Comments on: What Lil Wayne Might Have Earned In 2007 From All His Cameos

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Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:44:42 +0000

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By: AD

AD — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:50:01 +0000

Yeah, so many features in the industry are done for free. For example, Rapper A and Producer B might exchange 1 verse from Rapper A on Producer B’s album for one beat from Producer B on Rapper A’s album. Think Jay-Z and Timbaland, for instance. Or 2 other rappers might trade guest verses on each other’s albums/singles. It’s like a “you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours” type of deal. I’d be willing to bet this is a rather frequent occurrence in the industry.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:30:32 +0000

Yeah like they said, some of those features I highly doubt he charged anything if more than 2 cents on (thats the code-charge for free in the industry), and i’ve watched some of the most wildest collabos put together for basically nothing or if anything else, per diem.

if anything else, he might not charge up front for most of those indy and first album artists (some of their entire budget is that amount, and in the case of Tru Life the rapper, his entire deal is $350k), but like other dude says, probably commands album points, which is kinda more valuable than the upfront charge, because if for some odd reason in 2015 duffle bag boyz all of a sudden comes back in a nostalgic sense (like Tone Loc’s Wild Thing is right now in pop clubs/radio), he still collects a check if he has points.

Pete Rock used to cake the hell out doing this method, back in the 90’s he commanded so many points off peoples albums, same for Premo. Fat Joe gives up alot of points too these days in exchange for keeping his overhead leveled.

By: Jay Midnyte

Jay Midnyte — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:37:31 +0000

I don’t think Peso ever said he believes Wayne, he just did a calculation based on what he said. I know I don’t believe him. What he probably meant to say was, “I charge 75k-100k to collaborate with a MAJOR label artist.”

Half that list is independent artists.

By: college

college — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:19:56 +0000

i dont buy the 100k a feature claim at all. and i think its naive to add all these cameos up based on what a syrup sipper says.

Of course the Birdman work was pro-bono. Khaled play all his records in MIA so that was worth the 75k in payola no need to charge

Hov feature might have been on the strength too given his relationship with Gee and Hop now.

Sad you fell for the okie doke on this one jay peso…throwing out the 100k rate is good though b/c now the d boyz looking for a weezy feature now what to hand in him in the duffle bag.

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By: Triniboy

Triniboy — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:39:52 +0000

What does kingdom come have to do with that sorry guys help me out.

By: Adam Thomas

Adam Thomas — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:15:09 +0000

Thanks for the Props man…

Good stuff .

By: eightysbaby

eightysbaby — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:38:39 +0000

30 mediocre verse that he caked on. He prolly spent at least half of that on lean and weed tho.

By: Soulbrotha

Soulbrotha — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:45:18 +0000

What about back end money via publishing? I wonder if the deal the other parties’ lawyers strike doesn’t involve him either relinquishing all his possible points or a smaller percentage than normal..

Peso you got any clue into that?