CLASSIC MIXTAPE: Kanye West - Get Well Soon (2003)

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Kanye West - Get Well Soon Tracklist
01. Free Of 106 & Park - Intro 0:28

02. Kanye West - Live From Irving Plaza, 3:48
NY (With Talib Kweli & Mos Def)
03. 50 Cent - Guess Who’s Back Freestyle 1:38
04. Kanye West - Jesus Walks (Snippet) 0:35
05. Kanye West - Through The Wire (Still 4:01
Standing) (Feat. Chaka Khan & Elton
John)
06. Kanye West - 2 Words (Feat. Mos Def, 2:54
Freeway & Harlem Boys’ Choir)
07. Freeway - Show Go On (Feat. Twista) 2:22
08. Dame Dash - Champions (Presenting 6:09
Kanye West, Young Chris, Beanie Sigel,
Cam’ron & Twista)
09. Jay-Z - Live From Tweeter Center, IL 0:32
(Feat. Kanye West)
10. Jay-Z - The Bounce (Feat. Kanye West) 3:11
11. Jay-Z - Poppin’ Tags (Feat. Twista & 2:26
Outkast)
12. Kanye West - A Million Freestyle 1:17
13. Jay-Z - ‘03 Bonnie & Clyde (Feat. 1:15
Beyonce)
14. Trina - B R Right (Feat. Ludacris) 2:14
15. Mos Def - Brown Sugar 2:34
16. Talib Kweli - Good To You 1:36
17. Consequence - The Good, The Bad, The 2:16
Ugly (Feat. Kanye West)
18. Cam’ron - Dead Or Alive 1:18
19. Cam’ron - Takeover Freestyle 2:01
20. State Property - Got Nowhere 1:10
21. Nas - Poppa Was A Player 1:26
22. Kanye West - Home 2:51
23. Scarface - Reebok Commercial 0:58
24. Scarface - Heaven (Feat. Kelly Price) 0:47
25. Scarface - In Cold Blood 1:00
26. Kanye West - My Way 3:22
27. Harlem World - You Made Me (Feat. Carl 2:43
Thomas & Nas)
28. Foxy Brown - My Life 1:25
29. Madd Rapper - Ghetto (Feat. Raekwon & 3:28
Carl Thomas)
30. Beanie Sigel - The Truth 1:33
31. Jay-Z - This Can’t Be Life 1:58
32. Beanie Sigel - Nothing Like It (Feat. 3:19
Harlem Boys’ Choir)
33. Jay-Z - Izzo (H.O.V.A.) (Unplugged 1:18
Version)
34. Jay-Z - Heart Of The City (Ain’t No 3:47
Love) (Unplugged Version)
35. Jay-Z - Never Change (Feat. Kanye 1:12
West)
36. GLC Of The GoGetters - My Life, My 3:45
Love

This is worth downloading to hear the Harlem Boys Choir version on Bean's "Nothing Like It" alone, not to mention it being classic mid-00s hip-hop.  This one mainly focused on the hits that Ye had produced up until then and snippets of future hits like Jesus Walks & Two Words.  State Prop + Kanye beats = automatic hit.

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AND THE LATEST TOMFOOLERY: "The Cat Daddy" SMH

We let Cali Swag sqeaky by after the did "Teach Me How To Dougie" biting the D-Town Boogie.  This right here is just too blatant. All they did was do the Ricky Bobby Dance and call it a new name. I quit.

This right here is the original Ricky Bobby Dance by B-Hamp

Now tell me those Rej3ctz (what a fitting name) didn't completely steal it.  I'm all for fun, but this level of shark biting is disgusting

THA BIZ: A Rappers Guide to Surviving Online (via Digipendent)

A Rappers Guide to Surviving Online

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Consistency: Your online profiles should all have the same look and feel as your main page and be linked to one another. Online profile pages are not a substitute for owning your own domain at yourbandname.com!  The longer a fan spends on your pages, the stronger the connection to your music and career. Your standardized package should include:

 

  • Biography: you should have a well-written standard bio
  • Concerts: uniform, active and up to date show schedule
  • Photos: professional-grade “official” band photos
  • Videos: music videos for your best songs and videos introducing the band
  • Music: a standard set of your best songs (you can experiment to find the best mix)

Reach: you want your band, music and videos to be on as many sites as humanly possible.

 

  • Use sites like ArtistData, TuneCore and TubeMogul for distribution. Each of these sites allows you to upload once and publish to dozens of sites, use a platform that will save you lots of time and the tediousness of entering the same information multiple times.

Depth: you want to engage with your fans wherever they are.

 

Make sure to check your profile pages each week, respond to comments and accept friend requests. It should be pretty obvious which networks are most popular for your fanbase but pay attention all the other networks because they will change in relative importance.

 

Know your Fans: capturing names, email addresses, and demographic information at shows and online is one of the most important career-building activities you can do.

 

Every subscriber on YouTube, every follower on Twitter, and every friend on MySpace and Facebook has opted in to updates on your band and career. When you are launching a music video, new online profile, competing in a contest, on tour – who do you think you should mobilize? By focusing on this base, giving them exclusive content, early listens, VIP treatment or special tickets you get them hooked and they will turn their friends on to your music.

 

Stand Out: By definition, what has worked for other bands to get attention will not work for you.

 

It has been years since an artist was “discovered” off MySpace. Giving away your music for free will not make you a #1 UK band like the Arctic Monkeys, choreographing a music video on treadmills will not revive your career like Ok Go. Allowing consumers to “choose the price they pay” will not result in Radiohead/NIN level coverage.  Use your unique story, style and creativity to give people a reason to pay attention, talk about you and care about your music.

 

Disclaimer: All of this falls apart if your music doesn’t move people.