IS IT WISE FOR AN ARTIST TO SIGN A RECORD LABEL



Above:A phenomenal rapper with no record label Immortal Technique



Some of the artists believe that signing a contract with a record label is another way of generating fame and being commercial,but some say it`s one and the same thing because most of the artists in the music industry are famous even though they never signed any contract with any record label. They say being independent is better than being part of a record label. They don`t deny that if you are part of a particular record label you get fame,but they say it`s useless to be famous while you don`t see money of what you are doing. I have been researching about all the artists that have never signed any contracts with any record labels until I found Immortal Technique as one of them. According to Immortal it is a better idea to be independent than killing your creativity by signing a contract with a record label because nowadays producers are just wrenching creativity out of artists` hands. He supports his ideas by making an example saying if forinstance you have made 20 songs in your album they will pick only 12 of them and you find out that they do not pick your favourite ones. He added that you only get 15 cents for that 12 songs and the producer gets millions of dollars.



Immortal Technique in Afghanistan



Technique is a revolutionary rapper who has released 10 albums from 2001 until now. He is actually basing his music on the political injustice,socil economics,poverty and racism. You can hear only one thing from Technique`s fans that he is only about the truth,he`s not scared of the truth. He says he likes it when he is proved wrong because that gives him more passion. The reason why he doesn`t want a record label is that he will be limited from reaviling what he feels inside and that`s the way the producers take your creativity out of your hands.Ever since this rapper started his music he`s been working independently. He refused to sign a deal with Def Jam and Sony but he is succeding,he makes hits and he is rich. Few years back he built school in Afghanistan and that prooves that he has money even though he is independent

LIST OF IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE`S ALBUMS

• Bin Laden Part 2
• Black cargo
• F**ck tha government
• Revolutionary vol 1
• Revolutionary vol 2
• The third world
• The martyr
• The middle passage
• The point of no return
• The silenced revolution