MeGaStReEt:

Michael Jackson signs Fernando Torres, Chris Samba and Bash Ali

nigerians as usual displaying their unique naievity , always concerned abt the glitters and hype but overlooking the nitty gritty,

when you are signed to a record label, it basically means having a platform, for the most important thing in music, DISTRIBUTION!!!! DISTRIBUTION!!!

no matter how popular tuface, psquare and the likes, most of their income comes from sponsorship, shows and adverts,
they make jack from record sales (piracy)

for example lil wayne(as huge as u guys think he is, is linked with baby, ) cash money was the label that inked a 30 million distribution deal with universal, he is the guy instrumental for more copies of lil wayne to be pushed out there to the stands for sale,
if you have a good record label, your career would excel, (ask rihana and how jay-z helped her get her feet)

akon probably has some distribution deal somewhere in the states, also has the experience with the US market and probabbly europe, AND IF TRUE , IT IS A GOOD DEAL FOR SOMEONE LIKE TUFACE, WHO I FEEL NEEDS EXPOSURE TO THE US MARKET FOR ACTUAL ALBUM SALES AND HE COULD MAKE IT IN THE US, (i dont know abt psquare and their LMFAO routine and how it might sit with the american audience)

instead, we are here talking about big boy and who is oga(typical shortsighted mentality)

also, the dbanj deal wit GOOD music was legit, they actually signed a contract, (but no 1 knows what exactly were the terms)

another example, bow wow signed with lil waynes young money, (bow wow has been in the game longer than lilwayne, and has sold more records overall) purely for a business end , not ego,


finally, talking about wiz-kid, i asked the same question somebody raised on this forum, what would happen with his contract with EME records, was banky (AKA juggernaut head) W bought out,
this just dont seem right

Uyi Iredia:

This confirms that Nigerian musicians are 'small boys' compared to their American counterparts.

Anybody wey snap picture with foreign artiste, dem go say dey don sign am. Faze snap with Akon, dem say Akon don sign am. Don jazzy and D'banj snap picture with kanye west & jay z, people say dey don sign am. Now Akon don snap with Tuface & wizkid, the same people don start to dey wind the mouth again.

kobikwelu:

nigerians as usual displaying their unique naievity , always concerned abt the glitters and hype but overlooking the nitty gritty,

when you are signed to a record label, it basically means having a platform, for the most important thing in music, DISTRIBUTION!!!! DISTRIBUTION!!!

no matter how popular tuface, psquare and the likes, most of their income comes from sponsorship, shows and adverts,
they make jack from record sales (piracy)

for example lil wayne(as huge as u guys think he is, is linked with baby, ) cash money was the label that inked a 30 million distribution deal with universal, he is the guy instrumental for more copies of lil wayne to be pushed out there to the stands for sale,
if you have a good record label, your career would excel, (ask rihana and how jay-z helped her get her feet)

akon probably has some distribution deal somewhere in the states, also has the experience with the US market and probabbly europe, AND IF TRUE , IT IS A GOOD DEAL FOR SOMEONE LIKE TUFACE, WHO I FEEL NEEDS EXPOSURE TO THE US MARKET FOR ACTUAL ALBUM SALES AND HE COULD MAKE IT IN THE US, (i dont know abt psquare and their LMFAO routine and how it might sit with the american audience)

instead, we are here talking about big boy and who is oga(typical shortsighted mentality)

also, the dbanj deal wit GOOD music was legit, they actually signed a contract, (but no 1 knows what exactly were the terms)

another example, bow wow signed with lil waynes young money, (bow wow has been in the game longer than lilwayne, and has sold more records overall) purely for a business end , not ego,


finally, talking about wiz-kid, i asked the same question somebody raised on this forum, what would happen with his contract with EME records, was banky (AKA juggernaut head) W  bought out,
this just dont seem right