Southside (808 Mafia) Gives Advice to Upcoming Producers- "They Stopped Doing What Me & Metro Did" 

As someone who looks to become a producer, I see the vision in this way w putting your blood sweat and tears into your music 💯

Major respect to southside. inspired so many around the world and continues to give back.

I swear that era where metro, sizzle, 808 mafia, dj spinz, sonny digital had the best music no other producer could do could compare

Shout Out To SouthSide & 808 I Remember When He Was Outside Outside, Now He On His Grown Man Shit 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Never “sell” beats. Your copyright is your real estate and should never be negotiable.

808 Mafia is nothing without him. He is one of the best & will always remain one. Huge inspiration to world trap. 🔥

Thanks for the tips champs 🤴🏿👌🏾

I must have missed this part. I apologize Kev this was a gem gem right here !

He is saying that because he knows these big artists, he signs producers because he can get their beats to the top artists. So he gets money and the producer gets money. It takes time to get find producers and send their beats so he also deserves his cut. What he means about beatstars is that if you don’t know what you’re doing it’s hard and you might not get the fair amount of money you could.

ton of respect for Southside.

Nothin but luvh right here. Can't wait to interview witcha Kev 💯 813 all day

Real talk and the catalogue backs it 💯

Heads up to people on BeatStars who didn't know this, but you can customize your contract to make it say whatever you want and have whatever splits you want. The default one doesn't even say 0% publishing or 0% royalties so I'm not quite sure where he's getting this from.

SouthSide the Big Boss 🐐 🔥

I ain’t skipping shit. I was born in the struggle just let me know where these sessions at so I can attend now. That’s where I’m at

Bootleg Kev Devils Ray hat is fire.

Beatstars let's you set up the split when you make your license. I think it's automatically set to 50/50 unless you change it.

"Stopped doing what me and Metro did". Bite off of Lex Luger? Lmao... Life

That’s wild

Big facts 💯 💯💯

The irony of Southside saying that the loop makers wouldn’t be anybody without them so who would they be without the loop makers???

Thx homez I sample your 808s

Southside is my Idol

Big producers seem no different from the record company

We are the real upcoming Producers

SouthSide is right, not knowing and jumping into something is your fault. But at the same time Beatsstars doesn’t have to take advantage of people just because they can.

#POWERUP #DOPE

The market is oversaturated in a sense but if your sound is genuine and has quality and its relative and progressive, then it'll fucking pop with the right artist. You just have to do whatever it takes to market your uniqueness out there. Southside also made some dope points too

Yeah what he said about Beatstars is completely not true.

1:23 LIKE TIMBALAND!

Bro just dodged that WHOLE QUESTION

This my year I stg produced my whole album shit bussin on Brodie learned this shit over the summer cuz artist don’t get shit unless you making and creating every last part of the song which I do now shit feel amazing to make whatever mood you in

#PEACE SouthSide is #DOPE. #BostonPalmTreez

I see lots of producers make the same type of beats that’s why I told my producer you make customized beats for me to rap on.There’s ton of producers online who sound alike.

My mane

Make Ya Own !!! Prrrit

The Beatstars information is 100% inaccurate. Beatstars contracts are put together by the producer lol, the contracts are customizable. You don't have to sell full rights to a beat & yes you do still collect publishing.

Don’t make your intro silent bro almost blew my speakers out thinking the audio was trippin then BOOOOM!!! Like dam yooo

You want to know how to stop the computer/technology shit? Pay producers for their studio time. In-person sessions only….if they are really that gifted.

He killed that Curren$y album.

Man souncloud proved we don’t want gatekeepers the youth should decide and y’all should follow. And let the youth learn and adapt before you take over to “save” it

Free game!$

Everybody learn a new instrument

S/O to Southside but Damn I hate how many people just got wrong information from this. 🤦🏾‍♂

im coming for your pub company bro

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i wish i could live that life.. you can tell in his eyes he is different

The game so different now

wish i could get put on w soufside, shitll be a dream come true

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He correct af that’s why I jus b up 18 hours a day doing this shit as much I can I wish I could just work with people who think like that and expand my sound rather then just tryna work wit a bunch of arrogant ass kids who don’t wanna struggle at all

FL gang wya 🤍🔫

I started making beats back in 1989. Everybody wanted to rap then, but there weren't many beatmakers because the technology was expensive. To get a drum machine, 1 or 2 keyboards, a sampler, and a turntable would set you back a lot of bread. Today, anyone with a laptop and FL can make beats with pre-made loops. I'm not knocking loops, but it's really not your idea because you're basically just doing a remix. Anyway, I thought this was a good interview and Southside's take on BeatStars.

I have spent a lot of time in the studio over the past 15 yrs writing lyrics and making beats, I didn't even know about beat stars doing ppl like that, probably gonna take the few beats I did on there down now

I’m glad the he points out that it’s unwise for him to put his producers in a race to the bottom just to make a couple extra bucks with the low effort loop stuff. If he can hook young talent up with real opportunities and get them to where they’re pulling in big money themselves under his publishing company, he makes more money long run. Sure he could flip stuff quick, get the credit, and make tons of money doing so - but he will make even more taking smaller cuts from an army of mega producers. It’s more beneficial to everyone involved. A huge reason the music industry is in a bad state right now is because everyone wants short term gains and is willing to sacrifice the long game for it. The wise know there’s enough to go around.

Just to give more clarity, him and Morray have the same manager. But anyone who has used BeatStars knows his comment is not true, and that all agreements are customizable on BeatStars. BeatStars is not involved with any transaction, they are between buyer and seller. I love Southside, and everything he has done for music and the culture of hip-hop, but he has never used BeatStars and doesn't know what he's talking about. Thanks to everyone in the comments for defending us, and speaking the truth. Still would love to have you on BeatStars, Southside, and show you what our platform and community is all about. We fight for creators 🙏❤️

AND THAT'S WHY I RUN MY OWN BEATS WEBSITE!!!!!!!!! I DONT SELL EXCLISIVE RIGHTS TO ANY OF MY BEATS! I DO SPLITS WITH ANYONE WHO WANTS. TO PURCHASE FLAT OUT.

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Beatstars doesn't sell anyone's rights! The producers on beatstars are in full control of what they choose to sell. I have gotten many placements on beatstars with big artists and i'm still getting royalties to this day!

Amapiano

Free agent Key sentence. He had his mom and dad. I hope a lot of you out there with talent know to make it regardless

i wouldn't take any advice from someone that did that to their face

Beatstars aint responsible for that one 😂😂

I didn't understand, what problem he has with Beatstars?

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Did he make "Checclist" by Wacotron? Seriously- newbies get hungry and the more established "brands" disperse crumbs while they keep most of the loaf.

For anyone that’s on here and has used BeatStars a lot, im an artist. Is the 50/50 pub split non-negotiable for a producer unless it’s an exclusive lease? Or can a producer change the pub split for any of the lease options, and would I as the buyer even know that you did. Like for example, if I were to buy a premium lease for wav and mp3 can you as the producer do an 80/20 in your favor and I wouldn’t even know? Cuz that seems pretty fucked in my opinion, but I would love to hear from anyone🙏

Beat store contracts from Airbit and Beatstars definitely give you 50% of publishing so I’m not sure what the guy did to get his publishing taken away.

808 needa help me out

1:15 - 1:25 He talking about Taz Taylor (among others)

Southside is the producer version of Nas. They look alike

As an artist that actually purchase exclusives (if I seriously like em), producers definitely have pub percentages in the contracts

Selling all of your rights for $1000 is unfortunate but Beat Stars does let you rewrite your contract terms. Its your job to learn how to make those adjustments.

The people claiming todays music is has an issue or what not including Southside makes no sense. How can they claim that when they themselves cannot have even a 50% hit ratio of success with all their beats? If the people that claim to know whats wrong with todays music why arent they making hits at a 100% hit ratio??? Till this day no producer in history even has 30% hit ratio let alone 50% because if he did he would be a billionaire easy.

40 producers??? Dang this guy put more people on than most established producers/rappers

"I signed them" = "i used them for their talent"

Why he interrupted him when he was about to talk about market saturation and what he said to his friend then he moved past it. That was gold you talked over. You gotta let the interviewee shine, dont speak over him

he doesn't know what he is talking about the default beat stars contract actually says the producer owns 100% of the publishing and they can be edited if that happened that producer put that in his contract

If you sell a lease on beat stars how is that selling all your rights and pub? It’s a lease tf

Exclusive rights to use a beat is not a sale of copyright. It's just saying this one producer can use the beat without another producer being sold the same track. Back in the days it was all done like this. You gave a beat to a single artist and negotiated your split. No artist wanted another artist to have their track. Especially with mixtapes coming out every week. You got an album cut and some random done used the same beat on a mixtape... You would be heated. Read your terms and know what's in the contract. Never sell your rights with a leased beat. You're just giving away money because they said they wanted it. You're giving an artist a beat that potentially could have them in clubs performing even at a low level for $4000 a night. Why would you not get your cut of the pub? Your business revenue is just as important as theirs and they have more avenues to make money than the producer. You deserve your portion but need to know how to not give it away. If the deal ain't right, shut it down and be patient for the right deal or create your own situation.

Make them kids work for it, straight up. Thas why most of these kids nowadays don't respect shit.

Everyone sounds the same.

Whats the mpc in the thumbnail?

Im sorry bro, i m Reaalllyy sorry i nevr make beats from ur type, hopd i find myself, i didnt know u like that, ok i presh it ur work😔

deleted my beatstars

Idk either of these dudes so good for them I guess.

I love Southside but the shit he saying bout selling on BeatStars IS NOT TRUE!!!!!!!! You set your OWN terms when you sell beats on the platform. You can sell beats for as much or as little as you want. This also includes you determining or negotiating your publishing shares. Even if you sell the beat exclusively, YOU’RE STILL ENTITLED TO ROYALTIES. Point blank period.

i fw producer more than the artist

You're better off selling beats to independent artists that'll never "BLOW UP". They may make some noise regionally or go viral, but trying to produce for bigger artists is not really the way anymore. It'll take you 6 months to a year or even a year and months to see a real royalty check if you're getting points on billboard records. This is exclusively in the hip-hop division.

@1:23 Mike Will diss. Free Shawn Ferrari

He’s talking out his ass about Beatstars.

Everybody sounds the same these days. This is an advatage for creative people who are clever about their choices and who are willing to create their original sound. If you stupidly copy everybody, you don’t deserve the spotlight. I’m sorry. BE YOURSELF!

That title and statement is so fucking funny considering Soutside stole everything he is from Lex.

Pyrex Whippa influenced😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️🔥

I get shady vibes

He's wrong about the Beatstars thing though. You actually set up your licenses and when it comes to exclusives, the artist can negotiate with you on the publishing. That producer he knew probably wasn't paying attention and just saw a $1000 paycheck, or maybe he was tricked or thought giving up the pub because its a major artist buying the beat was how things go. Either way that was the producers fault, none of that should fall on Beatstars.

The Producer/Beat maker community lost it's hype bad lately.

Too late now, my beats going nowhere in life now

All this people having an opinion on Southside. Where are y'all fire beats at?