Pain and Dame argue about the risk of quitting a job to pursue music vs. the risk of getting fired or laid off from a 9 to 5, plus they talk being disrespected while on tour and how that disrespectful behavior affects music careers.

YNB Cordae teaches us a lesson that we should pay attention to, plus how often do songs get stolen in the music industry?  We discuss.

Unsigned artists generated $643 million and are slated to generate over a billion.  Dame isn't impressed.  Pain discusses whether or not DJs should play unsigned artists music and Djay Mando weighs in

Is commercial radio something unsigned or independent artists should focus on?  No, and we explain why.  Also, Pain takes Jadakiss' side against Dame's issue with a tweet about managers.

Pain and Dame debate whether artists should "fake it" to "make it," argue about authenticity, and continue the conversation about how rough a manager's job really is in the music business.

Instagram goes down and we panic. And there is reason to panic. Dame, Kato and Pain debate whether or not major labels are to blame with rapper's careers flop.  All this and more.

50 Cent was spammed in real life, Kato and Dame debate albums vs. singles and Pain tells managers in the music business to start complaining more in episode two of the MEC Podcast.

Rapper steals 4 million to invest into his career, but what went wrong?  Labels are signing 2 artists a day, what does this mean?  And did Kato join the illuminati?!

Top selling producer Dreamlife explains to DJ Pain 1 how he uses niche keywords to license more beats online using Beatstars and YouTube.