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Damn, buddy holding back tears.
I bleed this Everyday struggle thing.
Rap About Nothing: Hip Hop Chat Thread
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Damn, buddy holding back tears.
I bleed this Everyday struggle thing.
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I get where Joe is coming from but do you think Stephen A Smith gets a cut immediately from any First Take sponsors? Nah you bring the Nike and Spotify sponsorship to the table when it's time to negotiate. Instead he pushed back on the Nike one and straight sabotaged the Spotify one.
Complex was probably like yo we're already having trouble generating revenue from a YouTube show - we can't have someone that fights us when we bring sponsors to the table. That's where the real money comes in.
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Damn, buddy holding back tears.
I bleed this Everyday struggle thing.
Dude was finally making stable money. I'd be in my feelings too.
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Stephen A didn’t create the show
A better example would be VICE trying to cut Desus and Mero out of Nike money but telling them they have to wear Vapor Max or NBC telling Oprah she has to talk about some new movie without cutting her a check for said free marketing
They absolutely would have no trouble generating money if they werent greedy and cut joe and Ak in...this show had potential for product placement, Spotify/Apple Music content and most of all the ability to use its stellar performance numbers wise without any real promotion and leverage that into a nice little television deal. Maybe they can get a check from labels to premiere new videos and music and react/critique live. That type of **** could turn someones album promotion cycle completely around.
The show barely scraped its full potential and there were already so many ways they could have finessed this. Them folks in the suits just got greedy as always and underestimated the power of direct to consumer creative content. Which is sad given the business that theyre in and the type of things theyve seen happen over the past 15 years.
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AK prolly feel hella weird and disrespected because _'s trashing the show and disliking all the videos now that joe out 
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AK prolly feel hella weird and disrespected because _'s trashing the show and disliking all the videos now that joe out
Nadeska sitting there with the poot poot face because nobody gives a damn what the hell she does.
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he was talking mad **** saying folks watched eds for himAK prolly feel hella weird and disrespected because _'s trashing the show and disliking all the videos now that joe out
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he basically rambling trying to convince himself and his chat ****** that everything is going to be straight. He know **** looking skaky.
It's not even ES that hot him emotional, it's Desus & Mero. He said them ****** not popping yesterday and they started popping ****.
He called these ****** workers and said he own his ****. He was talking his ****, but he had a lump in his throat.
It's not even ES that hot him emotional, it's Desus & Mero. He said them ****** not popping yesterday and they started popping ****.
He called these ****** workers and said he own his ****. He was talking his ****, but he had a lump in his throat.
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Damn, buddy holding back tears.
I bleed this Everyday struggle thing.
This kinda makes me hate him even more. ***** *** dude
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he was talking mad **** saying folks watched eds for him
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He might have come up with the idea but he lost those rights when he let Complex incur all the risk. They were paying him and Akademiks, provided the studio + equipment and had ten staff members working on the show. That's the downside of going corporate.
If he wanted the full benefits of those sponsorships, he has to do it independently or specifically have that in the contract. He knows that. That's why the podcast wasn't very convincing. He wanted special treatment - which I totally understand - but that's just not how corporate operates.
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Desus and Mero about to cook Ak
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CTG picking sides, I thought AK was his man damn 
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Wackademiks will be fine his chat vermin will continue to make sure he has the dweeb platform in a vicegrip
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Man ya'll dislike for these dudes is crazy
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u work for complex????
cause u caping hard
he has his own studio
and equipment that he does his podcast with
audio and video
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CTG picking sides, I thought AK was his man damn
that dudes breasts are bigger than some of my ex's
no homo
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Lol everybody involved in this is corny. So many lames all around
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You the new intern for his podcast?
I'm not caping. But you can't sign a six month contract, expect a direct cut from any new sponsors, sabotage those sponsors, then expect the bag to come when it's time to negotiate with suits.
Joe has an independent mentality. It's why he stopped messing with major labels. And why Rory and Mal weren't shocked to hear this happened. I get where he's coming from but that doesn't mean he's 100% in the right. This is what he signed up for.
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I for damn sure can expect that. I made the show, and am part of what made it pop. It's been clear that they been wanting to get rid of him a long time ago. They've been having problems. That one episode where he was just quite comes to mind
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Al Snow from ECW out here wilding.
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im also reminded of when nadeska said she wont be back after this week.
lowkey the behind the scenes footage of thiss hit prolly more entertaining than the show. joe just spazzing on corporate people over random nonsensical stuff lol
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I think she was referring to the fact that this week was gonna be the last week of shooting for this year
