ShockG Interview Shock-G has been making rap music longer than most have been listening to it. In this installment, Shock-G breaks down his view of how the current state of digital music distribution and file sharing will effect the pocketbooks of artists, and the potential for artists to get direct access to their listeners. What's going on now with the music world is pretty interesting because you have record companies suing Napster, trying to sue them into the ground. However, the whole industry is overpaid, and the artist is overcharged. You know in Jamaica the national law is that you can't own music.
Every melody belongs to anybody in the world.
For the same style, yeah. Because it's open. They make the most money and somebody else is out there sweating. We can tour to make our money. And we'll figure a way to do a deal.