Damn, what a title and so far I’m feeling this shit.
Download: Mick Boogie, Rick Ross & Big Boi – Sothernplayalisticmaybachmusic
You Know ya boy 50 gonna hate on this. You know why? Because the beat is serious business, it’s got Rick Ross on it, and it’s gonna get madd spins on the airwaves.
Well, I guess the law will always win. Officer Ricky.
Download: @mp3/masspike_miles_ft_rick_ross_smoke_bulga__we_made_it__%28prod_by_twice_as_nice%29.mp3">Masspike Miles Feat. Rick Ross & Smoke Bulga – We Made It
I must admit, 50 Cent just cannot stop Rick Ross. Hate him or love Officer Ricky, the dude is doing such a great job of dropping hot tracks and videos that people want to listen to. This video is probably the coolest video, except for the part with Diddy jumping around singing on Auto-Tune. Imagine being on the video set with him actually trying to sing, or lip-synching. That must’ve been awkward. Nevertheless, no music video without a proper advertising set for Ciroc will be explored by… The All Powerful Diddy.
Anything that Jeezy is on, I’m posting. I don’t give a shit if it got Officer Ricky on it or not.
Download: Triple C’s feat. Young Jeezy & Rick Ross – Everyday
That’s it guys. I wrote a blog about the artist record sales money breakdown a couple of weeks ago. Peep it: http://www.thedurtyversion.com/2009/04/29/rick-ross-and-his-158000-album-sales-lets-do-the-math/
Back to the scheduled program. What do you do when you sell 158,000 albums in your first week? Me? I usually double that dough in a cool week or so. As for “Munkey”, Officer Ricky? Well, he waddles his fat ass all the way to China town and cops fake Louis Vuitton sun glasses. Later he accepts a photo shoot from XXL magazine which will display on the May cover of the prominent magazine to show of his cheap sun shades.
Awesome! Aren’t you glad that super “rich” rappers can’t afford the real shit? Well, we know readers of ‘the durty version’ can cop the real shit, cause they chip game nicer than grandmothers. Lol. Lloyd Banks! As for a reference: http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=46026
The letter from the one and only, Michael D. Pantalony, Esq. I love it how the lawyer gets to the point and just plays him.
Let’s get this straight guys. Topping the billboard 200 for your first week in sales is sorta big, but let’s talk about relation. 158,000 sales is really, really weak compared to what people used to sell back in the day! I got this handy little book over here called, “All You Need To Know About The Music Business”, by Donald S. Passman. It basically breaks down the music industry, and is the bible for mostly everyone in the recording industry. Let’s talk about money. Most CD’s cost about $9.99. Right now Rick Ross’ album sells for $11.49 as CD and $8.99 as a MP3 download. How royalties are calculated…. Well for the most part some awesome artists get 10 points for royalties. I would not imagine that Rick Ross even at his third album was able to negotiate a more aggressive deal than this. So let’s do the math, there is usually a 25% packaging fee that the record company recoups from the artist for pressing the CDs.
Retail CD: $11.49 (current cost at Amazon)
Less: Packaging (25% of $11.49): –$2.87
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Royalty Base: $8.62 (Retail minus the 25% the record company is owed)
Let’s just assume that Rick Ross got a 15% Royalty. 15% of $8.62 is $1.29 per every CD sold. 158,000 (album sales) * $1.29 = $204,294.00. This is how much money Rick Ross would have made if he got a 15% Royalty. While that may seem good, I already told you, I seriously doubt Rick Ross gets even 10% a royalty. The sad fact is that his royalty is more or less around 7.5% to 8.5%. So back to the mathematics
8.5% of $8.62 is $0.73
158,000 * $0.73 = $115,766.60 (his first week income)
About a month or so ago, 50 Cent exposed Rick Ross’ chip game and showed the kid is in the red already based on his life style. So even if the kid may a note fifteen in his first week, I bet at least 30% of that has to go back to the record company for advancements. Let’s not forget how much is owed to his featured artists!
What I really want to know is why he keeps calling himself, “Boss”? Shots FIRED!!!
50 Cent is a goddamn comedian in disguise. He’s cut this nigga running through Walmart talking bout, “Bawse”. Shit is madd funny. You gotta see this shit when he gets down with the ho-down dance. Lol.
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Damn Ross. You dun put Ja Rule on a track with you. Wow. You were doing alright by your own damn self. The only thing I like about this is the fact that The Game is on it, and the beat is damn fire.
Rick Ross is most definitely pushing his album in a hard way, and it seems like he is doing the right thing. He’s got a high definition video called Deeper Than Rap. Reminds me of the Wire with lil pookie; some young dope boys with a strong initiative to make it happen; but it’s supposed to be young Ross (yea right). Little yungin’ playing video games talking to his dope boy brother, meanwhile he comes in and get clapped. Little one is spared by some Ol G. I can sense the vengeance building.
The video is actually quite original as an idea for the beginning of a rap album. After seeing this, I feel slightly more confident that Rick might be able to market his album enough to get some sales and disappoint 50 Cent. I mean, he only has Rik Cordero who did the video and the shit is real as hell.