Bootleg Oldies Hustle
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Yeah this one falls under illegal hustles but when I was in Philly a cat was cleaning up on it. Now all these oldies from Motown and the like are very hard to find for the cats who old enough to really enjoy them. Now I saw this exact Hustle in North Philly and in Harlem where they would take and make a compilation of all these old songs and create special mixes. In Harlem they actually took Malcolm X speeches and sold them on CD with books. Now I called it Bootleg Oldies but really the Hustle is any rare music and speeches hustle.
Setup:
- Get a pack of CD’s and get to burnin!
- Look on the internet for a list of the top hits from the 50′s, 60′s and 70′s
- Setup a CD on demand service that you will burn a special CD just for them.
- Get yourself a CD carrying case where your customers can see what you got
- Your main customers will be at the barbershop, beauty salons and after church lets out.
- Be clean so the illegal hustle looks respectable instead of looking like you ducking from people
Parlay:
- Get yourself a street booth and push speeches too. (The police don’t usually bother people who burn CD’s instead of selling bootlegs of what’s already out there.)
- Create special CD’s for the holidays with a special mix compilation.
- Do not limit yourself to just R&B and Soul as many of other races wish they can find the Rock music of their youth.
- See if you can pick up some hard to find books and add that to your suite of goods.
Remember there is a whole generation of cats who don’t know how to burn CD’s and would love for someone to get their hard to find music to them. This Hustle is a hustle of last resort but few if any really get a system down. Don’t be afraid to go into different races barbershops and beauty salons to find out what they like. Some cats like certain types of oldies that they can cruise in their lowriders. Also, don’t sweat the Po-Po’s because they don’t usually bother looking at people who burn their own CD’s.
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I can see myself doing this one too. There are a bunch of “clubs” in jersey city where old men go to gamble & drink. lol I’d make a killing in there cuz I know old skool music very well already.
Keish LOL you can do all of them! Just have to pick one or pick a couple to execute.
The oldies really worked because at the barbershop the person who had this hustle would clean up with the old cats. I just didn’t have the guts to do it but it doesn’t mean it wasn’t a good hustle. In Harlem they took it up a notch with old MLK and Malcolm speeches along with some books. So any rare audio will work.
What about renting a cart in the middle of a mall and downloding music, games or movies on people’s gadgets for a fee?
I’m looking into this as an option for a young cousin who doesn’t do too well in school.
I’ll cost it and get back to you.
Is that possible considering that you will need internet access and downloading cost money so is it illegal all the way around. That’s why I suggested setting up a oldies thing and possibly taking personal requests in a hand to hand deal kind of angle.
The mall would have to be optimized and all kind of license for music would have to be done. Because you would have to give Lil Wayne his cut for providing a download to the public.
Just use any phone line or WiFi service to download songs from Limewire, Napster, or i-Tunes and add a surcharge for every game, movie or song downloaded.
Malls are filled with older people who have no idea how to use their gadgets.
Oh… and sell some phone covers, earphones, t-shirts, stickers and memory sticks too.
Yeah, UBJ but it’s all illegal. If you set this hustle up in a mall then you will get busted because what license do you have to sell this stuff. That’s why I put it as illegal and said you might as well do it as personal service or stay on the bootleg streets as when the Police bust everyone else they will give you a pass.