Do you believe him? He got at least a million USD? In this day and age (as a working musician)?

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Who?

Ryan Leslie is the sole writer and producer of Cassie's biggest (only?) hit "Me & U" which was certified platinum the same year it was released, and has since been licensed for all kinds of uses (ringtones, video games, dance performances). Keep in mind it was 2006 when physical copies still sold in the millions as well.

Why would he lie?

purplethunder3121 said:

Who?

Oh lord, we all can only hope to have written and produced a hit like "Me & U" in our lifetime.

Graycap23 said:

Why would he lie?

People don't think there is money anymore in writing for the music industry.

nuttynutmeg said:

(as a working musician)?

Thing is Ryan Leslie is not just a keyboard player, he wrote and produced one of the 00's biggest hits.

nuttynutmeg said:

In this day and age

He is talking about a song that is 9 years old. I don't know that his money would be that long if he wrote "Me & U" next year, but being the sole writer and producer of a hit song could still net some dough.

Cinny said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Who?

Oh lord, we all can only hope to have written and produced a hit like "Me & U" in our lifetime.

Cinny said:

Ryan Leslie is the sole writer and producer of Cassie's biggest (only?) hit "Me & U" which was certified platinum the same year it was released, and has since been licensed for all kinds of uses (ringtones, video games, dance performances). Keep in mind it was 2006 when physical copies still sold in the millions as well.

That shit was certified platinum. Damn. I didn't even think it drew bronze.

I honestly don't remember hearing it. I just saw the video a few times.

But ah I should have known the P Diddy payola machine more than likely

was in effect.

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he seems to be extremely smart and appears to have the new industry figured out, this interview was interesting. it always amazes me when these artists with 30 million social media followers are selling under 100k albums, somebody is not working it right.

purplethunder3121 said:

Who?

That was my question also.

He offered 1 million USD for his missing laptop, someone returned it to claim the bounty, he refused to pay arguing that the laptop's contents are already gone. The bountyhunter sued and won, and dude gotta pay over 1 million USD.

Stupid thing is he forgot to mention in the first place that he wants his laptop back including all its contents/files inside. Another stupid thing is he didn't have any backup of his precious files??? All sitting in one damn laptop.

Dude went to Harvard but...oh well.

http://newsfeed.time.com/...st-laptop/

Cinny said:

Ryan Leslie is the sole writer and producer of Cassie's biggest (only?) hit "Me & U" which was certified platinum the same year it was released, and has since been licensed for all kinds of uses (ringtones, video games, dance performances). Keep in mind it was 2006 when physical copies still sold in the millions as well.

Help me do the math here. How would he still generate millions from this one track years ago?

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Graycap23 said:

Why would he lie?

Delusions of grandeur? An inflated self-image?

nuttynutmeg said:

Cinny said:

Ryan Leslie is the sole writer and producer of Cassie's biggest (only?) hit "Me & U" which was certified platinum the same year it was released, and has since been licensed for all kinds of uses (ringtones, video games, dance performances). Keep in mind it was 2006 when physical copies still sold in the millions as well.

Help me do the math here. How would he still generate millions from this one track years ago?

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he didnt say he's still making money off that track, he pointed out how much he made from it and said he's good at investing and dont throw his money away on dumb shit.

lowkey said:

nuttynutmeg said:

Help me do the math here. How would he still generate millions from this one track years ago?

he didnt say he's still making money off that track, he pointed out how much he made from it and said he's good at investing and dont throw his money away on dumb shit.

Precisely.

nuttynutmeg said:

Ryan Leslie has a great sense of hu$tlenomics, but he's an overrated bedroom/basement
music producer who fancies himself as some type of "Black Mozart."

Nigro please.

But he does make records that sound really good, even if they are Neptunes-derived.