The Real Hip Hop 25/8 366 You Do The Math
Throughout Deck’s career, whether it was beside his fellow Wu-Tang brethren or in a solo-capacity, he is as adamant today about his culture and pushing the creative envelope as he was before Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers became an epic masterpiece; hence the formation of CZARFACE, a new collaborative project with underground icons 7L & Esoteric. With rap fans again craving more substance and less polish, Deck realizes there is a tangible shift taking place.
With a working history that dates back nearly as far as Wu-Tang’s, 7L & Esoteric are undisputedly Boston and underground hip-hop royalty. CZARFACEoffered the duo an opportunity to pick up where they left off over a decade ago with Inspectah Deck, as he joined them on the title track to their reveredSpeaking Real Words EP (1999). Deck says. “Speaking Real Words is one of the many reasons we are now CZARFACE. After doing that song, it was only right we collaborated on a project to cater to the millions of fans that still support hip-hop from the underground."
you can expect nothing less then top notch production and rewind worthy lyricism from CZARFACE. "We are CZARFACE because they know our faces and they know us for being dope rhyme suppliers, like Tony Montana we are known for our balls and our word; lyrically we will conquer the world and everything in it” states Deck. Esoteric explains further, “CZARFACE is a vigilante, anti-hero character who serves as the face of the project, and his focus is on annihilating the media darlings that the mainstream caters to.”
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| Heard On Sunday Nights On SiriusXm Channel 44 10pm-12am Est/Catch The Rebroadcast Friday Mornings 4am Est Host DJ Eclipse & Cohost Torae 100% Uncut HipHop Born in Providence, RI, DJ Eclipse is a renowned hip hop DJ whom began spinning records in 1985 after moving to Columbia, SC. In 1992, he moved to New York to produce MC Serch’s (3rd Bass) sophomore album. Eclipse was given the opportunity to fill in for Stretch Armstrong on his weekly radio show, and later for Mayhem on WNYU. In 1994, working at Wild Pitch Records in retail promotion, Eclipse met Sabac Red, which led to the formation of a group with Ill Bill and Goretex known as Non Phixion. In 1995, DJ Jab, the owner of Fat Beats, brought Eclipse in to help out with the record store on weekends. The store became a worldwide company and Eclipse was overseeing all retail operations until he left in 2002 to co-run Uncle Howie Records with group member Ill Bill. That same year, Non Phixion released their underground classic album The Future Is Now. In 1997, after spinning at many of the break beats parties in the Bronx, Crazy Legs offered Eclipse the opportunity to DJ for the legendary Rock Steady Crew. In 1998, Eclipse started a hip hop radio program called “The Halftime Show” with DJ Riz and Lynn Gonzalez. Eclipse also manages the hip hop super group known as La Coka Nostra. His dedication for playing and breaking real rap records on the air landed him a “fill in” slot on DJ Premier’s “Live From HeadQCourterz” Sirius XM radio show whenever Premier is on tour. The two have started a monthly party called “Like They Used To Say”, and Eclipse later earned his own show on Sirius XM called Rap Is Outta Control which airs every Sunday night on the Hip Hop Nation channel. |
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Back in the day, labels took roughly 87% of the pie while giving the artists 12% of the money AFTER the artist paid back everything spent on them from that 12% share. This means that if the artist sold $500,000 worth of CDs, and it cost $50,000 to market and promote that CD (a very low example), the artist share of $60,000 (12% of $500k) would be divided between paying the label back that $50,000 and a check for the remaining $10,000. The label would receive $490,000 for its investment and belief in that artist while the artist made $10,000. In exchange for giving up the lion’s share of the sales, the labels always told the artists that they’d make 100% of the touring. Any show money, was the artist’s to keep!
When the shit hit the fan financially for the labels, they decided to tap into the show money, and all other streams of income for the artists, as well. After all, if your profit margin is made smaller, you need to eat more of everyone’s income to keep the fat cats at the top, and the stock holders, happy. Most 360 Deals share in endorsement income (15% to 30% depending on the artist), performance income (10% to 30% depending on the artist), merchandising income (20% to 50%) and Film/TV money (15% to 40%).
