A basic shopping list of all the essential things you need to take your career from the basement of your mama's house straight to 106th and Park.
5. Jewelry
Even if this was the 80's this would be a requirement.
Per Kanye West "It's in a black person's soul to rock that gold" -- Kanye West(Diamonds Are For Ever)
| There has however been an evolution from the basic dookie rope and 5 finger rings of that bygone era. |  |
| To this.... How far is too far? Ridiculous? Yes. Necessary? Absolutely. |  |
4. Lack of financial responsibility
You must be able to spend money like it grows on trees. Even if you have to pay back your advance, don't own your publishing rights, you only get $.30 per album sold and you need to sell at least 5 million albums or you'll be in debt for the rest of your life. So what? You shouldn't concern yourself about that until you DON'T sell 5 million albums.
| In the mean time make it rain..... |  |
| Seriously, what's the worst that can happen? |  |
3. A Sidekick
No, not the phone, even though for a while it was almost a requirement.
| I mean this kind of sidekick... You know a robin to your batman, a hype man, somebody who you try to put on, that will never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever be half as good as you. |  |
| Note.... This doesn't always have to be a single person, it can be a group ....Or an entire label that you started. |  |
2. A background in sales
You have to be able to sell the public anything.
| If you've sold cars, shoes, clothes or crack you're on the right path. You can't get people to buy your album if you can't get them to repeat lines like this with enthusiasm.... |  |
| "I'm a venereal disease like a menstrual bleed Through the pencil and leak on the sheet of the tablet In my mind 'cause I don't write shit, 'cause I ain't got time 'cause my seconds, minutes, hours go to the all mighty dollar And the all mighty power of that ch, ch, ch, ch chopper Sister, brother, son, daughter, father mothafuck a coppa Got the Maserati dancin' on the bridge pussy poppin' Tell the coppers hahahaha you can't catch 'em, you can't stop 'em I go by them goon rules if you can't beat 'em then you pop 'em You can't man 'em then you mop 'em, You can't stand 'em then you drop 'em, You pop 'em 'cause we pop 'em like Orville Redenbacher!! Motherfucker I'm ill" |  |
1. An arrest record
What you get arrested for is almost irrelevant.
What is important is that you try to get arrested whenever the buzz around you starts dying down.
Think of it like this....an arrest = media coverage = interest in you = more sales.
| Do that and you can be like this guy.... |  |
| Or this guy... |  |
| Or this guy... |  |
| Or this guy... |  |
| Or this guy... |  |
| Or this guy... |  |
| Hell, maybe even like this guy.... |  |
