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Thread started 04/27/15 1:38pm

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De La Soul & Kickstarter

Kickstarter...

Rather than go the traditional route of signing with a record label, the group has turned to Kickstarter to fund the project. Yes, these aging rappers have turned to the Internet, crowd-funding and social media, to make the album happen and it has been a huge success. They met their goal of $110,000 in one day, and as of today, are over $500,000 with close to 10,000 backers. In other words, you can teach an old dog new tricks, and sometimes the old dogs outfox the young pups. I talked with David Jude Jolicoeur, aka, Dave, aka Trugoy, from De La Soul about the campaig...

courtesy of Betanews.com


We have another group - like TLC did - go to Kickstarter to fund an album. As I've said until these groups own all their shit out right... they'll have NO control and will be ripped off.

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