Mar 14 2009
Just Blaze
One of the more mundane conversations you can have with someone is the “elimination of the middle class.” Ultimately, there are few solutions that you can do on a micro-level and it becomes just like complaining about the weather. (It’s not like you can make it stop raining.)
But there are some parallels with the shrinking middle class (economically-speaking) and the disappearing acts of some of the mid-major record labels. With big tickets like Universal and Sony looking to get tighter ships, the push behind the core group of artists is going to get harder.
And while I think that the ultimate future of these labels is something similar to what happened to Ken Griffey Jr.’s career, the big record company still has the benefit of being well integrated into the machine. They are not going anywhere anytime soon.
Just Blaze, starting at around the 5min mark, talks about the Saigon album and the issues behind the release of the mixtape. Listen to the whole interview though because it’s totally worth it. (Did you know that JB was the primary songwriter behind T.I.’s “Live Your Life?”)
