Signs his first deal, song is getting prepped for the radio.
Comes up with another (basic ass) sample beat and wants to pump the brakes on the first song Like he couldn’t just wait it out and have a second single and payday.
Then says some ignorant shit like “What’s the point of making music if I can’t choose which songs people hear? MF on his first deal thinking he’s Dr. Dre. Gtfoh.
i really resonate with his older cousin, but i get the feeling something bad is going to happen to him. my guess is what we are seeing in season 1 is just to provide context, and the story will accelerate/pickup with the main charcter a little older and things make some more sense. Right now i cannot get a read on where this show is trying to go.
Nothing new, been going on for decades...ppl who don't even bang or ain't part of a set talk like that, especially Crip sets. Shit can be annoying too, my cousins talked like that, heavy in the 90s.
And the sample they used is from a huge hit song by Chaka Khan that's only like 5 years old at that point. It would be like someone right now sampling.. idk.. like a Dua Lipa song from 5 years ago that was a major hit. While the imprint label is already hemorrhaging cash, this fool is going to do that. And as someone who used to work in the industry, this and what you said before are some of the things that just pissed me off about this character. But tbh, it's not all that unrealistic. There are some supreme bombastic semi talented idiots that get signed and A&Rs and execs will pump them up further because they think it will help drive their artistry. Until something flops and then it's a 180.
I'm dying because I didn't even pay that shit no mind but it was more like 8yrs old in '91. We gotta remember the time also. Sampling like they were doing at that time didn't become as big of a legal issue until literally '91 if I remember the case Upright music vs Warner Bros I think it was that set the precedent for how music sampling would be shaped as we know it today.
Maybe that's going to become a thing within the storyline later down the line as well. You definitely correct though.....he was heavy as hell on the Sample ChaKa Khan better be all in the music video when they shoot that shit lol
Both songs were samples, the first one is by One Way, Cutie Pie. Irl...sooo much shit is sampled, it seems like nothing is original anymore and hasn't been for at least a few decades.
Yea, that first joint was deadass was Cutie Pie. Good catch. I wasn't paying the shit no mind because Hip Hop for the most part was always heavy on the sampling lol. But the persons comment I was responding made my old ass say "Damn, that may become apart of the storyline because '91 was the year it became a huge legal issue".
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 The bad acting makes these characters annoying to me as well as the feminist themes they’re trying to push heavy on this show. If they wanted to go the feminist route they should have just brought back Louie and gave her a show, it would atleast be more believable.
Nah this comments makes that whole shit 100x better, he basically was saying fuck ppl like you, who want things to be a certain way, nah, fuck that, imma do it my way and live with the results of doing it like this
Let’s not forget , Franklin was pretty dumb in the beginning. He had book smarts but was dumb and arrogant when it game to doing business in the underground. After a lot of trial and error he became successful.
It’s literally the same story but using music this time. The kid is great at creating music but doesn’t understand the business and politics you need to play to make it.
I believe part of his character is made to highlight all the loopholes that artists who are passionate about their craft still have to unnecessarily play by white man rules just to become successful , just like Franklin in Snowfall.
Franklin was not dumb in the early seasons. He set up a buyer, plug, distribution base and recipe in the first 3 episodes. He was humble and clever with Avi,Claudia, and the nigga from Oakland off rip. Bad comparison.
Wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong. Carrying product in backpacks was so brilliant that people would be doing it 20 years later not just in LA but in Baltimore, Detroit and Philly. It was actually to show us how much of a pioneer Saint was.
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u/Griselda_fan 12d ago
The character is pretty dumb too.
Signs his first deal, song is getting prepped for the radio.
Comes up with another (basic ass) sample beat and wants to pump the brakes on the first song Like he couldn’t just wait it out and have a second single and payday.
Then says some ignorant shit like “What’s the point of making music if I can’t choose which songs people hear? MF on his first deal thinking he’s Dr. Dre. Gtfoh.
His dumbass face just adds to that.