I’m a new subscriber but I love hearing about the business side of the music industry. Your videos are so insightful and the unbiased reporting is refreshing!
@@juniordace1347 I think their offering will be closer to UnitedMasters where they accept anyone for distribution, but certain artists out of the pack will be up streamed for more opportunities whether that be management, signing to the label, or direct sync deals.
As soon as they accepted me they locked me out of my account. I find that to be quite strange I literally was newly accepted. Maybe it’s a blessing that I can’t see.
They PUNTED 🏈 They folded an actual record label into Equity Distribution. Equity was invite-only DIY distribution with a little bit support. Now, there's no label anymore at all. And now, it's not invite-only anymore, they're accepting all applications. You Will not be upstreamed. That's why Shari Bryant stepped down, she's no longer needed to do-run the actual major label; because there's no more Roc Nation Label, it's merged. It's all a even playing field. Roc is not fixed on recordings anymore, only other areas of the business and this is the nail in the coffin. Record labels are dying.
I'm sorry fake account, but this is actually not true. Just because Shari Bryant stepped down doesn't mean that no one will fill her position. Not to mention, they have a whole roster of artists that are contractually bound to their label. Roc Nation used to be distributed by Universal Music, now they will be distributed via their own company. I don't disagree that labels as we used to know them are facing a great deal of challenges and adversity, but many of these corporations will outlive every artist on their catalog even if the entire music industry falls.
I think most labels are gonna move to this model soon - let the masses do all the work then get behind anything that gets traffic and increase their backend percentage - no investment required
is a scamming distribution company, when he get distribute all my music catalog, he scammed on my copyright music and he don't let me login at my account of distribution to manage all my music and income
UM didn't offer video distribution even tho i was asking for years because i didn't want to distribute music on UM and video thru distrokid. Also i have been with UM from beginning when everything was free then they changed it and start charging $60 a year for Select where u keep 100% royalties but if dont pay annually they start removing your content from platforms. My biggest concern was if something happened to me i want my music out forever. I have been with rocnation distro about a month and they have created my vevo channel, merged my UA-cam channel to one main channel, i can drop songs that wasn't getting cleared thru UM.
To me it’s Distrokid if Distrokid was free lol 🤣 but yeah i use roc nation distribution it’s aight it just take a long time to put music on platforms Distrokid go faster tho in my opinion
This here is Really some nasty work.... that boy jigga... really living out those 48 laws.... isn't this the same thing tht suge, irv and Prince was tryna do and Jay backdoored them....and got them hot and empire demolished
Jay didn’t backdoor them at all. Universal pulled their investment away from Irv Gotti due to his RICO case and the government froze his assets during their investigation.
Sir, I received an invitation link from Equity Music Distribution. I also created my account but today when I logged into my account, it is showing me incorrect email ID and password. Please sir 😭😭
You have to use the +1 email thing it tries to autocorrect. It will still register to your normal email. Not sure what their malfunction is but they def should have taken more time to fix the bugs & rebrand before their public announcement
@@realjnolan Sir what should I do now, I had just logged in to the account of one of my friends who also has a Roc nation distribution. When I logged in to his account my account is showing incorrect email
So the 15% is only coming from publishing? And the Masyer recording side is all yours? Making it really 85/15. Or is it 15% from masters and 15% from publishing
After hearing all of the horror stories from all of the rocafella artists, majority of artists managed by roc nation, and pretty much everyone they’ve done business with… do you REALLY trust signing to their distribution? Hell even Larussell and Colin kaepernick had issues with them 🤦🏾♂️🤣
Misinformation. None of the artists managed by Roc Nation have complained. Wale left before they got their infrastructure together. The only Rocafella artists that complained were the Philly rappers who got robbed by their management and signed those deals without solid representation. Or they're mad they didn't get supported through prison bids which has nothing to do with a music career. LaRussell is a brand of his own, he said that they sent him a lowball offer but he was never with them to see how things would go. Kaepernick was never represented by Roc either, people were just angry that Jay partnered with the NFL during his protest, but it was after 2 years had already passed. Kaep had opportunities to re-enter the league btw and wanted to do it on his terms. Just didn't work out.
@@realjnolan No, YOU are spreading misinformation. There are plenty of artists that have complained that roc nation never did anything for their career, and that roc nation were basically receiving a free check. Hell, we can take it back even further to the rocafella artists and THEIR complaints about jay z’s “shrewd” business practices. Why would he call dehaven a snitch, then hire Desire Perez? Also, they sent Larussell a contract with NO money, NOT a lowball offer, but NO money except a discretionary fund… and once he brought it up, the instantly sent another contract as if they were testing him to see if he’d bite the bait. Let’s call a spade a spade, that’s all. Good day to you sir 🫡
@@realjnolan One year jay says we are with kaep, we should boycott etc… the nfl gave him a job NOW it’s we are past kneeling. 🤣. He’s a master manipulator, and he’s great at leveraging his influence to work for his own PERSONAL benefit.
@@realjnolan No, Jay told everybody to boycott the nfl because of kaep…. The nfl gave jay a job, then jay said we are all past kneeling. How sway? Because they let him run the Super Bowl halftime shows now? Smdh. Kaep and his gf spoke out about it themselves & guess what? They didn’t have anything positive to say about jay after that. Literally everyone that’s ever signed to his companies, excluding Memphis bleek, have all said the exact same things. Even all of his old friends like jaz-o, dehaven, dame dash… do you see the pattern? Everybody can’t be lying. I’ve even heard artists speak horribly about the live nation contracts. He’s very predatory in his business practices. The corporate world calls it being shrewd, in the hood we call it being a snake. So would I trust signing to roc nation distribution? Idk… I’d be skeptical.
This ain’t nothing but Empire or Distrokid..u need marketing otherwise it’s not impressive just saying RocNation which has lost its status over the years..Roc nation been over music wise and they never broke any artist
@@realjnolan j Cole never wore that Roc chain or claimed Roc Nation Bozo they didn’t break him either that’s why he’s at Interscope and been there with Dreamville try again..
@@mrplaytime3326You wouldn’t know J.Cole if it wasn’t for the Hov push. He was a nobody but an extra in Consequence videos. Keep it a Buck. No need to call anybody a Bozo. You better than that. Same thing with Kendrick.. He was rapping.. Nobody cared. The moment Dr.Dre said he was his Protege and got that push. Look at where Kendrick somehow got to.
I’m a new subscriber but I love hearing about the business side of the music industry. Your videos are so insightful and the unbiased reporting is refreshing!
Thank you so much, that means a great deal! Much more to come
I applied yesterday for roc nation distribution and I got approved today. It's basicallly the same EQ Distro than before
Yeah, they're going through a complete rebrand. All of that will be updated soon.
@@realjnolan Do you think they’re accepting anybody who apply like if it was Distrokid? They want their cut of the entire industry small and big.
@@juniordace1347 I think their offering will be closer to UnitedMasters where they accept anyone for distribution, but certain artists out of the pack will be up streamed for more opportunities whether that be management, signing to the label, or direct sync deals.
Thanks!
Salute bro, I greatly appreciate it!
I subscribe because I have music here and I like watching/listening to you videos. Keep it up.
Much respect!
I went from unitedmasters to roc nation distro. I love it so far its better than UM.
Whaaaaa??!!! This is going to be crazy work for Hip-hop industry.
Yeah but that 15 percent of publishing doesn’t sit right with me lol
@@iamsouthernmackmook what do you believe they should get because this is industry standard?
@@daohezone5176 it's plenty of artists that own all of their publishing
Smart move I dnt know why other ppl ddnt see the open lane
I am so thankful this video showed up in my feed. Subscribed. Releasing music in the fall ❗️
Great information
Much appreciated
As soon as they accepted me they locked me out of my account. I find that to be quite strange I literally was newly accepted. Maybe it’s a blessing that I can’t see.
Now rocnation got us all locked out
Thank you for clarifying about Megan not being Roc Nation's "artist". However, you know there's *ALWAYS* gonna be ppl that will think what they want.
They PUNTED 🏈
They folded an actual record label into Equity Distribution. Equity was invite-only DIY distribution with a little bit support. Now, there's no label anymore at all. And now, it's not invite-only anymore, they're accepting all applications.
You Will not be upstreamed. That's why Shari Bryant stepped down, she's no longer needed to do-run the actual major label; because there's no more Roc Nation Label, it's merged. It's all a even playing field. Roc is not fixed on recordings anymore, only other areas of the business and this is the nail in the coffin. Record labels are dying.
I'm sorry fake account, but this is actually not true. Just because Shari Bryant stepped down doesn't mean that no one will fill her position. Not to mention, they have a whole roster of artists that are contractually bound to their label. Roc Nation used to be distributed by Universal Music, now they will be distributed via their own company.
I don't disagree that labels as we used to know them are facing a great deal of challenges and adversity, but many of these corporations will outlive every artist on their catalog even if the entire music industry falls.
yep letting everyone in is gonna saturate the platfom
This sounds like a game changer if you know what you want
I like the deal. I really don't like the 80/ 15. But it's the roc I guess it worth it
CDBABY takes 7% and is a $10 fee for each release and that's it
I think most labels are gonna move to this model soon - let the masses do all the work then get behind anything that gets traffic and increase their backend percentage - no investment required
I think that would lead to a massive revolt lol
@@realjnolan oh that’s coming too lol a music business revolution is happening right before our eyes
Can I upload Motion Art to apple with them? I currently use distrokid but can only use a still image as cover art.
is a scamming distribution company, when he get distribute all my music catalog, he scammed on my copyright music and he don't let me login at my account of distribution to manage all my music and income
UM didn't offer video distribution even tho i was asking for years because i didn't want to distribute music on UM and video thru distrokid. Also i have been with UM from beginning when everything was free then they changed it and start charging $60 a year for Select where u keep 100% royalties but if dont pay annually they start removing your content from platforms. My biggest concern was if something happened to me i want my music out forever. I have been with rocnation distro about a month and they have created my vevo channel, merged my UA-cam channel to one main channel, i can drop songs that wasn't getting cleared thru UM.
Some tell me that this distribution agreements gone start blocking label deals outside they label
That would require an exclusive distribution deal for them to restrict you
No wonder they don’t want no up front money they own 15 percent of your publishing I guess they gotta make money some how huh
Technically they don’t own anything, but they are retaining 15% for whatever you release through them
My problem is uploading the music I'm not sure if its my laptop or what?
I think they’ve been having some technical difficulties
Thanks god I know 🔥🔥🔥 my friends I’m rocnation thanks god
Jay bout too sell rocnation
That would be interesting
I’m having trouble uploading my songs to roc nation distribution. Is there any show how videos.
Make sure your music is a .wav file
To me it’s Distrokid if Distrokid was free lol 🤣 but yeah i use roc nation distribution it’s aight it just take a long time to put music on platforms Distrokid go faster tho in my opinion
Hi. Thanks for your comment. Do they offer playlist pitching?
@ I don’t know
This here is Really some nasty work.... that boy jigga... really living out those 48 laws.... isn't this the same thing tht suge, irv and Prince was tryna do and Jay backdoored them....and got them hot and empire demolished
Jay didn’t backdoor them at all. Universal pulled their investment away from Irv Gotti due to his RICO case and the government froze his assets during their investigation.
Sir, I received an invitation link from Equity Music Distribution. I also created my account but today when I logged into my account, it is showing me incorrect email ID and password. Please sir 😭😭
You have to use the +1 email thing it tries to autocorrect. It will still register to your normal email. Not sure what their malfunction is but they def should have taken more time to fix the bugs & rebrand before their public announcement
@@realjnolan Sir what should I do now, I had just logged in to the account of one of my friends who also has a Roc nation distribution. When I logged in to his account my account is showing incorrect email
going through the same thing here! Any fix?
Jay Z allegations in 3, 2, 1.
Lord
it a free platform
So the 15% is only coming from publishing? And the Masyer recording side is all yours?
Making it really 85/15.
Or is it 15% from masters and 15% from publishing
It’s 15% from both masters & publishing admin
Latto -drake album flopped.. Lol
What does that have to do with this video AT ALL? lol
MEGHAN THE STALLION
After hearing all of the horror stories from all of the rocafella artists, majority of artists managed by roc nation, and pretty much everyone they’ve done business with… do you REALLY trust signing to their distribution? Hell even Larussell and Colin kaepernick had issues with them 🤦🏾♂️🤣
Misinformation. None of the artists managed by Roc Nation have complained. Wale left before they got their infrastructure together. The only Rocafella artists that complained were the Philly rappers who got robbed by their management and signed those deals without solid representation. Or they're mad they didn't get supported through prison bids which has nothing to do with a music career.
LaRussell is a brand of his own, he said that they sent him a lowball offer but he was never with them to see how things would go. Kaepernick was never represented by Roc either, people were just angry that Jay partnered with the NFL during his protest, but it was after 2 years had already passed. Kaep had opportunities to re-enter the league btw and wanted to do it on his terms. Just didn't work out.
@@realjnolan No, YOU are spreading misinformation. There are plenty of artists that have complained that roc nation never did anything for their career, and that roc nation were basically receiving a free check. Hell, we can take it back even further to the rocafella artists and THEIR complaints about jay z’s “shrewd” business practices. Why would he call dehaven a snitch, then hire Desire Perez? Also, they sent Larussell a contract with NO money, NOT a lowball offer, but NO money except a discretionary fund… and once he brought it up, the instantly sent another contract as if they were testing him to see if he’d bite the bait. Let’s call a spade a spade, that’s all. Good day to you sir 🫡
@@realjnolan One year jay says we are with kaep, we should boycott etc… the nfl gave him a job NOW it’s we are past kneeling. 🤣. He’s a master manipulator, and he’s great at leveraging his influence to work for his own PERSONAL benefit.
@@1almfmightyKaep himself was clearly past it as well, as he’s kept saying he wants to return as recent as a few days ago
@@realjnolan No, Jay told everybody to boycott the nfl because of kaep…. The nfl gave jay a job, then jay said we are all past kneeling. How sway? Because they let him run the Super Bowl halftime shows now? Smdh. Kaep and his gf spoke out about it themselves & guess what? They didn’t have anything positive to say about jay after that. Literally everyone that’s ever signed to his companies, excluding Memphis bleek, have all said the exact same things. Even all of his old friends like jaz-o, dehaven, dame dash… do you see the pattern? Everybody can’t be lying. I’ve even heard artists speak horribly about the live nation contracts. He’s very predatory in his business practices. The corporate world calls it being shrewd, in the hood we call it being a snake. So would I trust signing to roc nation distribution? Idk… I’d be skeptical.
This ain’t nothing but Empire or Distrokid..u need marketing otherwise it’s not impressive just saying RocNation which has lost its status over the years..Roc nation been over music wise and they never broke any artist
Roc Nation broke J. Cole specifically. Guess he doesn't count?
@@realjnolan j Cole never wore that Roc chain or claimed Roc Nation Bozo they didn’t break him either that’s why he’s at Interscope and been there with Dreamville try again..
@@mrplaytime3326you are 100% correct! However, where you were wrong was calling that guy a Bozo. It's not that serious.
@@mrplaytime3326You wouldn’t know J.Cole if it wasn’t for the Hov push. He was a nobody but an extra in Consequence videos. Keep it a Buck. No need to call anybody a Bozo. You better than that. Same thing with Kendrick.. He was rapping.. Nobody cared. The moment Dr.Dre said he was his Protege and got that push. Look at where Kendrick somehow got to.