Immortal Technique - Hypocrite or Hero?? What Do You Think?

[shakur420]

(05-25-2010 03:25 AM)kcoll Wrote:  ...if he was it this game for the money he would sign with a major record lable and reap the benefits.

Let's not get it twisted. It's been made pretty clear in the last decade that independent artists are able to make a lot more money than artists signed to corporate labels. There's only some artists like Madonna, Metallica, U2, etc. that have reached a point in their careers where they receive significant percentages of sales, and if they even get advances, they are probably astronomical. Tech's made it pretty clear that he's made more money being independent than if he had an average deal that most artists get with a corporate-owned label. Read/watch through the interviews
http://www.immortaltechnique.co.uk/Forum-Interviews

This is a wicked breakdown of an average situation. They use a a group of 3 artists, I believe. Even if it was the exact same deal for just one artist, 60 grand for 3 years work and possible the option of another $180,000 (if the album goes higher than gold) is just not a lot of money. Not at all.
http://131.193.153.231/www/issues/issue6...index.html

Another breakdown.
http://www.negativland.com/albini.html

Parish Smith (EPMD) mentions it in this Conspiracy interview (I think).
http://conspiracyworldwide.podomatic.com...8_24-08_00