Prince was saying this 40yrs ago

@Riqsuav1

6 ай бұрын

DMX and Nas both had convos with him about that!! And He told Nas if u dont own yours, we cant do a song together...

This why I always fucked with Dame not only are he speaking facts he breaks it down 💪💯

This is why the Lox was so upset with Puff, calling him a coward and a thief

@antione

9 ай бұрын

Self accountability has to come into play at some point. No one is forcing these acts to sign these contracts. You can make all these melodies and words rhyme but you can’t read simple text.

@bensalah1

9 ай бұрын

​@@antioneAnita Baker almost went to legal proceedings to have hers back when it should've been returned. Sometimes, it is just that way.

@samuelpemberton

9 ай бұрын

@@antioneSorry no. Predatory business pick on people that don’t know anything on purpose. Puffy is liar, a cheater, and pos. People like him is why the world so fucked up, “I don’t have to do right by people so I won’t”

@richardcallender5531

8 ай бұрын

​@antione back then you couldn't do it independent. No social media and KZread to promote. Selfnaccountsbility? Greed is greed

@solarpanel8195

8 ай бұрын

​@@antionecome on son.... we aallllll know these dudes were being finessed for their masters... yes, every artist should stay independent and ride that long road but sometimes, I know EVERYONE guna say ohhhh I wouldn't tho ...but SOMETIMES, even the STRONGEST ppl succumb to PEER PRESSURE ...when u got goddamn puffy n other record execs blowing smoke up ur ass talking all smooth , VERY FEW ppl would be like "naaaa....sounds good but ima hold out Puff." Lmao. Yes its the right move, but ppl use their power/influence to put blinders on the best of us.... thankfully tho ppl Are learning Early now.

The record companies don't care about the loan money. The masters is the money 💰 that keeps on making money.

@puppetmaster706

9 ай бұрын

He should’ve gotten all of their Masters. Look what they did to him. If he had Jay’s, Kanye’s, and Cam’s Masters he’d be worth hundreds of millions or more.

@AfroPick82

9 ай бұрын

​@@puppetmaster706That's all Negro'Jew'Pean predatorial music business tactics. Same BS that even Berry Gordy & Motown was on

@AG-xt6ei

9 ай бұрын

He shoulda been more business minded and less of a big mouth

@thadonjuan2339

8 ай бұрын

​@@AG-xt6eiyou sound dumb

@thadonjuan2339

8 ай бұрын

We know that, he's saying they shouldn't and that it's wrong.

Dame a GOAT FOR THAT say what u want about him

This is why I fuckz wit Dame, he is a real stand up dude.

Moral of the story: go independent and don’t sign a shitty contract for an advance!

@thekingofisrael4460

7 ай бұрын

How many successful independent artist do you know? It's an anomaly and it's nonexistent

@mikelew415

6 ай бұрын

@@thekingofisrael4460 Then don’t be a rapper do something different with your life 💯🫡

@thekingofisrael4460

6 ай бұрын

@@mikelew415 You still didn't answer the question. You made a statement about independence so,how many successful independent rap artists are there? I'll wait!!

@mikelew415

6 ай бұрын

@@thekingofisrael4460 All depends on what do you consider a “successful” rapper and why do you consider them successful

@thekingofisrael4460

6 ай бұрын

@@mikelew415 Clearly you have comprehension problems. So peace

Dame has alway stood up for what was right!! Probably didn't have the right delivery but intentions are alway good!

@solarpanel8195

8 ай бұрын

Facts. Never once been a slimeball....n that's precisely why he will never be a billionaire... if anyone thinks u get billions by "working hard" they stupid af . Dame is the perfect guy to lead like an off grid revolution but he's been brainwashed to Only Know how to exist in That world... when really That business world HAAAATES honest businessmen like him

@dual_KODACHIS

8 ай бұрын

Revisionist history

@donatta1857

8 ай бұрын

​@dual_KODACHIS what's revisionist about what Dame said?

@dual_KODACHIS

8 ай бұрын

@@donatta1857 I’m talking about when people say “dame always stood up for what’s right” very much not true. Look up his situation with Curren$y.

@zavierwhitfield8868

7 ай бұрын

Nothing he robbed the funk volume artist the same way very hypocritical

I love and respect DD he is honorable soul ❤

It baffles me how artists don’t think about this in their contracts. The artwork is the collateral the record companies hold to lend you the money. I learned that while I was in H.S the play is to put in clauses of performance or the masters is 51/49% split between artist and company. If your project out performs projections then you get more % of ownership. So that project can be 90/10 or if it flops it swings the other way. But the record companies prey on the less educated artist.

@Ur504Cuban

9 ай бұрын

It's the money that's offered up front, some people bite cause that's more than they seen at one time. I have friends that done music and that big check looks good when you used to 20-30k a year.

@samgunz1

9 ай бұрын

They be so hungry to get on.. they only care about the surface level of what they perceive as a "come up"

@kanayomadu9914

9 ай бұрын

Well, yeah, but the thing is to understand that the record contract is a rate of return contract. You couldn't have those variable percentages depending on performance because the company at the top of the food chain needs certainty before advancing money. Remember that, by law, the masters still revert to the artist after 35 years.

@kanayomadu9914

9 ай бұрын

The thing is de-risk oneself as an artist by having some level of success before signing with a label. That's what gives leverage at the negotiating table. And then, in addition to performance clauses, one can insert a time period much earlier than the 35 years, for the masters to revert.

@mazzb305

9 ай бұрын

The music business is predatory and relies on a young, ignorant, easily exploitable flow of young talent as it's lifeblood and has for decades.

Kids, that's why I always say the most important classes in school are reading and math. 🤣🤣🤣

@garrettgrier8390

8 ай бұрын

Only two classes you need if you can’t read and comprehend you’re dead out here and math was my favorite subject came natural teacher didn’t even have to teach me cause I could read and comprehend it’s self explanatory

@neanam

8 ай бұрын

What's so funny?

The thing about it is don't take the loan but they put the loan on you anyway that's why people should be independent and stay independent

Ye is purely truthful to the point where it's really scary

@mateohodge6998

7 ай бұрын

No hes not he's confused

@lhhsthomasf

7 ай бұрын

@@mateohodge6998he been right about everything so far especially diddy and the Jews. 🤷🏿‍♂️

"God is Master"... 🙏🏾

@gopherwd8607

7 ай бұрын

What? We talking about music masters. Artist that create should own their masters and receive compensation for it not the distributors.

Its like a bank loan, the banks charge you "interest/principal " toward a mortgage...after you pay that "interest/principal" you own your home...So yes the artist should get their masters back because the labels are definitely charging interest and principal...yes they put the money upfront but they are making that money plus "interest" from that artists....they are making double off the artists. Prince was right.

They keep your collateral after paying off your loan. It's ludicrous

@jcmorton899

9 ай бұрын

No its not. The record company took on ALL the risk so they are entitled to a disproportiate share of the reward. You know how many artists never make a return??? A lot! If you want to be owner then go fund and market your own damn record. You think the artists pay back the shortfall if they dont sell??

@009Daft600

9 ай бұрын

@@jcmorton899exactly

@009Daft600

9 ай бұрын

If 20artists i sign fail and 1 makes it, and i only get my return back on 1 of them and nothing more, how do you expect the business to work?

@BrendanGFoster

9 ай бұрын

@@009Daft600 how are the other 19 artists failing the one successful artists fault/problem?

@myvipmailbox

9 ай бұрын

​@BrendanGFoster your last post proves you have zero understanding of business. You are only looking at the artists perspective. Not the business that fronted a TON of money. Not saying it's fair, but it makes business sense.

That was deep. I bet there would never be music made if they knew they would be made a slave.

@robertmuhammad3970

9 ай бұрын

Are they still making music we are slaves to our desires money is a means to fulfill their desires

Dame da Realest nigga said it before

Dame speak facts

@DaFactsNoNonsense1713

9 ай бұрын

no he doesn't = he literally owns apart of "Reasonable Doubt" right now & tried to sell it without Jay-Z/Biggs permission = Dame's broke, jealous of Jay-Z & so delusional he can't remember any of his MANY lies

@activistbook3809

9 ай бұрын

How ?! Jay was never his artist

@solarpanel8195

8 ай бұрын

​@@activistbook3809did he say he was?

@charismaticrell4206

8 ай бұрын

⁠@@activistbook3809 right they were equal jay put up 90,000$ to start Rockafeller records

@activistbook3809

8 ай бұрын

@@charismaticrell4206 not quite … but that’s my point he was never his artist they were partners Biggs put up most of money- rumoured 500k but Jay definitely spend a lot money funding the shows and cds etc so I could believe the 90k number

Imagine you get a loan for your car, pay off the loan, but the car still isn't yours. That's what these advances are like in the music industry.

@marcelojorame4180

8 ай бұрын

Perfect analogy. Well said mf!

@VirtuousWoman1143

7 ай бұрын

CRAZY😂😂😂😂

@anitrustgga9870

7 ай бұрын

Bc they aren't buying the car, they are leasing it. Once they repay the loan, they get another loan for another car

THATS RIGHT DAME SPEAK THT TRUTH✅🤔

Dame Dash is extremely blunt and humble person glad he broke it down

@WalkingWallet

8 ай бұрын

Humble??🤔

Music industry business 101...by Professor Damon Dash at a university near you (or YT University).

HE LITERALLY HAS A THIRD OF REASONABLE DOUBT MASTERS. ITS WHY THERES NEVER ANY ANNIVERSARIES FOR RD BUT IT SOUNDED GOOD.

Dame dash knows exactly what he's talking about

@deb6659

6 ай бұрын

The Truth is revealed at KevRow University Live

The 2 main people talking but still owe their artists money.

Much respect to Dame for exposing these companies in the music industry.

Record companies aren’t there to lose or break even they gotta make a profit

They should own their masters this is why it needs to be specifically stated in the contract they at some point they should retain their masters

Dame is funny he sold all his rocafella rights to def jam including the masters That’s why he doesn’t own any masters Why didn’t you give Jayz your percentage of his reasonable masters when he offered you money and rocafella ownership for it?

@znhait

9 ай бұрын

That’s not what happened. They did a 50/50 deal with Def Jam. Now, he’s definitely not telling the whole truth-Jay was an owner, so he would always get a big percentage of his masters-but he definitely didn’t rob his artists.

@blacktruck5000

9 ай бұрын

Dame saying his artist but I thought he Jay z and Biggs owned the company together

@iamrysheem

9 ай бұрын

Just z does own his master tho. Reasonable he owns a 1/3 part. His other masters Def Jam gave back when he was president allegedly. Also the way its set up they all own a 1/3 of the company and the company owns reasonable doubt not any of the personally. Which is why dame cant actually sell his part.

@jaywaller4151

9 ай бұрын

​@@iamrysheemSantana wasn't dame artist cam was Santana was cam artist.

@boricuafrican1

9 ай бұрын

​@blacktruck5000 they did but Jay was also an artist on the label too

🔥🔥🔥 interview!!!

But jay wasnt dames artist is what dame dont seem to understand almost 30 years later it was him, biggs n jigga who went in 3 ways to start rocafella just bought the most to the table cause he was making the records the talent .

This is the problem with Dame he keeps calling Hov his artist when Hov co-owned the label.

@MrRiq29

9 ай бұрын

Super facts 😅😅😅😅😅

@justinperry2352

9 ай бұрын

He was his manager too.

@NegronJL1

9 ай бұрын

Let it go, Dame dropping gems about Masters. He and Master P were way ahead of the game. Prince too, but different genre.

@MrRiq29

9 ай бұрын

@@NegronJL1 i believe master p sold his masters

@2waybklyn752

9 ай бұрын

He has yet to let the fall out between him and Jay really go he can't seem to move forward he still acts a d speaks as if Jay did something foul to him. When honestly I think the break up of the roc was due to dame going behind Jay back and. Trying to make killa president or some shit of the roc after jay went on vacation I think that was the straw that broke backs and broke up the roc kill had just got there dame over looked bleek plus he was known to be load and yelling in meetings and in people offices he was getting on people nerves

Why does he keep referring to jay as his artist 😂

@boricuafrican1

9 ай бұрын

Jay was an artist on Rocafella

@thearrogantpupil1770

9 ай бұрын

@@boricuafrican1 🤣🤣. That’s funny, an insult and dames way to try an diminish jay. If dame was able to replicate success with other artists I would respect the reference but we know he never did.

@activistbook3809

9 ай бұрын

@@boricuafrican1 😂🤣

@samantha-br7hh

9 ай бұрын

Yaw was Roc A Fella idiot. He owned the company@@boricuafrican1

@user-hb4xr7ky1z

9 ай бұрын

He definitely did with Kanye everybody dame signed sold records from Kanye to cam

"to STAY THE MASTER" - That's what this "A.Dream" experiment has always been about. Like Ye, things he says, or not, he's one of a very few who is not afraid to speak truth. #FearlessSoul Always read the fine print - Never shake hands with the devil. Never give up your freedom. #BeYourOwnMaster

"My artist" is wild

@kpbravo

9 ай бұрын

they are his artist lmaooo thats how any music exec talks

@marnik261196

9 ай бұрын

​@@kpbravoJay put hundreds on Roc A Fella, he was co-owner,. The other artist, I don't know

@MrRiq29

9 ай бұрын

​@@kpbravojay is his partner he can't own jay masters 😂😂😂

@MrRiq29

9 ай бұрын

​@@marnik261196facts

@CustomFitted

9 ай бұрын

That was Dame's problem right there lol

Dame got something cooking RN

The only problem is that they weren't just his artist, he had 2 other partners

No business loans out money to get back the same amount .. but it's good that this convos are out there .. knowledge is power , and with that power you can negotiate

Didn’t Kanye sign Big Sean to one of the worst contracts in the music industry? Why doesn’t he just payback Big Sean, if he cares so much about artists?

@HoodPsychoP3dia

9 ай бұрын

He did you late ⏰

@samgunz1

9 ай бұрын

​@hoodcyclopedia if he did, he did it eventually... they were beefing about that for a min

@obakengtaje1759

9 ай бұрын

Yep, Dame fought so hard for him to have his masters but he failed to pass it on by doing the same for Big Sean

@northwing3416

9 ай бұрын

No! Big Sean before the deal was penniless. After the deal millions, that’s a bad deal?

@NicotineRosberg

9 ай бұрын

Big Sean is wack

Can you imagine him with out knowing Jay humm

Say what u like, at the end of it all....DAME SEEMS TO BE THE #REALEST NIGGA DOING IT.🤷🏿‍♂️

@jaa534

9 ай бұрын

Doing what exactly??? No one wants to do business with him, and his reputation is ruined. Only you spectators that don’t know how business works are co signing his big headed behavior. Y’all hate how corporate America works so bad that y’all will exclude yourself from it with no connections or money movement.

@ianwilson4483

9 ай бұрын

@@jaa534Dame doesn’t kiss corporate America’s ass. Neither should you.

@samantha-br7hh

9 ай бұрын

Realest N**ga for doing nothing but yapping about Jay Z interviews??? Did this blackaty black revolutionary pay his child support to his white/indian mixed baby mama??

I totally agree with dame on this..

Roc fella documentary is gonna be epic just on the business side of it

Dame: "Damn, i should have kept them masters."

Salute to Dame

It's like holding title to a car.

Doesn’t Dame own a piece of Reasonable Doubt?

@iamrysheem

9 ай бұрын

The difference is Hov owns them as well. They collectively own that as the owners of the label. If hov is mad he did a deal with himself he would only have himself to blame.

@ritzkola2302

9 ай бұрын

Hov ain’t mad. Hov ain’t doing a trillion interviews about Dame. Dame doing a trillion interviews about Hov. Hov offered to pay Dame for his portion of reasonable doubt and Dame refused.

@pandabear1576

9 ай бұрын

@@iamrysheemdon’t Dame and Biggs just own the name that they can use for merch? I thought Jay got the masters for that album back

@macewbee

9 ай бұрын

He sold it years ago

@radarinfinite1032

9 ай бұрын

He does. The funny thing is Jay only wanted reasonable doubt masters and was going to leave everything else to Dame and Co but Dame refused

The masters is for the loan and the look.

I strongly agree 💯🙏

I agree with Dame but I also understand business and In business you don’t do it to break even. So when u pay back the loan the label should still get a percentage a fair one that is negotiated by artist and label. That’s fair business in my eyes

Dame the realest in the industry

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Damn your so rich in so many ways

Like slave masters!! Crazy terminology and real meaning😮

They'll NEVER talk about the spiritually binding contracts and the agenda to interrupt your ability to transfer/pass along generational wealth... 😅

Gotta get it in the contract gotta get ownership in writing and publishing

When he not talking about Jay z he really be saying great stuff

@juombe

9 ай бұрын

They always ask him about Jay Z, and he responds, to the point where he's so tired of the interviert asking him about Jay-Z.

Ain't nothing like writing your own lyrics even when people take my ideas it doesn't bother me I'm Gemini and I never run out of ideas they constantly run threw my head anything that was took from me I'll just double back with something else I been going threw this all my life!

Can you imagine Dame Dash going a year without mentioning Jay-Z? 😂😂😂😂

@lwrncjms

8 ай бұрын

They keep brining him up in all of Dame's interviews

Master is like calling it a slave master

I know it doesn’t mean much but thank you for saying that. I’m so tired of seeing artists getting played by the labels and it never changing 🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️❤️💯

Dmx been saying that

FACTS, big bro, DAME DASH real one.

Dame the real one

BADA BING BADA BOOM!

Dame speaking facts

It’s like getting the title for the car after you’ve made all the payments

It's not a loan it's an investment. You want to be your own master invest in yourself .

Irv gotti just don't give fuck🤦🏽. Sold everyone's masters

@activistbook3809

9 ай бұрын

So did Dame … remember?

According to the labels, they haven't made a red cent on ANY artists. They havent made a dime but they are still in business

Straight up they owe

“If I would put myself in harms way to get my masters. They would put themselves in harms way to stay the master.” Reminds me of Dave Chappell story about 3 card monty and he got duped for his money so he tried to warn another guy. To which he was almost beaten up but the man gave him a word of advice instead. He said “Never get in between a man and his meal.” Dave also said “taking away a man’s livelihood is akin to killing him.” So having the masters of the artist IS LITERALLY THESE PEOPLE’S LIVELIHOOD. Although it’s slimy and wrong and clearly taking advantage of someone, they still do it. Even if their was a split ownership of the masters where the artist owns the greater percentage after paying back the borrowed money that would be better at least a lot more fair.

Dame is that guy no snake

Remember though you signed on that dotted line. We can discuss the morals of holding peoples masters from them but you signed the deal you can’t complain now.

Teach!

Industry rule #4080…

The masters are with Defjam

Crazy how Dame will say "don't ask me any questions about 'him'" on some weirdo shit then spends half an interview talking about"him" 😂😂😂😂😂

That's what Prince was talking about

That’s why prince told DMX GET Your master - it’s how you get out !!! 😂😂😂

Dame is definitely a real Gee period 💯

Jay wouldn't work with him if he kept Jay's master. Jay was already a millionaire when he got into the game, he fronted his own money for promo, clips, producers and such.

Dash my G.

Trust Nobody - 2Pac

Make sense but just not how 98% of record executives feel. Smh

💯

Prince spoke about this year's

💯 no cap 😮😮😮

Preach

if if was the fifth, we'd all be drunk.

There will always be a debate over masters. Just be a master debater to get your masters back.

That's why I felt bad for Mase how Diddy did him. Yeah, he gave it back to him and all the rest of the artists he had, but I feel like Mase's not going to make as much money with his master's like how Diddy was making millions from them, there's gotta be another reason why he gave them back and I'm not talking about from the kindness his heart, but at least he gave them back. But if you look at DMX and see how much he made for Def Jam, they should have been gave him back his master's. I want to know if LL Cool J went through that too.

Any artist should put that in the contract before signing a deal .

Dame is absolutely right 💯

No Dame, you couldn't get the masters... It's public knowledge you tried

@renneedwards9826

9 ай бұрын

Laughs in Jay! 👀💅🏾😅

@falaahblackwell1535

8 ай бұрын

You probably never seen Dame in person, and you wanna comment on his personal life..

I say once u double or triple the loan for the albums. The artist should get the masters back. So the artist can make money off their masters too.

Bars

💯 💯 💯

I had somebody that was going to invest with me they told me 450,000 mind you right now I'm sitting on 180000 on sold copies alone I think I'll just stay independent

Facts 💯