Introduction If you’re just now tuning in for the first time, that’s okay. Hello, and welcome. My name is Nick Garcia and I’ve been exploring the atmosphere surrounding commercial-viable hip-hop acts in an eight-week series entitled The Commercial Rapper. Incentivized by my passion for the genre, I’ve chosen to take an inside look into the logistics of launching a career in hip-hop, and hopefully by the end of this series, I’ve been able to provide an aspiring artist some sense of a road map to follow or reference as they begin their careers. In this week’s entry, I’m offering more-or-less as summary of the series, but if any particular topics interest you, I encourage you to check out the specific week’s blog entry that’s called upon to reference. So, let’s dive in . . . Timeline of Weeks
Joe Budden TV and The Joe Budden Podcast discussing the ethics of a 360 Deal via YouTube Project Summary and Results In my investigation, I was able to conclude that there is a large demand for hip-hop in the wider music industry, but like all markets that get oversaturated, as more competition comes in, it becomes increasingly more difficult to stand out. In the past seven weeks, I was able to identify specific trends that a vast majority of top hip-hop acts have done to see success in the industry. To summarize the entire project, the steps outlined above (and each blog entry’s topic) do a great job at creating an easy-to-read guide for an aspiring artist. It’s not a simple field to navigate, so hopefully this series was able to make the whole process somewhat easier for talented, young rappers. To tie everything up . . . ReflectionThis whole series presented a wide variety of challenges that were quite interesting to overcome as I researched further into the topics. Most of the subject matter is hidden behind a mask or doesn’t always get discussed—maybe because it’s not exactly presenting the industry in the most glamorous light—so finding sources to reference for each week’s posts wasn’t always a simple task to embark upon, but music is very purposeful for so many people, so to do my due-diligence and hopefully inspire motivation into whoever could benefit from this series has been all-the-more purposeful. I sometimes found myself watching hours of interviews or cross-checking upwards of 20 sources for a single argument to ensure that my points were valid. I do plan on expanding on this whole series when time grants itself to me, but for now, this concludes the series, I hope you enjoyed, and thank you for supporting The Commercial Rapper.
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