PBoy! good ish.
Rappers act like that because they figure that you would like the honor of having them lace one of your songs with their incredible, super-pyroclastic flow.
They also figure that since you're accessible, that the can haggle you down on your price. It's a form of disrespect. They wouldn't think about approaching a "star" level producer with that mentality.
I don't really work with rappers (because I make music at my house and I don't let many people come to my house).
The only thing I would've done differently is I would tell the "rapper" up front what my prices were before they tried to schedule a meet up. I'd also let them know that I'm flexible on the price depending on how much work / time is involved but there is a price and I'd tell them my low price (the price that would make working with them worth my time - or the lowest price I'm willing to let go of a beat for).
I'd let them run that around in their head and if they were cool with it, I'd let them know when we can meet.
I'd also have firm prices set on the music. 50 Cent said Dr. Dre operates like that - he said Dre has some $10,000 beats and some $25,000 beats and some $50,000 beats - you pick what you can afford. I guess you could have a website with tabs and different price ranges and they can skim those before they try to waste your time with a meeting.
So when the guy said he had $30, you could've said here's what I have for $30 and it would be an 808 and a clap (no hi hats).... you could send him to a website to check out the $30 tab, lol. The page would say "Under $50" and it could have stuff like a metronome and nothing else, one kick with snaps, etc.
The scenario that played out in the vid is the main reason I don't "waste" time with rappers.
Rappers don't have the mindset producers have, producers know that their thing is pay to play. You have to buy gear to even enjoy what you're doing. Rappers just need pen and paper.... or an iphone.
Aye, how did you do that cartoon? I want to try my hand at it.