Between the success B.o.B’s 2010 debut Lupe Fiasco’s Lasers debuting at number one last week, Atlantic Records has been on a winning streak as of late. Now, in a recent article in Billboard Magazine, Atlantic’s newly elected president of black music broke down how the label and its parent company Warner Music Group are restructuring their urban music roster.
Over the past year, WMG’shas been expanding its urban music department with roster that includes Lupe Fiasco, T.I., Waka Flocka Flame, Wiz Khalifa and recent acquisitions Curren$y and Rick Ross’s Maybach Music Group. According to Kyser, as the head of black music at WMG’s top earning subsidiary label, i his primary goal was to refocus the label’s how urban music made.
“When I came into Atlantic, we were kind of all over the place in R&B/Hip Hop,” explained Kyser. “The one thing I wanted to focus on was putting together a tight lineup – not anymore than 20 artists on the roster. We’ve got 15 now…this is a singles market right now. But people are buying into acts they truly believe in. For them to plunk down $9.99, they have to believe in that artist.”
The full article can be found in Billboard Magazine’s latest issue, which features OFWGKTA on the cover.
fuck these record labels asking artists to change their image and all. thats no bueno at all. You have to be real towards your fans. Fuck ALL These Labels! Indie Is The Fuckin Way To Go. Plus The Internet And Networking??!! CMON SON LABELS ARE STILL USING THESE SAME STRATGIES SINCE THE EARLY 2000’S. fail fail fail.
yeah except you make no money indie because faggots like you download your music.
“According to Kyser, as the head of black music at WMG’s top earning subsidiary label,”
LOL wow, head of black music, thats pretty hilarious
WOW, i really wish WMG wasn’t sooooo out of touch.
Its not about being indie it’s about starting your own. Jay-z is living proof. Create your own team fuck the Majors if you do sign go with an Indie label it’s 2011 not 1999.
Spell check/proof-read maybe??? Sheesh.
so why did they fucked saigon’s release
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2Pac feat. Mos Def – Neva Be Peace, Always Be Beef
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Big Boi feat. Erykah Badu & Big Tuck – Ain’t No Mistakin’, Somethin’ Gotta Give
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Slim Thug feat. Kanye West & Bun B – In The Streets
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Chino XL feat. Young Jeezy – Glass House
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Young Buck feat. Wordsworth, Royce Da 5’9″ & Lil’ Wayne – Lost My Mind
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Royce Da 5’9″ feat. Large Pro & AZ – The Come Up
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Asheru feat. 7L & Esoteric – Just Think
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2Pac feat. Warren G & Method Man – Moments In Time
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Praverb the Wyse – 1Mic [hunkEmix]
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T.I. feat. UGK – Money On The Dresser
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