Chapter 629 Selling Your Feelings

"It is said that 2PAC was shot five times, but some people suspect that he directed and acted on his own, and his purpose was to escape being held in a normal cell. Otherwise, he would still be able to sit in a wheelchair and go to court consciously today after being shot so many times. too exaggerated."

Linda said while watching 2PAC in a wheelchair with bandages on TV.

David Cole is a behind-the-scenes person in the music industry, and there has been little reaction from the outside world to his death.

Big E is different. He is the famous founder of NWA and a veteran of the gangsta rap industry. Unfortunately, his ruthless record has become a mess internally after the backbones such as Escube and Dre left one after another. The motivation is almost equal to zero, and there is no sign of commemorating the album.

Big E's black brothers and money were established under the high-intensity attacks of Escube and Derry, and the bad reputation in the past disappeared because of Su Genet's gunpoint. In addition, now People generally have a negative view of HIV-infected people who live indiscriminately and self-inflicted, so there are very few sympathizers for his death, except for the diehard fans of NWA.

And the records behind 2PAC, Death Row Records are good at hype, 2PAC is very popular now, the first single of the second album "Dear Mom" ​​has just been released, and the industry has received a lot of praise. This confusing shooting immediately caused an uproar in the black community at the bottom. The east and west coasts have been fighting each other for almost a year. The deadly enemy of the old grudge...

Now there are speculations outside, but at present, the New York police still choose to focus on robbery as the main direction of detection.

Song Ya looked at the cover sample of Little Lowry's commemorative album, and scratched her head helplessly. Little Lowry...he is still not popular enough, or the time of being popular is too short, and he passes away too quickly, so he doesn't impress people deeply. After the big breaking news of Big E and 2PAC, his death immediately became insignificant.

I didn't expect that now I would worry about his not being popular enough, which is also ironic.

"Let's go with the original plan and release it as soon as possible. Even if the impact is not as expected, but...mosquito meat is meat."

This 16-song commemorative album will be jointly released by Atlantic Records and EMI. The first album shared by EMI and A+ Records has about three songs selected. The other 12 capitals come to Atlantic Records. The second single of Lowry was selected. Four songs, four songs he prepared for the third album on the 33rd block record under Atlantic Records, plus the last songs created in prison, that is, four new songs that have not yet been released. The last one was one of the first few songs that Al was dropped by the old Joe. He sang it with Little Lowry. This song now belongs to the A+ record.

Since Barron took all the original materials of the leftover songs from prison before Atlantic Records,

After coordination, A+ Records will be responsible for remixing the four legacy songs, and Al participated in the remixing of one of the chorus songs and enjoys part of the production proceeds.

Although only three songs were selected for the first album, it contains the most important song, the second-hand store. During the negotiations between the three record companies, everyone agreed that this song enjoys the highest share ratio.

In order to catch up with the heat, after a series of time-consuming and extremely complicated three-party negotiations, A+ Records won 30% of the production income of this commemorative album. For part of the royalties, Song Ya himself can still get the royalties of lyrics and works in second-hand stores.

Of course, the final book profit of the commemorative album, that is, there will not be much left for the part that will be donated. The money will be used by everyone in the production and distribution costs. For example, A+ records will lease the recording studio needed for remixing. Fees, labor costs, etc. are all raised, and the income is probably enough to maintain the overall operating expenses of A+ records for a period of time. The operating methods of the other two should not be much different.

"Put the focus of my work on the warm-up of my second single, Dead And Gone."

Dead And Gone has also been done and is being submitted to Sony Columbia Records for internal discussions, and Daniel is supposed to be in a meeting with the distribution people right now, they love the song.

"Daniel suggested that you start a few concert tours at the end of this year to test the waters, just in time for the announcement of the second album, what do you think?" Linda asked.

"Let's think about it in the middle of the year."

Song Ya thought about it. The effect of Mariah Carey's concert tour the year before last was mediocre, and there was a mistake in the first show in Miami, "I don't like the performing arts company that ran the concert for Mimi in 1993, but Sony Columbia Records is special. If you like it, say hello to Daniel when the time comes."

"Okay." Linda wrote it down. "The cover?"

Song Ya looked at the proof in his hand again. The cover showed little Lowry wearing an orange prison uniform before he was imprisoned, with a standard photo of height scale on the back. After some post-processing, little Lowry stared unwillingly. Looking at the camera, now, is looking directly at yourself.

"Just use this."

Song Ya turned over the proof sheet casually, and threw it on the table with the back facing up.

In Chicago, the pre-release of Little Lowry's commemorative album has begun, and Big A Radio Station has also received a generous promotion fee, "Little Lowry, my brother, I still remember once..."

Big A was thinking about the past in front of the microphone, but this time it was quite sincere, "Al, do you remember? When he lived in the beach villa in the north of the city."

"Fxxk, I had already fallen out with him at that time." Al smiled wryly.

"Oh, yes, but to be honest, it's a pity that he doesn't go to the party there. He is a generous guy and he is willing to share everything with the brothers." Big A said.

Al didn't respond.

"Hey, don't worry about Al anymore, do you still remember what happened back then?"

Big A pushed Al beside him, "Everyone else has gone."

"I miss him very much, but only before his first album was released, everything changed after that, too fast."

Al is now a regular guest on local radio stations and music shows in Chicago, and he has developed a knack for speaking, "I don't want to be too fake, you know, when people die, everyone starts talking about what this guy is like. NICE... I don't want to be like this. He is really a jerk most of the time, causing trouble everywhere when he first became popular, and finally playing himself in prison and hanging in it..."

He was a little choked up as he spoke, "I hate him, but I also love him. I now think back to those days when I was looking for work in restaurants and fast food restaurants in Chicago to make ends meet. I had no place to live. In Old Joe When Music met him for the first time, he said: 'Hey, Al, go to my place, you can sleep on the sofa'. I was very touched, because there were many people present, and only he noticed that I quietly placed in the corner Big luggage, everything in it, I was going to sleep on the sofa in the recording studio..."

"Haha, right? So don't dwell on past grievances Al, is there a song you collaborated with on his new commemorative album?" Big A turned up the volume of the background music, it was that song Song.

"Yeah, bang bang bang...haha, this drum is my onomatopoeia, I'm an expert." Al commented.

"There are all our memories of little Lowry in it." Big A began to sell his feelings without a trace. The focus of this type of record announcement is feelings. To collect this album, this is Little Lowry's life." Cut the song to the second-hand store.

"Yes, all..."

Al muttered to himself, just in time to hear Old Joe's refrain, he and Big A couldn't hold back, and laughed at the same time.

"Old Joe is the smartest one, isn't he? We don't know where he is now, and I heard that the FBI can't find him haha..."

The big A mouth didn't hold back, "Joe, if you are also listening to my show in the United States or somewhere in the world, I want to say something to you, hey, crafty old guy, you did a damn good job!"

Al laughed.

The two cooperated tacitly and joked for a while, "So... you lived in Little Lowry's house at first, right? I remember that he was not the same kind of street boy as we are in South City before he became famous?"

"Yes, Little Lowry lives in a decent apartment, with a big living room and musical instruments, except that we can't make too much noise when we practice..." Al nodded, "We are often protested by neighbors banging on our doors."

"Have you also boarded at APLUS's house?"

"Yes, APLUS is a standard street boy. A big family lives together, you know, a small room, that kind of bunk bed. I slept on his lower bunk at the time."

"How does APLUS treat you? Than Little Lowry."

"Well……"

Al hesitated.

"Huh? Is there a hexagram? Tell me, hey, everyone is a brother. Although he is our boss now, what can he do to us? Huh?" Big A pointed his middle finger at the microphone, "APLUS, you are a piece of shit ? Look, I said it, I said it, how about it?"

"No, you know, APLUS is the kind of boring good student, he can't stand people like me who are used to idleness." Al said: "I still remember the three times he said to me at the time. In other words, 'Al, are you still awake? It's late, and I have class tomorrow' 'Al, when will you find a new place to live?' 'Al, help repair the Ford at home'."

"Hahaha..." Big A was overwhelmed by his vivid Song Ya accent, "Yes, yes, he is that kind of person. Did you move away later?"

"No, I have nowhere to go, where can I go then? Fxxk!"

Al replied: "I don't care what he says, I will live in your house anyway, so I will live, how about it?"