Reacting to Nipsey Hussle’s $100 mixtape Crenshaw in a clip that premiered as a part of Friday’s (September 19) DX Daily, Fashawn shrugged off the possibility of a similar release format for his own material.
“My fans are people who need my music, [they] can’t afford a fucking hundred dollar album,” he said. “And I would never do that to my consumers. I want my music to reach everyone and however I can make that feasible I’ll do it. I’ll never give you 12 tracks for a hundred dollars. I mean, I’m giving you mixtapes for free for God’s sake with twenty, thirty tracks on it. That’s just me. I’m cut from that cloth and I come from that era. Shout out to everyone who’s on the brink of being innovative and shifting the game, that’s cool. I salute that.”
The clip premiered in a DX Daily about the viability of million dollar albums in Hip Hop, pointing primarily to Wu-Tang Clan and Bone thugs-n-harmony’s current plans to shop their respective group albums to the highest bidder. Last October, Nipsey Hussle announced the release of his Crenshaw mixtape would be accompanied by a run of a 1,000 CD’s priced at $100 each.
“I’m more or less focused on fully serving the ones that have connected already,” he said at the time. “That being said, it’s a value over volume thing…If I’m goin’ to offer a product made with no compromise or concession to the platforms (radio, A&R, opinion, label bias), then the way we sell has to change. Hence PROUD2PAY.”
Days later, Hussle announced that he’d made $100,000 from the promotion.
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Word is that Jay-Z uses 99 of his 100 copies for drink coasters.
I know this is about fashawn, but who in the hell bought a nipsey hustle album for $100? this dude is mediocre in the trash department
A lot of people actually bought the tape for 100 bucks, Jay-Z included.
What “consumers” lmao.
EVERYBODY HUSTLE DIFFERENT, NO NEED TO HATE…I GOT CRENSHAW IN MY CAR AND I DIDNT PAY A DIME FOR IT STILL FUCK WIT NIP THOU
When was the last time fashawn dropped a solid mixtape? Also, wasn’t the Crenshaw mixtape released for free shortly after? Also, didn’t this happen a long time ago? What am I missing? Sounds like Fashawn pissed because Nipsey gets more hype then him. Dudes need to just keep their mouth shut and start dropping music like they claim too. Consumers want real music, from real rappers, on a regular basis. They don’t want one mediocre song every six months or that trash that keeps getting released.
” Also, didn’t this happen a long time ago? What am I missing?”
I’m assuming he was asked a question about this new way to distribute music.
“Sounds like Fashawn pissed because Nipsey gets more hype then him. ”
Fash just signed a deal with NAS! He ain’t sweating over Prodigy and Snoop Dogg’s love child.
Mass Appeal Records artists…. No BS, No corny gimmicks, JUST REAL HIPHOP.
PROPER!
They weren’t buying the cd for $100. They were buying concert tickets and the cd came in bundled for free.
exactly, merchandise came with it
nah, jay-z never went to no concert
daddy got the tv on lock today huh
Even so, no Nipsey Hussle concert ticket could ever be worth 100 fucking dollars, even if it comes with a cd/mixtape and a t-shirt!
For $100 he better roll me a blunt when I get there and bring me a drink.
Nipsey laughed at how he sold his “throwaways” to his “fans” and made 100k off songs not good enough for his album that is never coming out.
stop spinning cornball that’s for the haters
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Uhhhhh… Errr…..
Nipsey Also Put Out The Mixtape For Free, Fashawn.
He Charged It For Those Who Could and Would Pay For It.
I’m sure some of if not all own jordan lebrons kd’s etc that cost way more than they are really worth,Consumers are going to spend how they want to.It’s called my money for a reason
I wouldnt even pay for a Jay/Nas/Em collabo mixtape. Let alone a Nipsey one
Nipsey’s tape was free as well, $100 was just for the die hard fans, collecters & people that had the money and wanted to support it.
Funny how everybody seems to forget about that.
What the fuck is “Hunnit K?” How many American dollars does that exchange into? Why do we keep paying these tards to make shitty music?
the interviewer played him by not informing him it was released for free as well
this nigga is insane. it was a marketing stunt to get it to MORE people. and make NEW fans. u could get the tape for free faggot.
That whole Nipsey Hussle was genius & executed perfectly in my opinion. Like he saud who gives a fuck what this dude thinks? Heard of him but couldn’t name 1 of his songs,definitely sounds like a hater here. If nothing else he should salute Nipsey for doing his thing without a major & being an entrepreneur
It’s called reading comprehension
SHUT THE FUCK UP BITCH THE CRENSHAW MIXTAPE WAS DOPE AS FUCK AND IT WAS FREE AS WELL FUCK BOY!!!! NIPSEY IS A BEAST! STUDIO TIME OR A NIGGAZ TIME IS NOT FUCKIN FREE! MEANWHILE NOBODY WANNA SUPPORT A NIGGA…. THAT MIXTAPE IS BETTER THAN MOST NIGGAZ ALBUMS!!!! GAME AND NIPSEY HOLDIN THE FUCKIN WEST DOWN!!!!!! DOCUMENTARY 2 WILL BE CLASSIC BLOOD MONEY COMPILATION WILL BE CLASSIC!!!!!!!
No… Just no.
so i watched the fashawn clip @ 6:03 and its pretty lame how out of context they took that quote.
dx is acting like dj vlad right now
Nippsey has some good songs. Fashawn is a musical genius which is why Nas signed him. Plus Nippsey makes music with rick ross lame.