The BEST & WORST Rap Labels To Sign To
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- Опубліковано 15 бер 2024
- From J. Cole's Dreamville and Kendrick Lamar's PGLang to Drake's OVO Sound, we are looking at the best hip hop record labels for artists to sign to and the worst...
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Dreamville gotta be the best to sign to because J. Cole Genuinely cares for his label mates
carti says ppl frm his label his family ..
@@osamason.created.music.bruh u gotta be braindead, carti doesnt support or promote his artists at all
@@osamason.created.music.he hasnt ever given a single one of his artists a feature, or even featured them
@@Shinglez_ he has ?? theyr either unreleased or dropping later . he had a album with all his label members that was supposed to drop after tour .
@@osamason.created.music. bro is NEVER dropping
OVO is the worst by far, commenting before I start the video
It ain't called a sweatshop 4 no reason
Drake is making money, cry about it.
Yeah like name one artist other than partynexdoor and Drake on OVO that is big right now
@@japhetmanda7451ok? Nobody’s arguing that. The reason why it’s the worst is because Drake controls everyone under the label and their money and music
You were correct
Dreamville is literally the best label. Looks like artists release when they want to release and there is much needed support and even independence when needed. Cole doesn't leave any of his people hanging at all and the entire Dreamville roster is always performing at Dreamville fest every year. Even Reason from TDE did collabs and flowed and enjoyed Dreamville so much on Revenge of the Dreamers
walls fargo shows they all have fun
they literally act british at the start of the song
❤❤❤❤❤❤
But they all mostly trash
You said dream like 8 times
What about Opium bruh😢
Partynextdoor could have been the next big superstar if he hadn't signed to OVO
Was thinking the same thing.
I don’t think he really wants to be famous
@@mixedbyjabbz8502Yh its true, he didnt want the fame people say he should have
@@mixedbyjabbz8502no frl if he wasn’t signed to ovo and actually cared about the fame he would’ve been a way bigger artist today
18 million monthly listeners is fucking diabolical for an artist like him
Drake sees talent and suppresses it purposely so they don’t grow bigger than him he does this on purpose if you wanted to know why he signs artist and doesn’t want anything to do with them it’s because he’s purposely seeking out talent and putting you in a hole and he’s so powerful in the industry he can tell all connections to you need not to help you
I don’t think he’s doing it so they don’t become bigger than him, i think hes selfish and only focuses on his own career.
nah that’s not it he just sucks at being a CEO is all. with how much money is raking in to him, you can imagine he is pretty busy and he just doesn’t put the time in to push his other artists to success
More like absorbing it and making it his own 😂 every time he runs out of ideas he starts signing bunch of young talented upcoming artists because they make music what the kids like. Drake is only couple more years away from being 40
@@amisriaYeah, I don't think he is that guy when it comes to business either. He's no Jay-Z even tho he has compared himself to Hov before
not really about them growing bigger, drake only signs them to suck all their creative processes and ideas
Drake should've signed the weeknd and bryson tiller but then again im glad he didn't. 😂😂😂😂
That would be a butterfly effect my guy LOL. Drake would find easy preys on them, one for going through drugs issues at the time, and the other one for having confidence issues lol, these two would be sooo easy to shelve and put on the sweatshop on a full-time basis😂😂😂 An they would NEVER reach half of where they got today
He did sign “The Weeknd” and kept him up under him for years didn’t let him drop any music or help him with features he literally signed him just to suppress him from being the biggest artist out of Canada same with Partynxtdoor kept them suppressed he doesn’t want anyone coming out of Canada bigger than him or on his level so The Weeknd signed a deal by selling his soul and got out of Canada and expanded he said it was the only way he could reach the top like a mainstream Drake he wanted to stay independent but Drake kept him from growing his music been the exact same since the start just a lot of suppression from Drake
Bryson Tiller is so underrated.
They didn’t want to sign with him
@@redhunnid5142he never signed with him but he did right for him on take care
Timestamps
0:48 J. Cole’s Dreamville
3:03 Top Dawg Ent. (TDE)
4:47 Kendrick Lamar’s pgLang
6:29 OVO Sound
7:43 Cash Money Records
8:39 Quality Control Music
10:29 Young Thug’s Young Stoner Life Records (YSL)
12:23 Kanye West’s YZY
13:22 Travis Scott’s Cactus Jack
14:59 Playboi Carti’s Opium
16:02 DJ Drama’s Generation Now Record Label
17:15 Shady Records
18:12 Griselda Records
Thanks bro 😭
Damn no MMG lol
@@illtyuh8336 I forgot sorry I’ll add it right now
@@illtyuh8336MMG died way back in 2013
@@illtyuh8336No XO too
So glad Abel didn't sign to OVO back in like 2011. Also imo Dreamville is by far the best label to sign to if your a young up & coming artist.
glad ovoxo wasnt a thing but would of been a fire album
the funniest thing is he said that himself recently on we don’t trust you
Dreamville is literally miles away better than any label out there. They are so good that they promote artist better than their own labels such as Sheck Wes reason and DaBaby.
But what you’re completely missing is Griselda Records wouldn’t even be a thing to praise if it wasn’t for Shady Records. Shady signed 2 different deals with Griselda - one contract for WSG and Conway to each release an album and then one group album - so a total of 3 projects on Shady. But the 2nd deal with Shady was a distribution deal. This deal allowed each Griselda member to completely do whatever they wanted and release as often as they wanted. This along with the nonstop play on Shade 45 really helped them blow up.
Wrong. Griselda was already big before the Em sign. They had a steam rolling. Signing to Shady is what killed their hype a bit
@@beatbyknobodye1581 Conway:
"And I could never feel any Ill feelings towards Em and them niggas. They gave some 35 year old street niggas from Buffalo that’s been shot in the head and did jail sentences a chance and a opportunity to make it out the hood and take care of my family. So I’m forever thankful for that. So with that bein said, if you’re havin feelings or whatever towards bruh, leave me out of it please, cause I’m always gonna ride wit big bro"
Sorry but you’re the one who’s wrong. They were not big before signing to Shady. Do some research on their sales, streams etc.. They were barely known outside Buffalo in 2016. They definitely had some underground buzz but that’s it. They’ve all talked about living in the p’s before signing and now they’re all millionaires. Signing to Shady was life changing for all of them and I’m tired of ppl not doing their research before making vids like this and before making ignorant comments
What typa music does shade 45 play? Is it mostly old shit or new hits?
You’re just an Eminem fan
Now i finally know where to sign. I wasn’t sure yet. Thanks mate
Everyone, go listen to Bas’ new album _”We Only Talk About Real Sh*t When We’re F*cked Up”_ . You will not be disappointed
home alone goes mad🔥🔥
Bas has always been a “hidden” gem 💎
Yao ming
Alright. I’ll do that. I’ll come back to this comment when I’ve finished the album.
Don't get it twisted from, THIB to SZA album to Soul album to Q album TDE isn't going anywhere, no they don't drop every year but their projects are worth the wait
They got enough problems internally I wouldn't bet on it
It's really not worth the wait. Mr Morale is a good album but fam, don't be gone for 5 years. Same with SZA. They tend to ghost their fans a lot so they became irrelevant
@@lejamesbron5880that's yall problem yall think More is better quality over quantity
@@lejamesbron5880 SZA album is crazy and I'm it even a fan, she has crossed over to Superstar status, Kendrick last album was a throw away to get off the label, he owes one last album, we see what he does with projects when he really puts his heart into it.
@@Niiigg89 Father Time and Mother I Sober being throwaways is crazy
Shady records / aftermath during the 2000’s were crazy🗣️
D12, trice, Fif.... 🤔 Oh damn. Smh
It wasn’t bad. The artists just wasn’t pushed Big enough.
shady records only had 50 and Eminem, literally everyone else left
@@HollowHusk i said 2000’s… d12, 50, em, g unit(kindof), obie..
@@Breizy-E d12 didnt do anything that good, and Obie as good as he was, was irrelevant. and already said except for 50 and em nobody on that label had any impact and g unit was 50 cent part 2
Thank you, this is really gonna help me in my upcoming decision this week.
😂😂
Out of these ones mentioned, Dreamville is like the only one where the leader gives true effort to let his signees shine a bit. Drake, Ye, etc just gonna steal your 3 best songs, then ignore you lol
opium ain bad fr all of the opium members have their own communities and funny thing is even the background people (Stylists, Video People, and etc) get put on too which I find really cool about opium also all of the members each have 1 million plus monthly listeners and the craziest part about that is none of them have a released song with carti which in itself says a lot.
Kanye?? Bro what. He literally gives so many songs away
@@essence6603 I know right ....the run he had in 2018 with Teyana taylor and Pusha T
Did a lil digging; I don’t think Tanna Leone is still on the PGLang list
PGLang currently only holds Kendrick and Keem
yo for real?...
he still pglang, I know they cleared him on IG but they want to surface him properly. another signee will be Imani Selina.
Yo, he actually might be off the label. Wth
@@jalazel6447 he not you will see
@@prettygrim00 PGlang isn't following him, neither is Keem or Kendrick or Dave free, and it's funny bc you can't see who follows him. But you can see people you follow who follow him.
Everything was deleted around December, and still no album, no song. Idk man. I saw him open for Kendrick 😭 he's a great artist.
It’s about time Dreamville got the love it’s deserved and earned
Facts
Lowkey the best labels for artist rn imo are Dreamville & CMG, they both have a lot of successful artist currently
to think The Weeknd was gonna end up like PND in 2012, thank god he stuck with XO
JID doing a collab album with metro is crazy 2:45
OVO today is like Bad Boy in the 2000’s 👶
Trash 💀
Homixide Gang slander is WILD they're on opium too and are hard asf
we dont fuck with a pedo
i mean yeah but beno likes little girls so
They probably weren’t mentioned because of the allegations
@@krihs7983 which is garbage cuz the chick admitted to lying like months ago
@@krihs7983 theres no proof of any of the 'allegations' being real at all, people take insta dms (that are easily faked) as irrefutable proof of something that could ruin someones life
PG lang isnt a label btw, its a multi-service entertainmenr agency.
Huh?
You forgot the biggest best record label, could of been records
fax
Real shit
Wow! I didn’t realize all these labels wanted me. I’ll need a few days to consider
Great video as usual❤.
This will definitely be helpful when I finally choose which label to sign with 😎
Thanks I was really looking which label I should sign to
thanks for helping me, i really didnt know which one to sign with
Great video! Gotta love dreamville😂
Know your sound. Research subsidiary labels that cater to that sound. Send in demos and speak to executives that will take solicited material. Keep doing this until they get you in that building. That’s it. That’s all
Great content my guy
Great video thanks for the the info
G59 also seems like a very good place to be. The boys seem very implicated with all the albums the label puts out and the work is always very high quality.
Cool video. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on Strange Music and Rhymesayers.
SchoolBoyQ is so slept on its wild
I'm looking at this thing like at some point J. Cole or Travis are going to sign me
You should look into G59 records, they got a lot of good talent I can see the whole label blowing up here soon especially with germs recent album and with the boys dropping an album In a couple months with features from all of their artist, it's gonna be a good year for G59
GOOD music probably over but there was a time where artists in that label ruled the airwaves
The fact that this page is called fantastic hip hop when the research for its "facts" are minimal at best is crazy.
What?
What u on
@@TMJYT When it came to certain labels he would copy and paste stuff also with the opium label he left out a major artist apart of their label
Yeah…no sales numbers, org charts, personal life affecting label moves, beefs affecting sales
Great video BTW! Just curious though... What about Strange Music????? We can't forget about Tech and Trav 😭😭😭
Can’t forget that they all have handlers that control the entire operation, the control trickles down to making them paint nails or wear dresses.
What about Mass Appeal Records with Nas, Dave East, Ezri etc ?
I didnt even kno OVO sound was a label. Nice vid.
great vid!
Some people saying that Signing to a Rappers Record Labels is a Bad Idea
Except if you sign to dreamville
Or pglang
or opium
Or Griselda
Don’t sign to Empire though💀
BSF has a solid team behind them. I was lucky enough to get booked to cook dinner for them
i Rather Be Independant Than signing to a Record Label
I definitely agree 1000% independent is the best even tho is a lot of work but you can do what you want to do and make a lot of huge money major label sucks at the end of the day
Tory was right all along and even give us that advice shout out to him and #freetory@@antwanalston4572
RBITRL?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN@@vennix9792
It sadly is not that simple. Record labels provide funds and marketing for your record. So unless you are a Kanye where you can go independent and get a number 1 album most artists need a label
This guy saying lil baby fell off but hyping up carti for an album from 2020 is crazy
Cuz its true nobody talkin bout lil baby no more its carti time now
@@nateisda1 only thing I hear people talking about cardi is how he finesse that streamer. Nobody I know plays his sht in the car but I haven’t been around teenagers so that might be it.
@@dijone11mus1 you gotta be like 30+ years old if you dont hear people basting HOODBYAIR in their cars rn
@@dijone11mus1carti has dropped NOTHING on spotify solo after 2020, yet he nearly got twice the amount of streams as lil baby, and also being ranked #36 in the world despite having nothing solo in 3 years is still proof if you want to ignore the insane hype carti has been generating with the Music rollout
@@prinzdenax or carnival bro fs an old head
missing homixide gang in opium :/
Ong they always left out 😭
@@egils-_- tbh they the most underrated in opium . more conisistent than ken or lone tbh .
And L5 as well.
@@Falconeer55 L5 signed to 43va . he was nly cosigned . the nly other artists to be signd then dropped in a short time was glokk40spaz caus beno accidentally started beef with glokk40spaz .
Not only are they always the odd one out, they are nowhere newr as popular as the opium big 3
“So all in all” 🤨 bout sums up the depth of this video
Grey 59 is doing good as well
$uicideBoy$, Ramirez, Germ, Night Lovell, Shakewell and Chetta
Taylor gang is an interesting one that i would have been intrigued to hear ur take on
Forgot to mention rhymesayers entertainment. They definitely deserve to be in the conversation for rap labels.
aesop kind of carrying at this point though
@@jacobbarry219 that’s fair to say, butt I’m just sad they weren’t mentioned at all.
Dreamville is hands down the best label i get the feeling that cole just make sure everybody good
bro forgot abt aftermaths existence
a goated label
eminem
snoop dogg
KENDRICK LAMAR
anderson paak
dr dre
50 cent
i think u understand my opinion
Yeah but Aftermath HARDLY sign artists n G-Unit barely exist this days so,he was speaking about potential places to get sign to.
@@ggorgeous8729 bro forgot silk sonic
No way he missed roc nation too
@@Axelbaymusicsilk sonic = anderson paak + bruno mars bro
I thought Snoop was more Death Row but has toes to Aftermath
Grade A have to be one of the most dogshit labels ever, they were given one of the biggest rappers huge catalogs after his death and not putting out anything fans want is beyond me
This one of those #johnnyx100 moments. 2024. 🎉 we here. 🔥
Dreamville is the best label right now
Dreamville, Pglang and Generation Now definitely seems the most promising
What about M-M-M-MAYBACH music and Taylor gang… which I thought ty was still apart of ?
I feel like chief keef could have a bigger label, a bunch of rappers coming up now im sure would love to work with him because of his influence but the only people he’s ever really signed are his homies and lil gnar. idk how much hes actually trying to start a huge label but if he was i feel like there’s potential there
Loved seeing Griselda getting it roses at the end ⚖️🦂
Fax I was surprised cause Griselda is lowkey honestly it needs a bigger spotlight
Yelawolf has made some crazy music after leaving Shady!
roc-a-fella watered ye so he could bloom, love them for that
On my way to dreamville
really depends its like your genre is a element, if you are trappy then you should go for opium and if your rap then go for dreamville. it really depends
KEN ✅ OPIUM
LONLEY ✅ OPIUM
HOMIXIIDE GANG ❌ NOT OPIUM
he also forgot L5
@@jteg7721 i dont think L5 is officially signed yet
I hope OVO gets back on track. A lot of time has been invested into it.
dreamville best label hands down jid ari earthgang is on fye
You missed that Metro Boomin recently was signed to Cactus Jack, not sure if he would qualify for the video since he’s a producer though.
Nah BadBoy records gotta be the worst(I don’t wanna be touched)
Along with 300 Entertainment
I didn't know that half of these artists had labels 💀
What about the concrete family yachty,draft day,karrahbooo,trill,and camo?
They just getting started so they can’t be rated
Let's look at all of the contracts😊
Signing to an artist shouldn't be a go too if you're not gonna hustle like an independent with cash flow. That artist cosign or feature won't make you as big as him. But it is great for more creative freedom. Big labels are big for reason. They put you on bigger platforms etc. I doubt most people listen to these artists besides the label compilation. Plus artist labels never last. There's not a single 1.
Great vid but you left out G59!
Love Eminem but Shady records has a wild turn-over rate
Just listen to ‘1993’ and you can tell how well dreamville just effortlessly make good music together.
Good music
Can you make the Best and Worst Independant Rappers of all time
tory lanez
russ
chance the rapper
noname
and others
Is Russ a rapper? 😂 I thought he was a DJ
Chance don’t deserve to be on there
@kaydenv8669 just a question unrelated are you on the spectrum
@@kaydenv8669it says best and worst
Noname >>>> everyone else there
I remember you from your instagram days
Roger from American Dad ate that Bird underneath the cloth had no idea that was a real thing
all these are valid but i swear i’ve not seen one person say uzi should sign to opium😭😭
i know Grade A isn't a label thats all about rap but its a crime what theyve done to Juice's legacy
Forgot homixide gng in opium
always had dreams of joining dreamville
When talking about YSL, you didn’t mention that one of their rising stars in Lil Keed passed away 😔
What is the beat running in the background
TDE must give thanks to Kendrick coz he benefited the work he done and creativity.
I think it's mutual.
Griselda is my personal favorite label. So much talent
Opium no question asked destroylonely and ken Carson are literally stars and are making waves by themselves
I hate that you made this, but I watched the whole thing
MMG should have got a mention too..ijs
Waittttt JID and metro album but, metro and Kendrick beefing with Cole now, so who will JID choose…
hope pgLang signs more artists sometime, cause it kinda seems like Tanna left/was dropped. He had some really good shit, its a shame
How about aftermath?
I will choose good music
Cactus jack has the potential to end up like OVO sound where only 2 artist thriving from the label
Aye faygo got potential
@@fullmetal2455 bro has had potential for 4 years now
@@fullmetal2455Travis must push him and Faygo must push himself too