Someone over at Atlantic Records went and upset Waka Flocka Flame.
The rapper penned an open letter of sorts on his Twitter page to the label expressing his frustration over their treatment. Waka says after he was shot in 2010, the first thing Atlantic asked him was, “Can you go to the studio?” Furthermore, the recording artist vents his exasperation of a hierarchical system in major corporations and writes that that the label has “woken the beast back up.”
Read his Tweets now!
I fucking hate my label
— Waka Flocka Flame (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
Atlantic Records —– LET ME BUY-OUT FUCK!!!!
— Waka Flocka Flame (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
Labels don't do shit for the artist #FACTS Labels don't invest #FACTS Labels hire a bunch of amateurs to keep cost down #FACTS
— Waka Flocka Flame (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
The first thing the label asked after I got shot is — "can you go to the studio"
— Waka Flocka Flame (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
From that day forward I knew my label didn't care I'm just another dollar sign #GetChaMoneyYoungNigga
— Waka Flocka Flame (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
You mother fuckers woke the beast back up #pressure
— Waka Flocka Flame (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
Corporate laws require that corporations be structured into classes of superiors and subordinates within a centralized pyramidal structure:
— Waka Flocka Flame (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
Chairman, directors, chief executive officer, VPs, division managers, and so on (based primarily on military models).
— Waka Flocka Flame (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
Unlike the freedoms of an entrepreneurial business, large company decision-making must pass through layer upon layer of management.
— Waka Flocka Flame (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
This makes the process of product development slow and ponderous.
— Waka Flocka Flame (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
For example, from the time a band is signed it can be a full year or longer before their first record is finally released owing —-
— Waka Flocka Flame (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
in part to this dense hierarchical management structure. A lot can change in a year. #UnderstandLife
— Waka Flocka Flame (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
Furthermore, high executive turnover and frequent management "purges" at large —
— Waka Flocka Flame (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
record companies can often delay or even derail a recording project indefinitely, leaving artists in the lurch. #UnderstandLife
— Waka Flocka Flame (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
Watch how I shit on you Non-believers #BIGHOMIEFLOCK
— Waka Flocka Flame (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
Yall woke up a sleeping giant — thank you #WakaFlame
— Waka Flocka Flame (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
Commonsense and Creativity = Waka Flocka Flame
— Waka Flocka Flame (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
— Waka Flocka Flame (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015
FAITH
— Waka Flocka Flame (@WakaFlocka) October 22, 2015