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Travis Scott on Being an “Album Artist”: “I Don’t Really Do Singles”
“I don’t try to make [music] for anybody else.”
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Atlantic Records Has Reportedly Called Albums “Mixtapes” to Avoid Fairly Compensating Producers
“They didn’t treat it like it was an album, which is just their way of not paying me a whole lot.”
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Timbaland Explains the Danger in Producers Trying to Predict “Hit” Records
“The beauty of a hit is not knowing it’s a hit.”
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Joey Bada$$’s Debut Mixtape ‘1999’ Will Be Added to Streaming Services
“I’ve heard the prayers.”
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Nipsey Hussle Partnered with Atlantic Records to Get to the “Next Level”
“We wasn’t gon’ fold to get there.”
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Old Man Ebro Not Sounding That Old, Calls Out Rap Fans Who Complain About Lyrics
“What about the actual musical components that turn these lyrics into the pictures and the vivid feelings?”
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DJ Premier on His Hip-Hop Relevancy: “I Refuse to Be One of Those Old Someones”
“Everything I do is in a New York state of mind.”
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Def Jam Rapper on the Perks of Signing with a Major: “I Done Met So Many Celebrities”
“I would never be able to reach those people without Def Jam.”
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Vince Staples Reminds Everyone that “Pop” Has Two Meanings
“Pop means popular.”
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“Stay Independent”: Juicy J Explains Why Artists Should Avoid Major Labels
“You can just keep all the money in the house.”
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Cardi B Just Set Another Hot 100 Record & Nobody Should Be Surprised
We’re less than two weeks away from the end of the year, but Cardi B isn’t done making history in 2017.