Friday, October 10, 2008

Kae Wun- Video Blog



Vote or Die trying 2008.

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40 comments:

Anonymous said...

NOTHIN BUT THE TRUTH! MUCH LOVE

Lyl Wan (TTH) said...

Yea i feel you on dat one ya know, i been chopin wit some otha local cats out there who doin the thang ya know juz gettin the TawTown Heavyweightz name out there cuz we droppin out new mixtape fight night on oct. 16th, (no free downloads) we gone be out in the streets sellin fa real. Im gone be on the east coast next week and best believe ima be pushin dat shit. But as far as shows man we trinna get in were we can ya know we done chopped it up wit DJ 3 already and he told us wassup wit dat. So i juz wanna let everybody know dat yall bouts to see a lot of TawTown Heavyweightz and DollaBoi ENT for a while cuz we bouts to drop like no otha.

DollaBoi Ent....Whats Yours is Ours!!

-Lyl Wan

XV said...

The days of selling music, especially mixtapes, in the streets...are long gone. Good luck with that.

Lyl Wan (TTH) said...

naw i dont really think so man as long as u on yo grind u can sell anything. and if aint got a name yet den u to get out there and let errbody know who u are.

Anonymous said...

people gotta see ur face... theres some "big" local artists on the myspace but no one sees them out in the city, AT ALL... so when we ask, hey have u heard of him or so and so... i get alot of no i dont... when u go out people recognize u and they can truly see what your doin.

Anonymous said...

YOUR BEST BET, ESPECIALLY WITH A MIXTAPE IS PROMOTE IT FOR FREE. I'VE DONE THAT WITH MY ACTUAL ALBUM AND SEEN ALOT BETTER RESULTS, RATHER THAN SELLING IT. PEOPLE ARE CHEAP, AND IF IT'S NOT FREE THEY DONT WANT IT! BUT ONCE YOU HAND IT OUT FOR FREE, YOU CREATE A FANBASE WHO RESPECTS YOU AS AN ARTIST, AND IT TAKES ALOT FOR SOMEONE TO JUST GIVE AWAY FREE MUSIC. PLUS, YOU'LL SEE ALOT BETTER SALES ONLINE ANYWAY. THAT'S WHERE MOST OF MY PROFIT HAS COME FROM. I'VE MADE LITTLE TO NO MONEY PUSHING THE RECORD ON FOOT. IT'S KIND OF LIKE SAM'S CLUB, YOU GO TO GET THE FREE FOOD SAMPLES, BUT IF THEY STARTED CHARGING A DOLLAR FOR EACH BITE, VERY FEW PEOPLE WOULD EVEN WANT IT ANYMORE. FREE IS BETTER! JUST A THOUGHT.

XV said...

The days of "people knowing you in Wichita KANSAS and then blowing up worldwide" are...long gone.

Anonymous said...

^^ TRUTH. HOME STUDIOS, PCs, FRUITY LOOPS, AND AUTOTUNE ARE A SIN TO THIS MUSIC INDUSTRY!

Lyl Wan (TTH) said...
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Lyl Wan (TTH) said...

Honestly i would rather have a name in my own city then somewhere else and aint donth think dat bout home studios cuz a lot of niggas i got money to get in them big studios so the gotta wrk wit wat they got. And we are sellin this mixtape 4 only a few dollaz juz to get back wat we put in. and like ace said you gotta get yo face out there let people know even if they dont buy it thats still one more person wit yo name in they memory. And plus being a rapper comin from nuthin you gotta learn how to sell yoself cuz u cant give every cd out for free.

Anonymous said...

this would be a real good topic to talk about... internet or go in the streets... thats what grindin is about!... not movin the mouse and clickin all day long... its a dimension that helps but its not the only way to get known.

XV said...

The days of remembering a RAPPER that tried to sell you a CD on the streets.......are long gone.

Anonymous said...

WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT...THESE DAYS SELLING CD'S IN WICHITA IS LIKE SELLING GIRL SCOUT COOKIES...ONLY PEOPLE CLOSE TO YOU WILL GIVE UP MONEY TO GET THEM. AND MAYBE SOME STRANGERS WHO ALREADY KNOW WHAT THEY TASTE LIKE.

"GET IT I'M AN ATTIC, AND IT'S ON A HOUSE OF RAPPERS DOWN THE HOLE WITH A RABBIT LIKE ALICE/ I WONDER IF THEY LAND WHERE I LAND'S GOT A PALACE" VIZZY IS RIGHT ON THIS ONE...YOU GOTTA FOCUS ON YOUR LARGER MARKET, RATHER THAN WICHITA. TO BE HONEST, THIS TOWN IS A NICKLE IN A POUND OF WEED; SMALL AND UNNOTICED. GOOD SUBJECT THOUGH!

Anonymous said...

I'm not knocking what you doing, but I think it will take a little bit of both. X knows about the whole mixtape scene cause every year he was out at the river fest and every where else giving EVERYBODY a royalty city mixtape. I would bet everybody has or has heard one of them.

I think you should still do it, but I wouldn't sell it. Just consider it an investment in yourself. You will get your return once you get a solid fan base who will buy your album or other things. You will go in the whole at first on paying for the mixtape, but it will pay off.

K Will said...

Co-sign on not selling the mixtape. I mean I just downloaded the new LUDACRIS mixtape for free but I have to pay for TTH?

That's not a knock against TTH but this is the internet age. I'm more than happy to pay for an actual album. Actually I own most local artist albums out, but there's no way I'm paying to hear ANYONE over some industry beats. I wouldn't buy just on GP.

Anonymous said...

how can anything be long gone? so everything we bout to do is "LONG GONE"?! makin it in KS and goin big worldwide is long gone?! how can that be long gone when no ones done it. remembering a rappers face when u give try to sell them a cd is long gone?!... how??? no one gets alzheimers until they 65! why is everything long gone???... fruity loops, autotune, home studios are a sin to hiphop??? 1.i know alot of people that use fruity loops and they make hot beats and u cant tell the diff. 2.auto tune: well i dont use that shit so i dont care. 3.home studios: every rapper starts somewhere and progresses.

we know that FREE MIXTAPES DOES HELP and WE WILL do that but we still sellin our shit. everyone is goin at us sayin we gotta give every single one out 4 free. our songs on the myspace is already for free downloads. i understand at the moment that TawTown Heavyweightz may or may not be on the "same level" as XV, KaeWun, So Uniq or whoever else but you got 18 and 19 yr old dudes compared to dudes 22, 23 and older out there grindin. havin a real mixtape that people will hear. nothin online just to show off and promote and it never comes.

people gotta respect our hustle and grind! hustle and grind is never long gone in my opinion

Anonymous said...

and XV might be ready to jump all over me LoL...but i gotta state my opinion as well.

Anonymous said...

I really dont think anyone can say what will and wont work in a market like wichita. Theres no mainstream artists from wichita to look to for guidance. I mean seriously, Ain't nobody tryin to explain to Ben Franklin how to invent electricity when it ain't been discovered yet. Nothin in Wichita is long gone because nothing has really begun. But we a rising star I think and when the first group/solo artist breakthrough and gets some valid exposure, I think things will really start to jump off for people around the city. But until that day, people gotta grind in as many different ways possible before they find the one way thats going to lead them to true success.

Young Smooth
(Dolla Boi Ent.)

XV said...

The entire city of Wichita...is long gone.

Anonymous said...

I'm not saying you can't sell nothing. You prolly can. I am coming from K-Will's perspective. I get all these mixtapes from major artists for free and you are selling yours. Now, you will make some money...One-O and Dubb are out all the time selling thier mixtapes and album's. You can do it...but you will get more exposure by giving it out for free.

Doing both will work. Good luck on getting ya name out though. Nothing is long gone, the city is here for ya'll and everyone else who wants to make a name for their self. But I would definetly put just as much energy into internet promo as you do for the streets.

Anonymous said...

Yo I mean I dunno what works for other niggas and what don't...but the truth is I get it in in MY city!(Radio, streets, shows) tell me I'm wrong! -Till the death..Mr. ICT

Rookie Tha Mutha-Fuckin Dawn said...

I hustle...Lmao!
Shop 4 Next FRIDAY!!!!!

Lyl Wan (TTH) said...

I mean i get wat yall sayin bout da free shit i dig dat but wen u want dat money free aint gone work, i mean we sellin for 1,2,3,4, or 5 dollaz watever they got. And really aint nobody in Wichita made it so there is nobody who can tell anybody wat will and wont work!! like wat smooth sed.But Any Way TAWTOWN HEAVYWEIGHTZ NEW MIXTAPE FIGHT NIGHT OUT FRIDAY.
You can catch us out SELLING it so if u wanna support us get a copy, if not, dont really care.

Anonymous said...

Now I would say this. You need to stick to a price. If you come at me and you selling for $5 and I BS you and you drop down to $2 dollars...to me your saying what you did ain't worth nothing. Whenever I get approached by somebody who does that, that's how I feel about them and whatever they are offereing.

Just my opinion, but I think it would be good to see you out in the streets trying to make a name for yourself.

XV said...

The days of getting anything in in Wichita, Kansas...are...long gone...

Anonymous said...

lol, wow

Anonymous said...

K WILL!! THIS POST....IS......LONG GONE LOL ....BEST OF LUCK TO ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY DOING IT, AND WHATEVER STRATEGIES THEY CHOOSE TO USE!

Anonymous said...

^^^^ Agreed

Anonymous said...

XV basically sayin Kae Wun aint gettin it in... sayin TTH cant sell or be remembered or be big as long as we in wichita since wichita is long gone... i dont know what u mean by what u tryin to say but... thats some shit fareal.

XV said...

the days of EVER understanding me...are...........

Anonymous said...

....long gone

XV said...

thanks Sup!! LOL.

Anonymous said...

lol...no prob...

XV said...

Nah but real talk real quick (that's the name of this video by the way, lol) i don't think their is any kind of strategy to making it, and I don't mean making it being from Wichita. I mean making it IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.

All I'm saying point blank period is blowing up in Wichita will do nothing for anybody who has plans on being a MAJOR act in the industry. And if "you're about to drop like no otha", then I would hope you mean more than WICHITA, KANSAS.

But, so far all of the outlets that you can get in Wichita hasn't helped any artist. Twansac has been the biggest artist on the radio in Wichita (over 3 singles in HEAVY rotation) and that didn't transfer to anything more outside of the midwest region. Their are like MAYBE 2-3 venues even allowing independent HIP-HOP acts in Wichita (hence the no ICT show on my tour). And Wichita PEOPLE don't give a FUCK about Wichita artists. Their isn't true support for artists in Wichita. People KNOW of artists in Wichita, but they don't SUPPORT artists in Wichita, if anybody understands that.

And that's why I say that everything is LONG GONE...because people should realize that. If no certain strategies work. At least realize that BLOWING UP IN WICHITA will NOT transfer to MAKING IT IN THE INDUSTRY. This is a proven fact since the beginning of ICT Hip-Hop. And that's point blank.

K Will said...

Thanks to Vizzy for saying that,

Most people don't realize how towns like KC and Lawrence really SUPPORT their artist. They do shows and whatnot all the time.

It's sad that X is touring and not doing Wichita. But its all of our fault.

This site is about trying to turn this shit around. Work together, but we all know how that goes...

K Will said...

The days of people supporting Wichita artist are.... actually they were never here...

My point is lets not complain about it and lets go out and support it.

Anonymous said...

X AND K WILL ARE RIGHT...AND THANKS XV FOR THE EXPLAINATION! BECAUSE IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. AS STATED ABOVE, NOBODY HAS MADE IT OUT OF WICHITA, REGARDLESS OF WHAT TACTICS THERE ARE. WHICH IS WHY ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY MUST STEP OUT OF THE BOX! AND USE RESOURCES FROM COAST TO COAST TO MAKE YOUR CAREER HEALTHY AND SUCCESSFUL!

I'VE DONE SHOWS IN WICHITA, WITH NO RESPONSE...LITERALLY! WHEN YOU PERFORM AT A VENUE IN THIS TOWN, ALL THE CONSUMERS CARE ABOUT IS THE MAJOR ACTS. I THINK I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF XV, KAEWUN, AND TWANSAC (WHO HAVE ALL HAD SLOTS AT FREAKNICS AND OTHER KDGS SPONSORED SHOWS)...YOU CAN PUT ON THE BEST PERFORMANCE EVER (WHICH THEY HAVE) AND YET NOTHING COMES OF IT. GREG OFFERS NO HELP TO THE LOCAL MARKET, WHICH I STRONGLY RESENT.

I'VE SAT IN GREG'S OFFICE, SINGLE BEING LISTENED TO, LIKED, AND THROWN ON THE BATTLE OF THE FRESH JAMS. GOT ALL 5 NIGHTS, AND WENT NOWHERE FROM THERE. IT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE AS TO HOW UN-DEDICATED THOSE IN POSITIONS OF POWER ARE IN THIS CITY.

TO WRAP UP, THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO BLOW UP IN THIS MUSIC INDUSTRY COMING FROM ICT....AND THATS EITHER GETTING ON...

KELLOGG....OR I35 AND GETTING THE FUCK OUT! PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

Anonymous said...

HELL YEAH THAT'S THE TRUTH RIGHT THERE LOL IT'S FUNNY HOW PEOPLE HERE PLAYING ALL OF ACE HOOD'S SHIT YOU KNOW AND I HAVE A NEW SINGLE WITH THE GUY AND PEOPLE LOOK AT IT LIKES IT'S FAKE AND LIKE IT DON'T EXIST AND I'M SERIOUS THEY DO IT'S KINDA FUCKED UP THAT I'M GETTING MORE LOVE FROM FLORIDA AND GEORGIA THAN MY OWN HOMETOWN THE PLACE I LAY MY HEAD AT PEOPLE WOULDN'T EVEN SUPPORT ME SEE I RESPECT XV,KAE WUN, AND A LOT OF ARTIST FROM WICHITA REALLY I DO I FEEL THAT A LOT OF ARTIST FROM THIS CITY HAS BEEN SLEPT ON LIKE NO OTHA REAL TALK AND I ALSO PLANNED TO PUT A MIXTAPE OUT BUT I SEEN WHAT ALL THE EFFECTS NOT SAYING U CAN'T SELL A MIXTAPE, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SELL A MIXTAPE HERE MAYBE U HEAR THAT WORD I SAID MAYBE YOU KNOW BUT U GOTTA LOOK AT THE ECONOMY FOR REAL PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEY JOBS,HOMES AND SHIT THE LAST THING THEY THINKING BOUT IS BUYING A LOCAL MIXTAPE FOR REAL THAT'S REAL TALK YOU GOTTA LEAVE YA CITY TO HELP YA CITY SO SAVE UP AND TAKE A TRIP OUT OF THE CITY TO ANOTHER AND WATCH THE REACTION U GET FROM SOMEBODY IN A DIFFERENT STATE IT'LL FUCK YA MIND UP BRA YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO XV AND SO-UNIQ YOU MAY LEARN SOMETHING

Anonymous said...

My point is lets not complain about it and lets go out and support it.

^^^^so when kwill says this, nobodys arguing his statement or going against it, but i coulda sworn last month or whenever, when i had said basically the SAME SHIT....nevermind lol.

good luck taw town, i see yall.

K Will said...

"^^^^so when kwill says this, nobodys arguing his statement or going against it, but i coulda sworn last month or whenever, when i had said basically the SAME SHIT....nevermind lol.

good luck taw town, i see yall."

LMAO

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