Talk about the music biz - marketing, promotions, contract law, copyright etc...
By orjanbeats Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:18 pm
how much do you think that commersial rappers pay for beats (ca)? for example, how much do you think jay-z paid timbaland for the dirt off your shoulder-beat (the black album)?
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By tusk Tue Dec 13, 2005 11:39 am
Ive heard that eminem is shelling out around 12p for a track now! lol

By chefboyarbeatz Sat Dec 24, 2005 5:21 pm
It depends the heatmakerz get around 8 grand per track

By grimaybeats555 Sat Dec 24, 2005 11:33 pm
Timbaland gets about 250 grand per track.

By orjanbeats Sun Dec 25, 2005 12:07 am
grimaybeats555 wrote:Timbaland gets about 250 grand per track.



:shock: :shock: :shock: Seriously? Where did you hear/read that?

By grimaybeats555 Sun Dec 25, 2005 12:12 am
orjanbeats wrote:
grimaybeats555 wrote:Timbaland gets about 250 grand per track.



:shock: :shock: :shock: Seriously? Where did you hear/read that?

I was looking up info on him last year. I don't know my aunt printed out this interview she found online somewhere for me.
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By DSTRUCT Sun Dec 25, 2005 5:54 pm
i heard swizz gets 100 - 200 grand a beat, but i dont remember where i read it. I also heard he makes them super fast

By Ekl1p5e Thu Dec 29, 2005 3:00 am
Yeah, R Kelly gets $100K for a beat and I heard of people payin the neptunes up to $750K for a beat.

By oliver Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:24 pm
i thought heatmakerz in that one video for smack said they do beats for about $30 grand.

I heard 9th does beats for about $13 grand.

By Man VS Machine Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:19 pm
I've got a ? .... at those prices are they flat out selling the beats or licensing out the rights to use the beat.

By orjanbeats Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:25 pm
I think they are selling the rights to it too...
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By Jacpot Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:37 pm
I also heard the neptunes get 750k per beat. But that also includes hooks and song writing
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By Gadget Mon Jan 16, 2006 1:28 am
chefboyarbeatz wrote:It depends the heatmakerz get around 8 grand per track



Crazy... I really don't rate them at all, I'd say in their case the rappers carry them.
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By ibn Wed Jan 18, 2006 10:48 am
rza get over 100k per beat. don't remember where I heard this... either an interview or from a song.