is it common for producer to sign other producers?
very common
a lot of people, producers who want to sign me, managers, A & Rs ask me why i signed my deal with Young Fyre when i couldve easily just done my own thing, i was getting placements i had the Jeezy record, was working with every indie artist that is pretty much popular right now, i have my own network, own connects
1. Loyalty, i'm loyal to people who do good business with me and have a vision for me similar to myself. He's family to me, he opens his home up to me, we're like brothers when it comes down to it. Now at the end of the day paperwork needs to be signed and have the lawyers on deck because money changes people, but Good people deserve good work.
2. i believed in the vision that he had for his company from jump, i signed with him before he even had a major deal, a lot of people dont know that, they think i jumped ship once T-Pain signed him, but i was actually there before all that went down, shit we were working on records for Detox together.
i never once signed because i believed fyre was able to do something that i couldnt, but Fyre is arguably the best unknown producer in my opinion, 3x Rocbattle champion and all that, just listen to the body of work dating all the way back to the Tech N9ne days
so i aligned myself with some good people in the music business, who allow me to be creative in my own space and push me to be a better producer and encourage me to go out and get my shit poppin. I'm building my brand, and building the Kasai brand as well.
its a wonderful partnership and i get a lot of better quality work done because of it
plus a lot of these producers jab you for your credit, just putting they name on shit and passing it as theirs.. naw Fyre in the trenches working all day with us
we was in ATL working till 4-5 AM, eating ramen noodles and turkey sandwiches, knocked out about 75 beats in 3 weeks just grinding it out, these other cats that sign producers dont do that. I was on a bus to NY from school when i got the call the record was on the Carter IV, first thing they asked me was how i wanted to be credited. so i just ride with good people. All the people i do business with are good people, DK & Team Green as well. Obi a good dude 2, Sikk Caden & DJ Nice and they all FP folks, so i try to put people i come up in the trenches with on