Kool Keith - The Promoters lyrics

[Kool Keith:] The rap game has changed You got four different types of promoters The luxury promoter, the hustler promoter, and the alternative promoter Of course the roach promoter The luxury promoter is basically the top pop promoter He'll book Neil Diamond, fly a 20-piece band overseas Take out stadium insurance, pay artists three hundred thousand Four half months ahead, with no problem Run advertisements on Billboard, TV Usually teamed up with big investors who write checks The hustler promoter, he's as good as the little bit For the luxury for the ghetto celeb treatment Usually book acts to prove he can do it, the hustler promoter He'll make you feel like a big star At home whether he's a pimp, drug dealer, gambler He'll supply the best treatment, money up front Paper bag ten to fifty grand cash, limo to and from Five star hotel, he'll even include girls He'll take you to dinner and chaffeur around his hood Let you see how he's livin, not a hater If he had a girl cousin he'd even let you meet her, THUMBS UP~! Jacuzzi and everything, big radio advertisement The alternative promoter uses weeklies and internet Is a little strict, scared to spend, usually out of billions The ones that do raves, go out baller style Brand new clubs, new mics, also travel to and from But others messed it up so it don't drop the same Has sense to crease, they cuttin it They also cut into the rap game for low prices on artists The hustler promoter already treated well, sometimes tricky The roach promoter, wants you to pay your own travel Does not even have sh*t together, no transportation Runner, a small cheap venue, usually holes in the wall Don't have a liquor license Wants to book you, with 20 acts for five hundred bucks Still uses flyers in Motel 6's, and Travelodges When you see a guy with a tiny Volkswagen goin back and forth Pickin up a known artist up, from the airport Most of the time a rejected whack rapper don't f** with 'em!