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Dope tracks man. Don't know bout the price though...it's always a delicate subject. Wait for others to reply. There are some people here that actually get paid for music, daiiimmm : )

I see... Yeah I dunno it seems like ultimately, I'd just have to bargain. I put easily 20 hours into each one. Usually spend a week on a track... so I'd feel like they were worth at least a couple hundred each, but leasing them for cheaper rather than flat out selling the rights to them seems like a good idea. That way I could still use them on my own demos.

Thanks for your perspective on it.

maybe just have a friend pose as your manager and negotiate a price with the label directly...that way the art stays art. plus a lot of the time the artist dont know how much the label is willing put out...but if the tracks are hot then the label will pay. make the track a monster first. then talk to the label bout dough. its a win win because the artist will be happy because it messes up the creative process to deal wit money. then either sell the beat out right for more cash up front or if you think the track will be real big get 50% of the publishing cause that will be way more money in the long run....
awesome beats, good luck
crak

Those are pretty solid dude.

Speaking from local experience, (im from the same city as you according to your myspace) there are a lot of people willing to pay for beats here. I have sold a lot of beats not half as technically sound as those for 50-100 a lease around here, although most of them were more mainstream garbage than i would have liked.

Edit: didnt read your full post haha.
Considering the success of the artists, i might raise it a bit. But sometimes you can just ask the dude what he was thinking, its not always a bad idea to let the emcee know what you are thinking. Its a business transaction, but you are also collaborating on a piece of art, so it doesnt have to be as cutthroat as people make it out to be.

good luck dude