Bootlegging

[Bashment Girl]

A lot of people are anti bootlegging because they feel that it takes money out of the musicians pockets.

For me, a bootlegger offers me the newest stuff in music that a lot of time don't end up in stores for months! Prime example: Beenie Man & Ms.Thing-DUDE... that song I've had in my collection for over a year. Now that te CD is out I bought it, but I like to have the freshest music, especially in dancehall. In hip hop too, but more so in dancehall because there's a new dubplate and dance to go with it every week!

I still buy the CD's... but I like the mixes of DJ Loudmouth, CashMoney, Chinese Assasin, all those guys and the only place to get those mixes, are from the local bootlegger!

What are your views on this?! Do you think there are any upsides to bootlegging? If So what are they?

[Kitten]

Well I would say i have bought from bootleggers and I guess there game is to try and make it here like everyone else. But of course, pirating is against the law. And the people who have ownership somehow dont see it the bootleggers way. :icon_mrgr In my area its hard to get, but if you go to the city you can always find the latest releases movies dvds, cds. I dont know how they are going to stop these people, because alot of people look to buy from these people. So I say whatever. :cool:

[Bashment Girl]

Look at it this way. Records that will sell and make a profit will do so with or without bootleggers. As a matter of fact they might actually HELP sell records!

If it wasn't for Bootleggers I wouldn't have known about Kartel till now. I have that Addy Banton underground stuff at my house before he changed his name to KARTEL. Some Portmore bootlegger sold it to me, met him through my EX. Bottom line sometimes you discover great underground talent through this medium.

Kartel's album isn't out here yet but, when it comes out I'm copping it on the release date! Kartel fan to the MAXXX! Portmore MRS! :cool:

Back to the point. Bootleggers can help expose artists that may not otherwise get regualar circulation on the radio. Do you know how many DJ's buy those bootleg CD's, find a wicked track, and buck it in a club? That's amazing because eventually if people like it..they will demand it!

That's how Madonna got her big break... :cool: hey you never know!

[Drew]

well i don't by from bootleggers, i just download em, copy someone elses cds or just borrow them and rip them.

original cds out here are like a gran out here, thats alot of money for only half the songs ur going to actually listen to. if 1 album is good, like dream, la bouche or backstreet boys, where i've heard alot of their songs then i'll buy the original. my mom bought celine dion's album, [the one with the black cover, will edit if i remember the name of it] just to hear one song that she did with this jamaican lady. treat her like a lady for those who listen to this artist.

she paid a gran for that 1 song. anyway, i like celine dion alot so it didn't go to waste.
my point is, y spend so much money for these guys to use their money foolishly. do u guys watch mtv cribs?? that is where ur hard earn money is going. if they stop bootlegged music cds, is a borrow thing or club only thing.

artists release album's once a year [just an example] you love 20 different artists, one album each at the cost of a gran, thats $20,000 per annum and remember some artists release multiple albums a year, and you may want 50 albums. i rather give that money for church collection.

[Bashment Girl]

well i don't by from bootleggers, i just download em, copy someone elses cds or just borrow them and rip them.

That's worse than getting a bootleg lol... then nobody nuh eat nuh food bredda lol :rolleyes: :icon_lol: Unless you pay for the downloads through Napster or whatever.




my point is, y spend so much money for these guys to use their money foolishly. do u guys watch mtv cribs?? that is where ur hard earn money is going.

Anything you pay for PERIOD feed some sort of money machine! If that is appauling to you I hope you don't buy real designer clothes, have you seen Donatella Versace, Karl Laugerfeld (spelled wrong I think), Vera Wang, or Jean Paul Gautier's homes??? Appauling.. absolutley excessively extravagant!

Point... anything you buy feeds someone else so that's not a bad thing to see other people live well... just try to get there yourself. I know I am... when my record drops you better not burn it! lol ;)


artists release album's once a year [just an example] you love 20 different artists, one album each at the cost of a gran, thats $20,000 per annum and remember some artists release multiple albums a year, and you may want 50 albums. i rather give that money for church collection.

You don't have to buy full length LPs's don't you guys have acess to singles and compilations over there? I don't know though, I think the church idea is good... do you really do that though? lol :)

[Drew]

yes i give money to church.
no we don't have singles.
no i don't buy designer clothes.
you have a good point, its all going to someone else's pocket right.
ok, just send me a free copy of the album.
another reason i don't buy cds is that i love trance. jamaican's have a thing against electronica, so the cds i would spend my money on aren't available out here.

[Bashment Girl]

yes i give money to church.
no we don't have singles.
no i don't buy designer clothes.
you have a good point, its all going to someone else's pocket right.
ok, just send me a free copy of the album.
another reason i don't buy cds is that i love trance. jamaican's have a thing against electronica, so the cds i would spend my money on aren't available out here.

aaaaaaaah! This is why one has to become familiar with the process of acquiring "LINKS";) That itch is all over the place Europe, Canada, US, LINKS bredda! Uh dat ya need yah now! :cool:

[Drew]

thats where my good friend xeno comes in.
ammmm, xeno still waiting on the paul van dyk cds. :eusa_whis

:icon_idea so bashie, u feel like sending me some cds?? ;)

[Bashment Girl]

:icon_idea so bashie, u feel like sending me some cds??

Do I feel like it? Or are you asking me if I would be willing to? lol... but im bright eeh? lol... :icon_lol:

Business proposition:

You be my Dancehall link (DVD'S & CD's) all the newest itch that even bootleggers don't have.. rarities and such.... and I'll give you all the TRANCE fixes you need. :cool:

So whe ya uh seh? Uh deal r wha bredda? :eusa_eh:

[Drew]

dun kno dat can gwan still. just lemi kno wa u like. question though,

wat u goin to get on dvds?? u want me to tape performances from retv, hype tv and music+ ??

[Bashment Girl]

dun kno dat can gwan still. just lemi kno wa u like. question though,

wat u goin to get on dvds?? u want me to tape performances from retv, hype tv and music+ ??

Hype TV of course dat haffi gwan! More den dat... di dance dem, di Stage Show dem, di YAAD Movie dem... yeah man di whole uh it!:cool: Hype Tv uh di main ting fi DVD though.

Believe you me... ya trance ting cyan gwan, is not uh problem.. nuff uh mi bredda dem uh DJ fi raves an' ting.... ya si wha mi uh seh?

Whoa! I forgot I'm supposed to post in ENGLISH only! lol Sorry guys.. got carried away!

[Drew]

the dances, hmmm i'm goin to have to tape the party for that 1.
u wa the whole 9 yards nuh tru.

[Bashment Girl]

the dances, hmmm i'm goin to have to tape the party for that 1.
u wa the whole 9 yards nuh tru.


eeeh ya si it tho! LOL... :rolleyes: Is my likkle addiction bredda :cool:

[Drew]

how far behind are your ja dances??
whats the latest dance you know??

[Bashment Girl]

how far behind are your ja dances??
whats the latest dance you know??

Passa Passa mi tink.. mi know know.. mi haffi look. I usually like di Weddy Wednesday, Hot Monday, Birthday Bashes... etc.:cool:

[Drew]

dances that u do, those that u name are street dances.

[Bashment Girl]

dances that u do, those that u name are street dances.

Oh what did you think I meant? lol yeah I want to see the lastest dances in JA an' bruk dem out yah suh before people know dem name ya si mi? :cool:

[Drew]

weddy weddy is a dance. weddy wednesday and hot mondays are parties on the streets.

[Drew]

come to think of it, nuttn name weddy wednesday. soon come, goin to get some verification

[Bashment Girl]

come to think of it, nuttn name weddy wednesday. soon come, goin to get some verification

I have the DVD from the Dance in my house.... there is. Gotta be! I watched it last weekend.

Elephant Man was there. John Bogle and his assocites were there. I think Buju was there too but I'm not 100% on that one!

Yeah I have one so it's gotta exist :cool:

[Bashment Girl]

weddy weddy is a dance. weddy wednesday and hot mondays are parties on the streets.

They are but the video man is there, makes a video, copies it, and sells it to us Dancehall-A-Holics...

Hmmmm... mi nuh know if you cyan name LINK agen! Hmm.:coll: lol :p

[Drew]

the videos aren't a problem to get for u. the dances r also not that hard to find. like i said though bashie, i gotta chek some sources.

[Bashment Girl]

the videos aren't a problem to get for u. the dances r also not that hard to find. like i said though bashie, i gotta chek some sources.

Mi link MY links dem, you link YOUR links dem an' we LINK afta dat zeen? :cool:

[Drew]

lol, iite boss.

[Bashment Girl]

lol, iite boss.

:cool: cool :cool:

[Bashment Girl]

Tweeta Dreweeta babes which paat mi DVD dem eeh? Ya promise an look ya go back pon yuh werd! :cool: :icon_lol:

[Drew]

mi nuh tell u fi pm me bout details. all now u nuh send me nuh pm.

[Bashment Girl]

mi nuh tell u fi pm me bout details. all now u nuh send me nuh pm.

Hey.. English please! :cool: :icon_mrgr

[Drew]

english. i didn't think it was that bad. send me about pm with details darling.

[Bashment Girl]

english. i didn't think it was that bad. send me about pm with details darling.

eeeh hok den! :icon_mrgr :icon_lol:

[dtgo]

bootlegging is the best thing since blank cd's (a wha them mek it fa then?)

[Chris]

bootlegging is the best thing since blank cd's (a wha them mek it fa then?)hey dtgo, the RIAA say that they want your address. What should I tell them? :icon_mrgr

[Manu]

What a yute brave.....jah know.....

[Master E]

hey dtgo, the RIAA say that they want your address. What should I tell them? :icon_mrgr
DWL :haha: :rotflm:
Tell dem seh im live "roun di corner"

[Master E]

mek mi seh dis mi bootleg from a bootlegger
an mi cyaan get ketch cause mi neva get it from di original copy

[nuhsenutten]

informer bwoy E....shh..........nuh too chat it :eusa_shhh

bootleg! they still asking bout that......right now that impossible to stop it.....

talking bout that i lost over three thousand songs saturday as my computer...thought it would b fun to crash on me....... :icon_cry:

[Master E]

mi nevva seh which corner
(yuh know like when yuh gu a wa'an country place an yuh ask fi dirrection dem tell yuh "jus roun dah cana deh")