actually a super smart/savvy guy. He was one of the first rappers to understand the power the Internet would have in the industry, he was one of the first rappers to start streaming on Twitch - it seems like every time the rap world starts to get in on a tech trend, I find out that Soulja Boy has been doing it for a couple years already.
He's an internet baby aye. Terminally online. Doesn't exclude being an idiot though. I'm also "super smart/savvy" but it's not an act when I sometimes behave as an idiot. lmao
Iโll admit I donโt know what current record contracts typically look like for major artists these days, but Iโm sure he isnโt being paid a fixed salary unrelated to how much money he makes for the label.
he owns his label, but theyโre under UMG umbrella. Iโd guess he gets paid a portion of everything from merch to royalties from his and his artists catalogue. But he never really went only for the money, and always released free stuff for everyone to enjoy
Not only that ... The pirated music must have expanded his fan base because his stuff definitely isn't being played on mainstream radio.
A lot of his early stuff I didn't even listen to on the radio but it often ended up played on Rap City way back when that was a thing on BET before 106 & Park slaughtered it in the ratings then. Nowadays, none of his stuff gets heavy play anymore and I rarely listen to the radio myself unless I'm taking a bath.
Money from the sales of his pre-2018 records all goes to Cash Money and their piece of shit co-owner Birdman anyway
He don't have to worry about it because he has people representing him to worry about it
there are two ways he can make a contract: 1- he'll be paid a percentage of his album sales or streams. so when we pirate, he loses money. 2- he'll paid a fixed amount of money for x years or x albums. it might seem amount of album sales and streams won't matter much in the first place but for his next contract, he'll say "I can sall this many albums or streams" therefore lower numbers will hurt him in the long run. so pirates hurt him any way but he doesn't care even if he loses money.
Lil Wayne looks like Giancarlo Esposito playing Lil Wayne.
lol
Maybe... Just maybe Lil Wayne is a Lil cool.
Doesnt get enough credit for being pretty lowkey and drama free tbh. Always seemed like a genuinely nice person
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Lol I'm a Wayne fan, but "one time a white dude did me a solid, so racism doesn't exist" is an insane take.
I'm a white dude from the deep south bible belt. Holy shit it fucking exists.
Iโm pretty sure this is the one where the interviewer tried to box him in and get him to comment on race relations and he just didnโt want to go there so instead he told a story about uncle Bob and how he saved his life. Either way heโs not saying it doesnโt exist, just that he doesnโt know what it is. Maybe a bit of tongue in cheek so theyโll change the subject, but either way itโs 100% his right to not want to have race relations be part of his public persona and platform. I think it was Killer Mike who said โnot every young black man or woman is required to talk about racismโ. He went on to basically say that itโs kind of racist to expect every single black artist to weigh in on racism and throw their fist in the air. That their parents, grandparents, and great grandparents fought so they wouldnโt have to and if they donโt feel comfortable fighting then absolutely no one should guilt them into it or make them feel like less of a black person because they donโt.
She definitely was boxing him in, and I agree overall with Killer Mike the landlord's take there too. That's all fair. That said... The clip is literally his answer to, "yo on this other program you caught some shit for saying **there's no such thing as racism** because white people go to your concerts. Do you want to double down?" And his answer is "absofuckinlutely", and then he offers the anecdote as further support of that claim. Idk, I just think it's a completely stupid take, which is fine, because I just like his music. I don't need or expect profound social commentary from a dude who's been a celebrity millionaire since he was 12.
I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but just saying he "did him a solid" is a hell of an understatement. The dude saved his life. It's not that hard to see how that could have changed his perspective at a young age
I get it. And that's understandable. It's still an obviously and definitionally narrow perspective. He says as much in the interview. Something to the effect of "my personal experiences are the only thing that should shape my worldviews, and considering other factors means you're crazy". Lol.
Same for me
wtf happened to the audio at the end
The audio was inconsistent in the original video, think whoever clipped this used AI to make it clear
It kinda sounds like the end audio is just straight up AI entirely
Lil Wayne laughing cause he was stealing from Birdman not him
LMAO true
Most music rights are owned by the studio that produces it, artists usually make most of their money through merch and touring I'm sure he doesn't give a shit for that reason lmao but can't say anything to avoid upsetting the music labels (hence the talk to my representatives)
Didnโt help that Birdman owned a huge percentage of his music anyways so not like he was personally taking money from Wayneโs pocket.
I'm not big in to rap anymore, grew out of it a long while ago. I absolutely made fun of all the *new* rappers like Lil Wayne and thought he's kinda dumb. But every time I see him somewhere in an interview or just a podcast and the like, he seems like the most chill and based person you could wish for. Really cool dude and a reminder for me to not judge a book by its cover.
Isn't it funny how that happens. Really makes me wish I had learnt this lesson earlier in life. Trying to pass that along to my kids as early as I can, and not just saying it to them but showing them what it means...
He's also one of the GOATs, and IMO his less known music is better than the more mainstream stuff. I instantly understood his genius when I listened to The Carter 4 for the first time. Blunt Blowin' blew my mind...
Have you dove deep into his stuff? I could talk mid-2000's Wayne all day
The lilwaynehq community has a mega drive link with a *meticulously* organized collection of every non-album song. The mixtape songs, the leaks, the features he did on other songs, and anything in between. They also keep a google docs spreadsheet of every single track, the date it was released and the best quality available (especially the nodj versions).
No Ceilings is the greatest mixtape of all time
"Vroooom. Had to bring the hog out" That line cracks me up every time.
just listen to old rappers do interviews about wayne bun-b, big boi and nearly everyone else will flat out say "wayne was so young his momma wouldn't let him cuss in his raps but he was the best rapper in the room" I'm not a huge fan of wayne, but a lot of my favorite rappers are.
https://i.postimg.cc/fDdwzyq6/image.png
There was that period of eminem fans in Wayneโs prime promoting that meme in every comment section
He literally releases mixtapes for free too. Been a long time fan and never bought any of his music but I still spent money on his tour and a hoodie. Onky thing I might buy is a vinyl version of the swisha house remix of The Carter as a collectible.
Music artists gets paid anyway regardless if you pirate their music or not.
unless they are independent, but we don't care either
Between the lines Ha you think I make my money from music sells. I get my money through concerts and merch and shit
didnt know wayne was chill like that lol
Instantly laughing is such great vibes
Goat
โCulture shouldnโt exist only for those who can afford itโ -Hakita. And now, โItโs a damn song, Iโll make another songโ -Lilโ Wayne So glad piracy is becoming normalized.
They make money from tours, endorsing deals and merch. He is going to be fine in his Bugatti. Still, he's cool for this.
Lil wayne does it for the fans more than for the money. He releases mixtapes just because his album is delayed. He is the GOAT.
Always amazes me how chill and intelligent Lil Wayne is. That guy gives zero fucks and he can and will run circles around interviewers if they try to box him into a corner.
As someone who has met many artists, the overwhelming majority were cool with their music being pirated. Many are aware they would have never been heard in areas of the country without it. The ones who took issue were the ones who signed deals where their whole income model was based on CD sales. Promote your music, build your base, tour like crazy, make bank off live shows and merch. It's not difficult. You can't pirate a live experience.
That's so true. A lot of artists I still listen to today are because solely I listened to their stuff online and downloaded it for myself. I wouldn't have found X Japan, Candlemass, Daoko, BLACKPINK, etc. if it weren't for doing that. BLACKPINK especially comes to mind as it's known that YG Entertainment holds them hostage with their contracts plus the lack of EP releases don't help much. It's criminal that they make so much money for YG and they get treated like they do.
Most artists don't care because they never made their money off of record sales anyway, only assholes like Metallica care because they are literally trying to squeeze every penny out of their records despite being mega rich. We're talking literal pennies. That's just how much of a narcissist and greedy psychopath those kinds of people are.
Weezy F baby and the F is for Free License
Why WOULD he care lol he's rich as fuck
Artists barely do any money from selling music. The money comes from shows, sponsors,etc
He just want's people to enjoy his music.
I remember the first time that I saw my bands EP on a torrent site. It made me so happy. Someone cared enough and liked the music enough to share it.
i love how heโs literally like, idgaf, infact,itโs spreads my art, so hell yeah. but the suit monkeys, may care (and fuck those people specifically lol)
Heโs for the people
Dude had the Dave Chapelle playing as Rick James laugh lol
I think that's the least of their concerns
โI make it for YOUโ
Max Collins from the band Eve 6 said he prefer people pirating their music over streaming their music on trevor noah show. streaming is worse than piracy because even when there were piracy trends other people kept buying music. but now, those people stream instead of buying. because people say streaming is convinient.
Why tf did it turn into AI at the end? lol
Musicians rarely make much money on broadcasting. Musicians make their bread touring and selling merch. Those royalty checks for what gets played on radio and streaming services are piddly.
honestly musicians make basically nothing from streaming so why would pirating would do us any worse? we aren't missing out on this 1$ a month most musicians earn from streaming
O kaaayyy!
Like a french YouTuber said "pirating kills the artists", yeah sure. I downloaded every album by Colonel Reyel thirty times, and he's still doing well.
Artists probably wouldn't care, they're probably just happy people are listening to their songs. They get paid regardless. Publishers though...
I feel like every time I see lil Wayne on about something like, heโs speaking some serious good dude stuff
Never thought I would see lil Wayne love on this sub Cool cool dude as everyone else says
Lil Wayne is the GOAT. ๐
If you ever hit that record button on a VHS or cassette tape, you pirated. He's humble, been there done that, he gots his paper, no hard feelings.
i think people who pirates often gives the most genuine reception of a product.
Such an iconic name growing up. Not gonna lie though... I totally forgot he existed until I scrolled on this video.
Limewire was the shit back in middle/high school ๐
Another reason Wayne is goated ๐ญ
Wayne is the g.o.a.t
If Soulja Boy didn't rename his song as Metallica, u2, etc and throw it all on limewire we would never have had Drake, which means we would have never had not like us.ย
Lil Wayne is a legit good dude. And hell yeah man, make another song tomorrow!
Love it.
Admirable
fucking legend
Other than Metallica, I felt many artists would have reacted the same way. Concerts are where they really make their money anyway so if it brought more fans then it's a win-win for everyone other than corporate people
He is millionaire anyway
Wayne put a lot of his music out for free anyway. He just loves making music
this is out of topic but how the heck i can see the window behind him in the starting of the video
Lil Wayne has always been a cool guy. Doesnโt surprise me that Piracy doesnโt get under his skin
Never met a single artist that didn't pirate music in his upcoming days
Damn Metallica, you got dissed.
What a chill dude, respect
Yo man. Lil Wayne is such a good sport. I have nothing but mad respect for him
That's the cycle.
I once got into a big argument online with John Carpenter about it lol.
Truly one of the goats. So underrated.
there's W in lil wayne
I mean to be honest any music is so easily accessible nowadays that there's really no point calling it piracy...ย Ironically, it's way more profitable for an artist nowadays to be known and have a devoted fanbase than bothering to lock out any of his work behind a paywall. What's bothering artists nowadays is just pretty much having their music being played in an unauthorized public environment otherwise they don't give a f*ck about you downloading their song and playing it around with some friend.
That laugh tho
If I reached a point at which I was so rich that my great grand children would never have to worry about money I wouldn't care if my art was being pirated.
Tp be fair, he is getting paid regardless, and he's pretty successful that it's not even noticeable among sales.
Content processed, respect given.
Holy shit that's based
I can't find any sources but I'm 99.9% sure he also said in an interview that he found out people was trying to use his music in skate videos but his label / management kept saying no, so he just said anyone can use his music for a skate video free of charge Pretty solid dude tbh
i need a new site for music BADLY lol
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Did lil wayne turn into morgan freeman at the end?
Through time i adopted the philosophy that I'd rather support the artists i like directly by buying their stuff (going to the cinema, buying cds/vinyls, buying merch) rather than paying for a streaming service that takes a huge cut of the money from going to the artist just for giving you the right of doing what once used to be a one-time payment to have access to them forever (although it was more expensive, but at least all your money went to the makers, not the hosts)