how much do commersial rappers pay for beats?

StonesThrow wrote:because the general public is stupid. And when a big producer is tied to a track, such as timbo. peoplle are more likely to buy that song because hes on it. But thats more with popular rap. with less pop rap they do give a lot of young producers chances. Such as Jay-Z with dynasty la familia. Just Blaze and Kanye had like 8 tracks on that album. And that was back when no one knew them He gave them some exposure from that album.

and much respect to jay for sticking with them, I don't think we'll ever hear an album without just and kanye on it.

Rik Rok lives right around the corner from me he got some cool scrilla for "Change the Game" by Jay-Z. Ever since then hella artists been requesting his beats and he's been getting paid pretty nicely. 5 digits on almost every beat.

Aint that messed up...... One of the hottest west coast tracks ever..... And Jay-Z gets it.......

Chrono: how do you find people that will pay so much for your beats? do you have a manager?

Even on rapmusic.com (the boards) people often pay 4-10k for a beat. That's non-commercial rappers. As long as your shit is hot it ain't a problem to get paid in this business.

highest paid producer might be hans zimmer! do your homework...

grimaybeats555 wrote:Timbaland gets about 250 grand per track.

no wonder hes BAAAAAAAAAAAAAALINNNNNNNNN!!

his tour bus > my life

i'll do it for 500$

I make music for the love of it! but I want it to be my career too so everything that music heads said here is true and i would be doing!

megaman1 wrote:i'll do it for 500$

Show me a person that would buy a beat for half a stack.....

im sellin beats 20 beats for 10 bucks, holla..

chefboyarbeatz wrote:It depends the heatmakerz get around 8 grand per track

its apparently like 20 g now, thats what i read on rsonists site.

ibn wrote:rza get over 100k per beat. don't remember where I heard this... either an interview or from a song.

lol please, RZA hasn't had a hit in 10 years!

I get a half a mil for my beats you get a couple gra-a-aand...



but seriously I don't get paid anything for my beats, I haven't even gotten to the point where I'm ready to sell them.