Help with something really fucking weak

DCarfagnaDCarfagna 983 Posts
edited June 2006 in Strut Central
Does anyone know about some CD (and perhaps even vinyl) making the rounds in NYC called Blow To My Soul: 16 Garage Funk Hits?Apparently this is an EXACT burn (with a different, porno cover) of my Chains & Black Exhaust mix from several years ago and is being sold around the East Coast.Whoever is behind this is really, really unimaginative and needs to fall way, way back into the sad hole from which they sprang.Please boycott this, the ultimate biter item, with fervor.
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  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    Haven't seen it yet but I'll let you know if someone tries to bring them by the shop.

    Mega weak.

  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    Wow, the cover is one of the worst thing I've ever seen. Shit is already being put up on the internet for download and the post I found was dated back in FEBRUARY and the poster writes that it's been "rocking my speakers for some time now" which suggests that he picked it up even earlier than that.

    If you want the URL Dante, PM me.

  • aleitaleit 1,915 Posts
    that is fucking lame.
    unimaginative does not come close to describing.

  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    that is fucking lame.
    unimaginative does not come close to describing.

    Yeah, if you're gonna rip off the next dude's mix-CD at least bootleg it with cheap Kinko's color copying like they didwith the Brainfreeze joints. Changing the name is just cowardly. Though I have to say - this is pretty wild, all things considered.

  • ariel_calmerariel_calmer 3,762 Posts
    Tasteless! You'd think people would be happy enough to be able to download it, thus not directly profiting from somebody else's creativity.

  • dCastillodCastillo 1,963 Posts
    The tracklist on the back looks like it came from an early recap of what we came up with on soulstrut. There's about 3-5 tracks titled "?".

    Very fucking weak.

  • hammertimehammertime 2,389 Posts
    The tracklist on the back looks like it came from an early recap of what we came up with on soulstrut. There's about 3-5 tracks titled "?".

    Very fucking weak.



    haha that's ridiculous.


    "I say we go get the motherfucker"



  • that is just pathetic. On a sidenote-It seems I've missed out on this and would actually like to obtain a copy of the Chains & Black Exhaust mix if possible? Any help Dante? Dave?

  • Young_PhonicsYoung_Phonics 8,039 Posts
    Dante:

    I got nothing but respect for your dig-abilities but how mad can you get? I mean did you license and/or attempt to get a hold of the dudes on the comp and break them off a little cash/royalites? I definetly would be pissed if I got my mixtapes bootleg but I mean it's not the music was mine to begin with.

    I'm really not trying to be a dick here, I'm just suprised no one has mentioned this yet. Maybe I'm wrong...but yo.


  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    Dante:

    I got nothing but respect for your dig-abilities but how mad can you get? I mean did you license and/or attempt to get a hold of the dudes on the comp and break them off a little cash/royalites? I definetly would be pissed if I got my mixtapes bootleg but I mean it's not the music was mine to begin with.

    I'm really not trying to be a dick here, I'm just suprised no one has mentioned this yet. Maybe I'm wrong...but yo.


    Where's that 5 pager graemlin?

  • dCastillodCastillo 1,963 Posts
    I definetly would be pissed if I got my mixtapes bootleg

    does this not answer your own question?

    D said it right--it's unimaginitive. It's the direct biting of one's selection of music. It's especially weak when some time and focus went into that selection.

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    Dante:

    I got nothing but respect for your dig-abilities but how mad can you get? I mean did you license and/or attempt to get a hold of the dudes on the comp and break them off a little cash/royalites? I definetly would be pissed if I got my mixtapes bootleg but I mean it's not the music was mine to begin with.

    I'm really not trying to be a dick here, I'm just suprised no one has mentioned this yet. Maybe I'm wrong...but yo.


    I'm with Phonics on this, not so much that you give royalties from a mix, but that you should expect as much.

    They know they're chumps, is not that satisfaction enough?

    K.

  • Young_PhonicsYoung_Phonics 8,039 Posts
    I definetly would be pissed if I got my mixtapes bootleg


    You're right I would be pissed, but at the same time I'd be like "shit, it's not like I handled it right to begin with". I would just take my lumps and maybe even be a little flattered that they thought my efforts where worthy of being copied.

    but whatever..I'm not a "chicago dude".

  • high_chigh_c 1,384 Posts

    I got nothing but respect for your dig-abilities but how mad can you get? I mean did you license and/or attempt to get a hold of the dudes on the comp and break them off a little cash/royalites? I definetly would be pissed if I got my mixtapes bootleg but I mean it's not the music was mine to begin with.

    I'm really not trying to be a dick here, I'm just suprised no one has mentioned this yet. Maybe I'm wrong...but yo.


    I knew it was only a matter of time. very fryermantis of you!

  • DCarfagnaDCarfagna 983 Posts
    I'm not pissed or bitter.
    I'm just a little aghast at how fucking unimaginative and weak people can be.
    I mean just boot the thing straight up, don't change its clothes and try to front like it's your shit.
    The Chains CD is no different from Soul Boulders or Trap Door Mystery Mix, and those are mixes that are "sold" just the same.

  • I definetly would be pissed if I got my mixtapes bootleg


    You're right I would be pissed, but at the same time I'd be like "shit, it's not like I handled it right to begin with". I would just take my lumps and maybe even be a little flattered that they thought my efforts where worthy of being copied.

    but whatever..I'm not a "chicago dude".

    i think its a lil bit different than just getting bootlegged as the packaging was changed. it would be more like someone getting a hold of your mix and repackaging it with their name on it. i am of the opinion that artists shouldnt be paid for use of their songs on a mix though. comp, reissue, of course. but just a mixtape?? naw thats promotion homie

  • Young_PhonicsYoung_Phonics 8,039 Posts
    I'm just a little aghast at how fucking unimaginative and weak people can be.

    word.

  • I actually sent my first artist/publishing compensation check for SB's today per request.

  • I actually sent my first artist/publishing compensation check for SB's today per request.

    that is interesting, was it by the artists request.
    i guess i think about it in "hip hop" terms. ya know im not gonna send clipse a couple of bucks because i wanna use their grindin instrumental.

  • pj4533pj4533 481 Posts


    I knew it was only a matter of time. very fryermantis of you!

    seriously.....where is the "take that shit to fryermantis" graemlin?

  • Young_PhonicsYoung_Phonics 8,039 Posts


    I knew it was only a matter of time. very fryermantis of you!

    seriously.....where is the "take that shit to fryermantis" graemlin?


    wow..wait because I questioned Dante?

  • pj4533pj4533 481 Posts


    I knew it was only a matter of time. very fryermantis of you!

    seriously.....where is the "take that shit to fryermantis" graemlin?


    wow..wait because I questioned Dante?

    no no no.....there was a big ass thread over there about...well....forget it, i'd rather not bring it here.

    but no, was just a comment on the topic. thats all.

  • dCastillodCastillo 1,963 Posts


    but whatever..I'm not a "chicago dude".

    what?

  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    The tracklist on the back looks like it came from an early recap of what we came up with on soulstrut. There's about 3-5 tracks titled "?".


    Well, the download of C&BE that was going around SS a few months
    ago actually has the files named except for the few unknowns, so
    they probably made their boot from a download and used that info.


    And by the way, although this is IN NO WAY meant to justify or
    excuse this biting - I am definitely of the mind that to jack
    someone's well-respected mix and sell it as your own is incredibly
    weak and pathetic - one clue as to why this would have been done
    in the first place is RIGHT HERE


    Just a suggestion - maybe you should bring it back yourself, Dante?
    Press up another couple hundred more copies and beat 'em at their own game?
    There's obviously interest in it.

  • Young_PhonicsYoung_Phonics 8,039 Posts


    but whatever..I'm not a "chicago dude".

    what?

    I just sensed that your response was on some "HE"S MY CHI CITY DUDE! I"M STICKING UP FOR HIM"..but really it's more me funin' than anything.

  • jamesjames chicago 1,863 Posts
    This is not at all to detract from the foulness of the situation, but:

    For better and for worse, packaging provides context, and it intrigues me (much as I'm sure it may disgust you, Dante) that--while those that got theirs honest had their listening colored by the attendant cabalistic motorsickle bad-vibe--this particular bootleg may beget a group of folks that view all of the material on the disc through the lens of some hot-pink sex shit.

    MAKES MY HEART
    BEATS A LITTLE FASTER

  • nzshadownzshadow 5,518 Posts
    ITS. JUST. FUCKING. WRONG.

    hope you manage to track down the dickhead(s) responsible.

    what a pathetic move.

  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts
    I definetly would be pissed if I got my mixtapes bootleg


    You're right I would be pissed, but at the same time I'd be like "shit, it's not like I handled it right to begin with". I would just take my lumps and maybe even be a little flattered that they thought my efforts where worthy of being copied.

    but whatever..I'm not a "chicago dude".

    i think its a lil bit different than just getting bootlegged as the packaging was changed. it would be more like someone getting a hold of your mix and repackaging it with their name on it. i am of the opinion that artists shouldnt be paid for use of their songs on a mix though. comp, reissue, of course. but just a mixtape?? naw thats promotion homie

    Well, what is really the difference between a "mixtape" that is packaged and sold in record shops and a "comp"? Not much. I think it all comes down to how widely it's distributed and how much money is made off it. It's definitely a grey area, but you can't just use the logic that "mixtapes are hip hop and you don't have to pay unless you call it a comp", which seems like what you're saying. That said, this Dante thing is a whole different can of worms - it reminds me of stealing another kids homework, erasing their name, writing your own on it and turning it in for credit.

  • jamesjames chicago 1,863 Posts
    "He's My Chi City Dude"

    Stepper's classic, right there. And the twelve-inch goes for some coin, too.

  • DCarfagnaDCarfagna 983 Posts

    I understand completely.
    But I am the type to look forward rather than back.
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