How much should exclusive beats cost? Dame asks Leaux Fi and DJ Pain 1 their prices. This leads to a larger conversation of how negotiations in the music business should happen, beyond the "what's your budget?" conversation.

The music business is not for everybody, says Dame Ritter. He explains what he means in this episode. Pain 1 talks producers asking too many questions and releasing too few beats. Will they argue or agree with each other's opinions? 

DJ Pain 1 tells Dame about catching a fake producer who is ripping and reselling his original beats to rappers via social media. Dame and Pain debate whether Instagram is to blame for not stopping the mixtape scammers.

Whether selling beats online or getting beat placements, producers have rights to their beats and the royalties generated by the songs their beats turn into. Ciz from iStandard talks laws that producers should know, mew ways to collect their royalties and gives them some encouragement to fight harder for their rights in the music business.

Beat leasing is great, but what happens when people abuse the copyright law? Pain shares a beat leasing collaboration horror story. Dame shares a VladTV story and talks his cancellation.

Whether selling beats online or pursuing beat placements in 2020, producers have a lot to overcome. But why do so many producers speak on what they don't know? Why do they expect shortcuts? And what impact will Kanye West posting his contracts have on the producer community? Curtiss King shares his thoughts on today's episode.

Being a successful unsigned rapper or singer isn't easy. When Dylan Reese tweeted that the music business was "draining," Dame asked him why. Dylan shares his successes, frustrations and advice to producers trying to send him beats.

Beatstars is one of the best ways to sell beats and make a living as a producer by leasing beats online. But Apple wants to start taking money from Beatstars users. DJ Pain 1 is frustrated. Dame discusses Joe Budden's departure from Spotify and plays devil's advocate a little.

Selling beats online just got harder-- Apple's app store wants to wake 30% of all of your online beat sales on Beatstars. This is serious, as it will also affect the Android app. Abe, CEO and founder of Beatstars, joins us to talk about why this is happening and possible solutions.

The independent vs major conversation continues, but these days, a few highly successful independent artists stand out as examples of why you should not sign a major label deal. Are they truly independent though? What is an independent artist in 2020? Chance the Rapper pulls up in the comments section also.