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Online MP3 Record Pool

DJ Code plus 8:43 PM - 7 May, 2007
Anyone out there familiar with the different online mp3 record pool. I have done some research on a few of them (franchiserecordpool.com, my12inch and digiwaxx). Even though you have to pay franchise and my12inch looks like a better choice than digiwaxx but franchise is leading the pack with all the stuff they offer along with plenty of new music including reggae. If anyone has some advice/opinion about any of these pools, it will be greatly appreciated. Need to get in a pool ASAP. Thanks.
Sheeds 8:55 PM - 7 May, 2007
what kinda stuff they got in franchise, and whats the quality of the files? peep DJCity.com and their record pool. Is franchise better?
Jus Jase 12:40 AM - 8 May, 2007
I am a member of Franchise (after doing a thorough check on the others) and trust me they get stuff FIRST (way before Digi & 12inch). This was key in me making my decision. Alot of DJs envy me in my market because I break new music FIRST always and since joining Franchise, DJs here can't keep up with me. Also the plus about Franchise is they give you reggae, riddims (other pools don't give u that) plus the exclusives, the freestyles etc. Their customer service is also good, if you have a question or query, they are quick on the response. The monthly is $19.99 (better than when I used to pay $85. a month in previous record pools) so go with Franchise my dude. You will thank me later!! Hope this helps ya. Peace.
MALIBUKING 1:16 AM - 8 May, 2007
I really like www.worksessions.com
they add songs every day, and they are really on point with adding new tracks.
plus you dont need to rate anything to download like digiwaxx. you can click away to your hearts desire, and it downloads hella fast!!
Signal 2 Noise 1:18 AM - 8 May, 2007
I recently joined Franchise. Also have membership with digiwaxx. Not sure about my12inch though. Digiwaxx is cool because its free but Franchise I must say is off the meat rack. Besides getting the new music mad early you get reggae like crazy man. According to Jase you get the hard core riddims too, the s**t you have to go the reggae stores like VP Records to buy. I was amazed. Plus you get a three DVD set of the backlog stuff you might have missed since their lauch last september. I haven't look into it yet but i read on the site that they just teamed up with an online radio station to allow the members to host their own show at a time they choose. That bananers. Will let you know about that when i get into it. The do have a diggin in the crates room which is free. Its amazing. Am 110% happy with Franchise and for $19.99 a month, I aint going nowhere. Franchise better send me a check for this write up...LOL. Hope this helps man.
lvmez 1:52 AM - 8 May, 2007
i happen to think djcity.com is great. they have an awsome track selection. songs come out early. they have remixes,dirty,clean,acapella versions. $30 a month. check it out.
Big K 2:26 AM - 8 May, 2007
Does franchise have clean edits and could sombody provide a link
DJ Code plus 2:29 AM - 8 May, 2007
Well I just went to franchiserecordpool and I must say you can see the list of songs with out even joining Franchise and I saw some killa reggae tracks there. Still debating but will keep you peeps up-to-date. I am a cheap DJ so the $19.99 kinda sounding good too
DJ Code plus 2:33 AM - 8 May, 2007
Signal 2 Noise 4:07 AM - 8 May, 2007
Yeah Franchise provide you with clean, dirty, instrumental and acapella whenever available even with the reggae to i noticed. The one thing i didn't like with Franchise though is you have to click page after page one at a time when downloading but was shock to get a response after complaining about it. They responded saying that they value my complaint and believing that there might be other djs with the same concern will try and implement an upgrade in about two weeks. I will certainly keep you guys posted on this because it will be unbelievable to me if they take me that serious seeing that i just recently joined the pool. Other than that i am happy. I wasn't aware that this is Funkmaster Flex Pool until i hit the site though. Like this fact cause i know he got to be well connected to the industry.
nik39 10:49 AM - 8 May, 2007
Hm, wasn't it like 50$ a month for franchise?
nik39 10:51 AM - 8 May, 2007
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Well I just went to franchiserecordpool and I must say you can see the list of songs with out even joining Franchise

Where is the list of the songs, if you don't mind asking?
nik39 12:22 PM - 8 May, 2007
Also...

1.) Do you have to give feedback before you can listen/download?
2.) Can you post a screen shot how the system looks like?
3.) How big is their online archive? So lets say I am off for holidays, can't check for 4 weeks, do I still have online access for older tracks?
4.) How is the quality of the tracks? Bitrates etc.

Thanks...
matt212 12:44 PM - 8 May, 2007
Quote:
Hm, wasn't it like 50$ a month for franchise?


It's 19.99 a month now.

Quote:
Where is the list of the songs, if you don't mind asking?

www.franchiserecordpool.com
Scroll down on that page.
matt212 1:01 PM - 8 May, 2007
Quote:
Also...

1.) Do you have to give feedback before you can listen/download?
2.) Can you post a screen shot how the system looks like?
3.) How big is their online archive? So lets say I am off for holidays, can't check for 4 weeks, do I still have online access for older tracks?
4.) How is the quality of the tracks? Bitrates etc.

Thanks...


1.) No, but note this, taken form thier site.

"IMPORTANT: Please note that tracks are not available after they have been downloaded. Once you have selected a track for download it will no longer be available in your bin if you logout, click the Next or Prev button, refresh the screen or close out the browser. Please ensure that the track has been properly saved before advancing from the current page or else you will loose that track."

So basically, you better have a backup to your backup or you're fucked if you HD fails or something like that.
2.) Tell me how to do it.
3.) Similiar to Digiwaxx length on availbility. I you join right now, the last song available online will probably be Swizz Beatz - It's me Birches(Remix), with about 350 tracks to download from the bin. You should be good if you missed two months without Dl'ing.
4.)Quality sounds good. Around 192.
DJ Code plus 1:31 PM - 8 May, 2007
The list of songs can be seen at www.franchiserecordpool.com . The pool is associated with FunkMaster Flex of Hot 97 in NYC which is big. I wonder if he will let me spin on the radio station :-) . I think I will join also because a big name like FunkMaster Flex has to be hooked up to all the new music first.
Jus Jase 1:37 PM - 8 May, 2007
Here's a list of what Franchise has as of today:

RECORDS FOR THE WEEK ENDING 05/12/2007
# ARTIST SONG
1 (Gully Slime Riddim) Elephant Man Ready Fi Di Video
2 (Gully Slime Riddim) Instrumental
3 Swizz Beatz Money In The Bank (Clean)
4 Chris Brown Wall To Wall
5 Musiq Soulchild Make You Happy
6 Neyo ft Kanye West & Michael Jackson Because of You (DJ JD Remember the Time Remix)
7 NeYo Put Your Hands Up
8 Young Jeezy ft R. Kelly Go Getta (Remix 2nd Version)
9 Sisqo PopThat (Timbaland Mix)
10 Rihanna ft Lil Mama Umbrella Remix (Clean)
11 R Kelly ft Usher Same Girl
12 R Kelly Rise Up
13 Diddy ft Keshia Cole, Lil Kim, Busta Rhymes Last Night (Remix Dirty)
14 Diddy ft Keshia Cole, Lil Kim, Busta Rhymes Last Night (Remix Clean)
15 Lloyd ft Jim Jones Get It Shawty (Remix Dirty)
16 Memphis Bleek Leather So Soft (Freestyle Dirty)
17 Joell Ortiz ft Cashmere, Maino & Big Daddy Kane Brooklyn (Dirty)
18 Joell Ortiz ft Akon Keep On Callin (Clean)
19 Janet Jackson Pops Up
20 Gwen Stefani 4 In The Morning (Clean)
21 Eryka Badu Real Thing (Music Is Everything)
22 Dj Mesta ft Daddy Yankee, Pitbull, Lil Jon & Fergie Impacto (Remix)
23 David Banner ft Akon, Snoop & Lil Wayne Speaker (9MM Dirty)
24 David Banner ft Akon, Snoop & Lil Wayne Speaker (9MM Clean)
25 Brisco ft Lil Wayne In The Hood (Clean)
26 Elvis Crespo La Foto Se Me Borro (Dirty)
27 Hot Dolla Streets On Lock (Clean)
28 Kinfolk Kia Shine Krispy (Clean)
29 P Sunn Cake (Freestyle)
30 P Sunn Hood Chronicles (Freestyle)
31 Planet Asia Havin Things (Dirty)
32 U.S.D. A. Corporate Thuggin (Clean)
33 Swizz Beatz Its Me Bitches (DJ JD & DJ Excel Party Mix Dirty)
34 (Reggae Gold 2007) Jah Cure Sticky
35 (Reggae Gold 2007) M.I.M.S ft Junior Reid & Cham This Is Why Am Hot (Remix)
36 (Reggae Gold 2007) Pressure Love And Affection
37 (Reggae Gold 2007) Shaggy More Woman (Exclusive)
38 (Reggae Gold 2007) Tessanne Chin Hideaway
39 (Reggae Gold) Sean Paul Watch Them Roll
40 Elvis Crespo La Foto Se Me Borro
41 Junior Reid ft Fat Joe More Money (Clean)
42 Junior Reid ft Fat Joe More Money (Dirty)
43 Lil Wayne Black Republican (Freestlye Dirty)
44 Lil Wayne Get High Rule The World (Freestyle Dirty)
45 Lil Wayne I Cant Feel My Face (Freestyle Dirty)
46 Magnate Nuestro Amor Es Asi (Instrumental)
47 Magnate Nuestro Amor Es Asi (Acapella)
48 Mel Gates Gimme A Break (Clean)
49 Mel Gates Ice In My 22s (Clean)
50 Mel Gates Me And My Bitches (Clean)
51 Mel Gates Me And My Bitches (Dirty)
52 Mel Gates Pop It Like That (Dirty)
53 Vein Dividendz (Clean)
54 Vein Dividendz (Dirty)
55 Vein Dividendz (Instrumental)
56 (Soca Gold 2007) Edwin Yearwood Agua
57 (Soca Gold 2007) Kimberly Innis Carnival Symphony
58 (Soca Gold 2007) Mr. Slaughter Spread The Love
59 (Soca Gold 2007) Peter Ram Woman By My Side
60 50 Cent Fully Loaded Clip (Clean)
61 50 Cent Fully Loaded Clip (Dirty)
62 NeYo Aint Thinking About You
63 NeYo Can We Chill
64 NeYo Do You
65 Joell Ortiz ft Jadakiss & Saigon Hip Hop (Remix Clean)
66 Big Law ft Jae Millz My Gun Burst (Dirty)
67 Big Law ft Product G&B No Honor (Dirty)
68 Big Law ft Strong Gutta Nigga (Dirty)
69 Lamar Robinson Gotta Get It
70 Lamar Robinson Gotta Get It (Instrumental)
71 Lamar Robinson Gotta Get It (Acapella)
72 Magnate Nuestro Amor Es Asi
73 Mala Rodriguez Nanai
74 Fabolous ft NeYo Make Me Better (Instrumental)
75 Game ft Nas & Marshsa (Floetry) Why You Hate The Game (Instrimental)
76 Duke Da God ft Camron Suga Duga (Clean)
77 Graph Glo In The Dark (Dirty)
78 Huey ft Bow Wow & T Pain Pop Lock (Remix Dirty)
79 Joe If I Want Her
80 Justin Timberlake ft Pitbull & Rick Ross What Goes Around Remix (Main)
81 Khujo Goodie ft Sean P & Trae Like Diss (07 Remix Dirty)
82 KRS One ft Marley Marl Hip Hop Lives (Instruemtal)
83 Lil Scrappy Livin In The Projects (Clean)
84 Lil Scrappy Livin In The Projects (Dirty)
85 Lil Wayne We Taking Over (Freestyle Clean)
86 Lumidee ft Pitbull Crazy (Clean)
87 Lumidee ft Snoop Dogg In It For The Money (Clean)
88 Miguelito ft Zion Se Que Te (Remix)
89 Musiq Teachme
90 Musiq Teachme (Instrumental)
91 NeYo ft Jay Z Crazy
92 NeYo ft Kanye West Because Of You (Remix)
93 Noe ft Jim Jones Headlights (Clean)
94 Noe ft Jim Jones Headlights (Dirty)
95 Rick Ross ft Triple C & Jr Reid Businessmen (Dirty)
96 Rosco ft Akon & Jadakiss You Feel Me (Dirty)
97 T Pain ft Bang City Buy U A Drank (Remix Clean)
98 T Pain ft Yung Joc Buy You A Drink (DJ Xpect Remix)
99 Trey Songz ft Jim Jones Fly Together (Clean)
100 UGK ft Outkast International Players Anthem (Instrumental)
101 USDA White Girl (Dirty)
102 USDA White Girl (Instrumental)
103 Young Cash Freeze (Clean)
104 Young Cash Freeze (Dirty)
105 Young Cash Freeze (Instrumental)
106 Young Steff ft Freeway & Peedie Peedie Put That On Everything (Clean)
107 Yung Berg Sexy Lady (Clean)
108 Zion ft Akon The Way She Moves (Dirty)
109 Daddy Yankee ft Fergie Impacto (Clean)
110 Daddy Yankee ft Fergie Impacto (Instrumental)
111 Cuntri Boi ft Rick Ross & Slim Thug Am A Boss (Dirty)
112 Candy Hill Juicy (Clean)
113 Bohagon Bucket (Clean)
114 Bohagon Bucket (Dirty)
115 Bohagon Bucket (Instrumental)
116 Baby Bash Cyclone (Clean)
117 B.O.B. ft Wes Fif Haterz Everywhere (Clean)
118 B.O.B. ft Wes Fif Haterz Everywhere (Dirty)
119 B.O.B. ft Wes Fif Haterz Everywhere (Instrumental)
120 B.O.B. ft Wes Fif Haterz Everywhere (Acapella)
121 (Battlefield Riddim) Fanton Mojah & Flash Cry No More
122 (Battlefield Riddim Fanton Mojah & Flash
123 (Battlefield Riddim) Aidonia Burst Slug
124 (Battlefield Riddim) Bounty Killer & Angel Doolas Not I
125 (Battlefield Riddim) Ninja Man & Ninja Ford Baby Pon Road
126 (Battlefield Riddim) Sizzla Purple
127 (Battlefield Riddim) Instrumental
128 (Cashly Riddim) Aidonia Bang Bang
129 (Cashly Riddim) Bounty Killer Hunting
130 (Cashly Riddim) Buju Banton Try Affa U
131 (Cashly Riddim) Capleton Herbs
132 (Cashly Riddim) Sizzla Get Dem Out
133 (Cashly Riddim) Instrumental
134 (Stop The Fighting Riddim) Beres hammond Give It all You have Got
135 (Stop The Fighting Riddim) Beres Hammond & Buju Banton Am Gonna Do My Best
136 (Stop The Fighting Riddim) Jack Radics It Nuh Nuff
137 (Stop The Fighting Riddim) Richie Stephens & Assasin Stop The Fighting
138 (Stop The Fighting Riddim) Warrior King Its Been A Long Time
139 (Stop The Fighting Riddim) Instrumental
140 Unk ft T Pain, Jim Jones & E40 2 Step (Remix Clean)
141 Unk ft T Pain, Jim Jones & E40 2 Step (Remix Dirty)
142 L.O.X. Were Back (Clean)
143 L.O.X. Were Back (Dirty)
144 Keith Murray Nobody Do It Better (Clean)
145 Keith Murray Nobody Do It Better (Dirty)
146 Keith Murray Nobody Do It Better (Instrumental)
147 Eric Danell A.K.A EeDe Never So Good
148 Joel Ortiz Keep On Callin (Dirty)
149 Tiff Luchiana ft Bun B Real Talk (Clean)
150 Tiff Luchiana ft Bun B Real Talk (Dirty)
151 Tiff Luchiana ft Bun B Real Talk (Instrumental)
152 Diddy ft Keisha Cole, Yung Joc, The Game, Big Boi & Rich Boy Last Night (Clean)
153 Diddy ft Keisha Cole, Yung Joc, The Game, Big Boi & Rich Boy Last Night (Dirty)
154 Diddy ft Keisha Cole, Yung Joc, The Game, Big Boi & Rich Boy Last Night (Instrumental)
155 Fabolous Make Me Better (Clean)
156 Timbaland ft Jay Z & Justin Timberlake Give It To Me (Remix Clean)
157 Timbaland ft Jay Z & Justin Timberlake Give It To Me (Remix Instrumental)
158 TI Big Things Poppin
159 TI Big Things Poppin (Clean)
160 TI Big Things Poppin (Instrumental)
161 J Enigma So Crazy (Clean)
162 J Enigma So Crazy (Dirty)
163 J Enigma So Crazy (Instrumental)
164 Sterling Simms Nasty Girl
165 Top Dolla Streets On Lock
166 Beasle No Ass
167 CP Hollywood I Be In The Club (Clean)
168 CP Hollywood I Be In The Club (Dirty)
169 R Kelly ft Young Dro & Young Jeezy Blow It Up (Dirty)
170 Amerie Gotta Work (Main)
171 50 Cent Straight To The Bank (Acapella)
172 B5 ft Bow Wow & Diddy Hydrolic (Dirty)
173 Beyonce ft Young Buck Go (Main)
174 Eve Tambourine (Clean)
175 Eve Tambourine (Dirty)
176 Eve Tambourine (Instrumental)
177 DJ Unk ft T Pain, Jim Jones & E 40 2 Step Remix (Clean)
178 Daddy Yankee ft Fergie Impacto (Dirty)
179 Collie Buddz ft Paul Wall, Cypress Hill, Shaggy, Aztek & Ray Cash Come Around Remix
180 Fabolous ft NeYo Make Me Better (Main)
181 Freeway ft Sleepy Brown Some Say Yes (Dirty)
182 Charli Catch Nothing (Clean)
183 Charli Catch Nothing (Dirty)
184 Charli Catch Nothing (Acapella)
185 Charli Meet Me In Club (Clean)
186 Charli Meet Me In Club (Acapella)
187 J Bo ft T Pain Studio 54 (Dirty)
188 Kelly Rowland ft Eve & Sean Paul (of Youngbloodz) Like This (Remix)
189 Memphis Bleek I Cant Be (Dirty)
190 MJ Dile (Dirty)
191 Playaz Circle ft Lil Wayne Duffle Bag Boy (Clean)
192 Q Da Kid Paid A Grip (Clean)
193 Red Cafe Murderer
194 Remy Ma Fresh (Clean)
195 Remy Ma Fresh (Dirty)
196 Slim Thug Wood Grain Wheel (Clean)
197 Slim Thug Wood Grain Wheel (Dirty)
198 Slim Thug Wood Grain Wheel (Instrumental)
199 The Alliance ft Fabo Tattoo (Instrumental)
200 Trae ft Lil Wayne Screwed Up (Clean)
201 Trae ft Lil Wayne Screwed Up (Dirty)
202 Twista ft R Kelly This Is Why Am Cold (Clean)
203 Twista ft R Kelly This Is Why Am Cold (Dirty)
204 Young Jeezy Dreamin (Clean)
205 Young Jeezy Dreamin (Dirty)
206 Young Jeezy Dreamin (Instrumental)
207 Yung Joc ft Gorilla Zoe Coffee Shop (Clean)
208 Yung Joc ft Gorilla Zoe Coffee Shop (Dirty)
209 Yung Joc ft Gorilla Zoe Coffee Shop (Instrumental)
210 Ciara Like A Boy (Trackzillas Remix)
211 Ciara Like A Boy (Trackzillas Remix Instrumental)
212 Lady Saw Big Up
213 Pretty Ricky ft Sean Paul Push It (Remix Clean)
214 Pretty Ricky ft Sean Paul Push It (Remix Dirty)
215 Pretty Ricky ft Sean Paul Push It (Remix Instrumental)
216 D County Lay It Down
217 Da Shop Boyz Rock Star (Clean)
218 Da Shop Boyz Rock Star (Dirty)
219 Da Shop Boyz Rock Star (Instrumental)
220 Grafh Glo In The Dark (Clean)
221 Grafh Glo In The Dark (Dirty)
222 Grafh No Justice (Clean)
223 Grafh No Justice (Dirty)
224 Grafh Yeah Right (Clean)
225 Grafh Yeah Right (Dirty)
226 Quan Black Gangsta (Clean)
227 Quan G Call (Dirty)
228 Quan I Want U Nigger (Clean)
229 Quan I Want U Nigger (Dirty)
230 Quan Simply Ridin
231 UGK ft Outkast International Players Anthem (Clean)
232 UGK ft Outkast International Players Anthem (Dirty)
233 Mr Woods Sex Me (Dirty)
234 Alison Hinds Roll It Gal
235 Alison Hinds Roll It Gal (Remix)
236 Beyounce ft Young Buck Go (Cashville Remix Clean)
237 Big Ooh Wack Is The New Hot (Clean)
238 Big Ooh Wack Is The New Hot (Dirty)
239 MJ Dile
240 Summer Johnson Am Hot (Eargasm Remix Clean)
241 Summer Johnson Am Hot (Eargasm Remix Instrumental)
242 Summer Johnson Am Hot (Eargasm Remix Acapella)
243 Summer Johnson Am Hot (Clean)
244 Summer Johnson Am Hot (Instrumental)
245 Summer Johnson Am Hot (Acapella)
246 Akon ft Dirty Red Paperview (Dirty)
247 Dirty Red Go Getter (Dirty)
248 Elephant Man ft Wyclef Five O (Radio Version)
249 Elephant Man ft Wyclef Five O (Dirty)
250 Elephant Man ft Wyclef Five O (Instrumental)
251 Vaneli 5 Minutes
252 Vaneli 5 Minutes (Instrumental)
253 Vaneli 5 Minutes (Acapella)
254 Wayne Wonder Again
255 Wayne Wonder Again (Instrumental)
256 Young Steff Put That On Everything (Clean)
257 Young Steff Put That On Everything (Instrumental)
258 DaVille ft Sean Paul On My Mind (Remix)
259 50 Cent Straight To The Bank (Clean Final)
260 50 Cent Straight To The Bank (Dirty)
261 50 Cent Straight To The Bank (Instrumental)
262 JB Aint The One
263 JB Eh Yo
264 JB Gangsta Music Over Tek N Clips (Freestyle Instrumental)
265 JB Street Triumphet
266 JB They Keep Fucking With Me Over Consequence (Freestyle)
267 J Roc & Doebwoy Moven
268 Random Act From Da Streets
269 JB Whatcha Need
270 JB ft Gravy My City
271 JB ft Gravy No No No
272 JB ft The Game Fire In Ya Eyes (Clean)
273 JB ft The Game Fire In Ya Eyes (Dirty)
274 50 Cent Straight To The Bank (Clean)
275 The Game Body Bags
276 LL Cool J Whatcha Hood Like (Clean)
277 Sean Paul Dutty Passin
278 Sean Paul ft Nina Sky More Gals
279 Timbaland ft Tony Yayo & 50 Cent Come And Get Me (Dirty)
280 Timbaland ft Dr Dre, Missy Elliot & Justin Timberlake Bounce (Dirty)
281 Music ft Heavy D Buddy (Remix Clean)
282 Lloyd Get It Shawty (Acapella)
283 Mims Where I Belong (Clean)
284 Mims Like This (Clean)
285 Mims Like This (Dirty)
286 Mims Like This (Instrumental)
287 Mims Like This (Acapella)
288 Joss Stone Tell Me What We Are Gonna Do Now
289 Joss Stone Tell Me What We Are Gonna Do Now (No Rap)
290 Joss Stone Tell Me What We Are Gonna Do Now (Instrumental)
291 Hot Dolla Streets On Lock
292 Notch Dale Pa Tra (Back It Up Instrumental)
293 Robin Thicke Lost Without U (Acapella)
294 Robin Thicke ft Heavy D Lost With Out U (Remix Clean)
295 Sasha Payne Am Gone
296 (Power Cut Riddim) Bounty Killer Drop Bullet
297 (Power Cut Riddim) Caliber Einstein
298 (Power Cut Riddim) Sean Paul Get It Right
299 (Power Cut Riddim) Mavado Top Shotta Nah Miss
300 (Power Cut Riddim) Vybz Kartel Start War And Dead
301 (Power Cut Riddim) Instrumental
302 Aaron Do It Again (Clean)
303 Aaron Do It Again (Dirty)
304 Azure ft Snoop Dogg Get It Started (Clean)
305 Collie Buddz ft Young Buck & Tony Yayo Come Around Remix (Clean)
306 Down aka Kilo Lean Like A Cholo (Clean)
307 Duke Da God ft Juelz Santana More Than Music (Instrumental)
308 Gallego ft Arcangel La Calle
309 Hot Dolla Streets On Lock (Clean)
310 Joell Ortiz Feel Good
311 KRS One & Marley Marl Hip Hop Lives (Clean)
312 KRS One & Marley Marl Hip Hop Lives (Dirty)
313 KRS One & Marley Marl Kill A Rapper (Clean)
314 KRS One & Marley Marl Kill A Rapper (Dirty)
315 KRS One & Marley Marl Kill A Rapper (Instrumental)
316 Notch Dale Pa Tra (Clean)
317 Nyce 1 What Am Doing Gettin Money
318 Omega Red Freestyle 2 Outro 2007
319 Omega Red Going Down (Freestyle 2007)
320 Swizz Beatz ft R Kelly, Lil Wayne & Jadakiss Its Me Bitches Remix (Dirty)
321 Prodigy Return Of The Mac (Dirty)
322 Quan Black Gangsta
323 Shawty Final (Clean)
324 Shawty Final (Dirty)
325 Skillz Greatest MC Alive (Freestyle)
326 Speadknot Mobstaz ft Twista Gangstaz Dont Dance (Dirty)
327 Spectacula Dont Get Mad Get Money (Dirty)
328 Speedknot Mobstaz ft Twista Gangstaz Dont Dance (Clean)
329 Tre 7 Like This
330 Twista This Is Why I Am Cold (Freestyle)
331 Whip Game ft Lil Wayne Proper (Clean)
332 Whip Game ft Lil Wayne Proper (Dirty)
333 Beyonce Hollywood
334 Beyonce Hollywood (Instrumental)
335 Birdman ft Lil Wayne You Aint Know (Instrumental)
336 Duke Da God ft Juelz, Hell Rell & JR Writer More Than Music (Clean)
337 Duke Da God ft Juelz, Hell Rell & JR Writer More Than Music (Dirty)
338 Lil Boosie Wipe Me Down (Instrumental)
339 Lloyd ft Joe Budden Get It Shawty (Street Mix)
340 Majic Massey Ready Set Go (Dirty)
341 Melissa Jimenez Untouchable (Dirty)
342 Mike Jones ft Bun B & Snoop Dogg My 6 4 (Clean)
343 Mike Jones ft Bun B & Snoop Dogg My 6 4 (Dirty)
344 Mike Jones ft Bun B & Snoop Dogg My 6 4 (Instrumental)
345 Papoose Victory (Dirty)
346 Rihanna ft Jay Z Umbrella (Clean)
347 Rihanna ft Jay Z Umbrella (Instrumental)
348 Sean P ft T Pain U Aint Know (Clean)
349 Smitty Died In Your Arms (Clean)
350 Swizz Beatz ft R Kelly, Lil Wayne & Jadakiss Its Me Bitches Remix (Clean)
351 Swizz Beatz ft R Kelly, Lil Wayne & Jadakiss Its Me Bitches Remix (Instrumental)
352 The Alliance ft Fabo Tattoo (Clean)
Jus Jase 1:44 PM - 8 May, 2007
New 50 Cent just added:

50 Cent Amusement Park (Extra Clean)

Told you guys they get everything first!!!
vidoona 2:31 PM - 8 May, 2007
I just joined and I gotta say that this is the best bargain in record pools I've seen. As for selection.....pretty good. I compared the release dates amongst the 5 record pools I belong to and they do indeed get songs first it apears.
DJ Code plus 2:39 PM - 8 May, 2007
Yes people its official i joined today and I like what I am getting. I am clicking away on my downloads now and will keep the forum informed as to how it goes but for now BIG UP FRANCHISERECORDPOOL for keeping it cheap for guy's like me and keeping it current for my audience.
matt212 3:05 PM - 8 May, 2007
Yeah, what they said. :)
matt212 3:16 PM - 8 May, 2007
...and it's no BS fillers.
vidoona 3:23 PM - 8 May, 2007
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...and it's no BS fillers.


Yeah, I noticed this too. It's nice that they aren't posting obvious crap.
nik39 4:08 PM - 8 May, 2007
I used to be in the pool when they were vinyl and they were indeed getting the tracks pretty early. Plus they also had some goodies from time to time, plus albums etc.

But it was a bit expensive for me, as I don't live in the states, shipping vinyls is not cheap and for the fact that lately lots of stuff were south stuff which I can not use a lot (no discussions please, thats how it is at the spots where I spin ;) ).

Code PLus, vidoona, matt and Jus Jase, thanks for the info! :)
J. eMCee 4:22 PM - 8 May, 2007
I'm joining franchise now, I'll re-post what I think after I have it for a little while. Hope this is legit and the people in the forum don't work for franchise, cuz there's been a lot of praise! haha
vidoona 4:44 PM - 8 May, 2007
You really can't go wrong for the price compared to other pay record pools.
nik39 6:26 PM - 8 May, 2007
Yeah, like 50$ for my12inch.com
nik39 7:45 PM - 8 May, 2007
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Hm, wasn't it like 50$ a month for franchise?


It's 19.99 a month now.

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Where is the list of the songs, if you don't mind asking?

www.franchiserecordpool.com
Scroll down on that page.

Doh! Sorry for the monkey stupid question. I didn't see you could scroll down.
nik39 9:15 PM - 8 May, 2007
The only thing I dislike is that it was really tough to get into the former vinyl pool from franchise (it was quite exclusive) whereas in this digital pool anyone get into this. :-/

The good - the bad. You can't have one without the other. Damned.
nik39 9:58 PM - 8 May, 2007
Out of 336 files

2 x 96kbps ( about 1%)
35 x 128kbps (about 10%)
54 x 160kbps (about 15%)
6x x >160kbps <192kbps (about 74%)
239 x 192kbps+
matt212 11:56 PM - 8 May, 2007
Okay, how did you get all those figures? It's obvious you joined, but did you download all the bin files already?
nik39 12:16 AM - 9 May, 2007
Yes, I've just joined. 20$, eff it. You can't go wrong. And if I am not happy I can still quit whenever I like.

Yeah, I d/l'ed the files and then ran "mr questionman" ( ssl-wiki.help.bootlegs.de <- click) on it to find out which encoder, preset and bitrates they were using.
matt212 12:23 AM - 9 May, 2007
Did you DL all the "Diggin in the Crates Room" tracks yet? If so, what are the kbps on those? I haven't got to those yet.
nik39 12:37 AM - 9 May, 2007
DITC: 41 files
2 x 128kbps
3 x >160 <192
14 x 192
5 x 224
7 x 320

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However, I would be careful with assuming they are all in good quality. I know dozens of people who think they can take a trashy 128kbps file, re-encode it to 320kbps and think it sounding a lot better then. I dont expect all these files to be natively encoded in the given bitrate, thats also how it is at digiwaxx, you get higher bitrate files which sound like shit.

Havent had time to listen closely to the files now. Just d/l'ed. Listen time is friday ;)
matt212 12:39 AM - 9 May, 2007
Thanks for the info.
sixxx 1:44 AM - 9 May, 2007
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I know dozens of people who think they can take a trashy 128kbps file, re-encode it to 320kbps and think it sounding a lot better then.


Yup. I've seen this quite often.
dj cubicle 1:53 AM - 9 May, 2007
i figured i'd join franchise and take a look. i like djcity better. i'm too anal about filenames to deal with underscores and ugly spacing.

...although the reggae and old skool joints are a nice touch.
Swizzle 2:36 AM - 9 May, 2007
so are westcoast artists not sending these digital record pools their tracks?

i heard DJ Quik's - Work Wit That and Keak Da Sneak's - That Go back in Dec '06/Jan '07 on Power 106fm in L.A.
One of my Pools finally had the DJ Quik track in Late March early April '07.

But I do commend the Pools on pumping out all of the artist's who have "Lil" in their name. :-\
Dj Skream 3:05 AM - 9 May, 2007
www.MY12INCH.com... PEEP THAT!
dj cubicle 3:57 PM - 9 May, 2007
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i figured i'd join franchise and take a look. i like djcity better. i'm too anal about filenames to deal with underscores and ugly spacing.

...although the reggae and old skool joints are a nice touch.


UPDATE: If I'm paying $20 a month, the ID3 tags should at least have the song title in them. WTF?
That Guy 1 6:05 PM - 9 May, 2007
Most people on this board still don't understand the game. Services can only give the bit-rates that are provided by the labels. There's no getting around that.

Most CD-S's, if released, are released after .mp3's. Would you prefer to wait?
Signal 2 Noise 6:30 PM - 9 May, 2007
Clark is right about the bit-rates. I remembered i ask that question a long time back and got that exact same repsonse. I even heard some tracks on radio sounding crappy now because appearantly in a bid to play new music first these stations are playin music from the MP3s that was sent out by the labels before the final version. All because they want to say "heard it hear first." Matt212 brought up an interesting point about records being deleted from your bin after download and you losing out if your hard drive crashes. I ask them the reason for doing this and they promptly responded saying that to protect the labels from over distributing by sharing of login info, it was set up that way. They use the example of the traditional vinyl pool where they said if you go pick up your vinyl there is no way you would be able to go back and pick it up after the fact because your bin will be empty until the next pickup. Now if you lose your records on the way home then that's no fault of theirs. Hard drive crashing is something that can happen at any given time so its up to us i guess to do what's necessary to protect ourselves. It made sense after hearing it cause mat212 had me thinking for a min there....lol
dj cubicle 6:53 PM - 9 May, 2007
i guess i haven't tried to DOWNLOAD anything twice, but it looks like i could if i wanted to. all of the links are still there.
versatilewater 6:58 PM - 9 May, 2007
franchise is good. i used to be in the vinyl recordpool and since they changed to mp3s i just followed.

I mailed them just a few days ago to ask them to make a request line - so you can request songs.

I also asked for full albums, because i'm missing that. before (with the vinyl pool) you had the full album, but now the pools give you a few tracks and that's it.
nik39 7:40 PM - 9 May, 2007
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att212 brought up an interesting point about records being deleted from your bin after download and you losing out if your hard drive crashes. I ask them the reason for doing this and they promptly responded saying that to protect the labels from over distributing by sharing of login info, it was set up that way. They use the example of the traditional vinyl pool where they said if you go pick up your vinyl there is no way you would be able to go back and pick it up after the fact because your bin will be empty until the next pickup. Now if you lose your records on the way home then that's no fault of theirs. Hard drive crashing is something that can happen at any given time so its up to us i guess to do what's necessary to protect ourselves. It made sense after hearing it cause mat212 had me thinking for a min there....lol

I understand their POV and it makes sense (though the immediate deletion of the links is not a nice idea). However right now, as cubicle also wrote, they are not deleting the links yet. Also the site is not protected well - go and figure what I mean.

In the end, its really really up to make to make backups of your tracks. ALWAYS backup your music!
dj cubicle 7:41 PM - 9 May, 2007
dear nik,

stfu about certain things.

kthxbye.

;-)
nik39 7:52 PM - 9 May, 2007
You wont catch me saying this again:

I'll shut the fuck up now.

;)

Go and figure
DJ Code plus 8:43 PM - 9 May, 2007
nik39 what do you mean by not protected .
DJ_AL 9:45 PM - 9 May, 2007
i don't know about 'franchisepool' getting all the records first, i just joined about an hour ago and i've already seen like 5 tracks from 'this week' that i've had since last week at least (got them from DJCity.com)...also it doesnt seem they have a lot of tracks...i clicked on:
HOUSE - 0 Tracks
CALYPSO - Only 6 tracks
DANCEHALL - 0 Tracks
HIP-HOP - 12 pages w/ 20 tracks/page (total of 240 tracks)
RAP - 0 Tracks
REGGAE - 3 pages w/ 20 tracks/page (total of 60 tracks)
REGGAETON - 1 page w/ 15 tracks
RnB - 4 pages w/ 20 tracks/page (80 tracks)
ROCK - 0 Tracks

I dont know but u do the math and u'll see there really isnt a whole lot music to choose from :( by far DJCity and MyMP3RecordPool.com have a LOT more to offer....i dont mean to put the website down but other than the good, hard to find reggae and just the $20/month i dont see no other advantages franchise record pool has to offer.....sorry
scotty B 10:38 PM - 9 May, 2007
Any of these pools offer underground and Golden Era Hip Hop?
Signal 2 Noise 11:49 PM - 9 May, 2007
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i don't know about 'franchisepool' getting all the records first, i just joined about an hour ago and i've already seen like 5 tracks from 'this week' that i've had since last week at least (got them from DJCity.com)...also it doesnt seem they have a lot of tracks...i clicked on:
HOUSE - 0 Tracks
CALYPSO - Only 6 tracks
DANCEHALL - 0 Tracks
HIP-HOP - 12 pages w/ 20 tracks/page (total of 240 tracks)
RAP - 0 Tracks
REGGAE - 3 pages w/ 20 tracks/page (total of 60 tracks)
REGGAETON - 1 page w/ 15 tracks
RnB - 4 pages w/ 20 tracks/page (80 tracks)
ROCK - 0 Tracks

I dont know but u do the math and u'll see there really isnt a whole lot music to choose from :( by far DJCity and MyMP3RecordPool.com have a LOT more to offer....i dont mean to put the website down but other than the good, hard to find reggae and just the $20/month i dont see no other advantages franchise record pool has to offer.....sorry


Do like i do and send them an email they are pretty good with responding. Trust me i ask many question when i signed up and one was the limited number of tracks in the bin as compare to digiwaxx with whom i have a membership. They mentioned that they only keep about a month of records available at any given time. They say it's to force the DJs to pick up records because the feedback system which is being implemented as we speak will force you to fill out feedback for the tracks you have previously downloaded and worked with in your gigs and so fort. Seems like another remenicence of the traditional pools where you have to submit your feedback the next time you pickup. But they will send you a 3 DVD set in the mail of all the back log music. And from what i received, it's alot. You haven't seen the reggae they upload previously till you recieve the DVDs i must say. Don't know about those filter though, but i can't see a hip hop pool servicing rock so i guess some of those filters were just thrown in for the heck of it. The link with the internet radio station is a plus for those who wants to get some more exposure world wild. I don't see any other pool offering things like that. I may not use it but i think it's cool.
nik39 12:37 AM - 10 May, 2007
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They say it's to force the DJs to pick up records because the feedback system which is being implemented as we speak will force you to fill out feedback for the tracks you have previously downloaded and worked with in your gigs and so fort.

If they force me to give feedback before I can d/l tracks - I am gone.
DJ Code plus 2:54 AM - 10 May, 2007
I would be warey of any record pools that don't make you do feedback. If they claim to be legit there is no way they could continue getting music from record labels and not give them feedback from the djs. I have been in vinyl pools and they preached this to us every week. I guess it helps the DJs get more music early and in turn the labels get their feedback on making critical decisions.
nik39 2:57 AM - 10 May, 2007
I've been in the franchise pool for about 4 years and they never forced me to give feedback.

Giving feedback is fine - if the pool is for free. But once it is not free they shouldnt expect you to leave feedback mandatory.
DJ Sniffles 5:55 AM - 10 May, 2007
bumsquaddjz.com/nms is alright if you're juss lookin for stuff here and there..it's pretty much digiwaxx without the crap music they put on there
DD 1:47 PM - 10 May, 2007
www.exclusivegrooves.com is the place to be hands down, quality stuff! you can see for yourself what other DJ's are saying about this pool. check the Testimonials!
DeezNotes 2:23 PM - 10 May, 2007
AHHH!! Competition!! It's a good thing, but decisions decisions...

digiwaxx is free...

franchise gets music first, more reggae and is only $20...

djcity is 30 but they build overviews, set cue points and the tags are tight...

exclusive is 50

hmmmmm.... think i might check out franchise.
That Guy 1 2:32 PM - 10 May, 2007
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Giving feedback is fine - if the pool is for free. But once it is not free they shouldnt expect you to leave feedback mandatory.


You don't understand. The pools are still providing a service, whether they are "free" or not. They are not selling tracks, but a "service", acting as a promotion's arm of the labels, or as a buffer between labels and DJ's.
DeezNotes 4:04 PM - 10 May, 2007
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UPDATE: If I'm paying $20 a month, the ID3 tags should at least have the song title in them. WTF?


I'm kinda anal about my tags as well. They keep the filenames somewhat consistent in a way where I can use the "Tag from Filename" feature in Media Monkey to get the tags straight. It also has an option to remove underscores as well.
dj cubicle 4:06 PM - 10 May, 2007
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underscores



grrrrrrrr
nik39 6:39 PM - 10 May, 2007
Nothing worse than NOT having underscorse. Whitespaces suck.

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You don't understand. The pools are still providing a service, whether they are "free" or not. They are not selling tracks, but a "service", acting as a promotion's arm of the labels, or as a buffer between labels and DJ's.

Our views differ.
sixxx 6:48 PM - 10 May, 2007
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Nothing worse than NOT having underscorse. Whitespaces suck.

Quote:
You don't understand. The pools are still providing a service, whether they are "free" or not. They are not selling tracks, but a "service", acting as a promotion's arm of the labels, or as a buffer between labels and DJ's.

Our views differ.


Forget underscore. Nothing worst than NOT HAVING INTERCOURSE.
nik39 7:08 PM - 10 May, 2007
lol, agreed.
That Guy 1 7:29 PM - 10 May, 2007
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You don't understand. The pools are still providing a service, whether they are "free" or not. They are not selling tracks, but a "service", acting as a promotion's arm of the labels, or as a buffer between labels and DJ's.

Our views differ.


Then, the labels may rightfully see it as pirating.

nik, do you just like to say, "Ooh, Booty for a pirate"!

You can't keep all the booty for yourself. I know you're a pirate, but, still...
nik39 7:39 PM - 10 May, 2007
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Then, the labels may rightfully see it as pirating.

See what as pirating? I can't follow you.

What I mean is that when I am in a pool where I nearly pay the same prices for the vinyls as I would when I was buying them in a regular shop - why would the force me to put some feedback?

Anyway, the former Franchise Pool did not force to give feedback - as long as the payments were on time you didn't get any problem, which is fair IMHO.
vidoona 8:40 PM - 10 May, 2007
Isn't the DJcity pool only for LA peeps?
vidoona 8:40 PM - 10 May, 2007
nevermind
matt212 2:59 AM - 11 May, 2007
AWWWWW HEEEEELLLL NAW!!!!!

Franchise got that feedbacck shit up now.
matt212 3:15 AM - 11 May, 2007
Okay, for people that have both, is the $10 extra worth it for DJCity over Franchise?

Does DJCity group like tracks together? Say like the Dirty, Clean and Inst of the same song in the same download.
Sheeds 6:10 AM - 11 May, 2007
^ yes sir they do. One review for a song, then you'll have access to download all vesions (clean, dirty, intros, 'pellas, and instrumentals)

I'd say it's worth the extra $10
vidoona 6:54 AM - 11 May, 2007
Anybody else? I'm thinking about joining DJ City too. I like how they set cue points and build overviews. The selection is nice too. I'm currently a member of digiwaxx, breakin-records, work sessions, bumsquad DJs, jymix, and franchise, so any comparisons would be nice.
Gamble 12:58 PM - 11 May, 2007
i don't think that building overviews really benefits us, because you are going to rebuild anyway to get the track matched up with your auto gain settings right?
DeezNotes 1:12 PM - 11 May, 2007
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i don't think that building overviews really benefits us, because you are going to rebuild anyway to get the track matched up with your auto gain settings right?


I was wondering about this... what if they build overviews with an older version?
That Guy 1 2:27 PM - 11 May, 2007
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i don't think that building overviews really benefits us, because you are going to rebuild anyway to get the track matched up with your auto gain settings right?


I was wondering about this... what if they build overviews with an older version?


You could re-build them without a problem.
DeezNotes 4:30 PM - 11 May, 2007
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i don't think that building overviews really benefits us, because you are going to rebuild anyway to get the track matched up with your auto gain settings right?


I was wondering about this... what if they build overviews with an older version?


You could re-build them without a problem.


I know, but it would defeat the purpose. It's just one of those things... if someone doesn't do it right you wind up doing the work all over again yourself, so to pay an extra $10/mo (or $90 to sign up) cause the overviews are wrong or cue points are off may not be worth it.
matt212 5:32 PM - 11 May, 2007
Hold up, it's $90 to sign up?
dj cubicle 5:37 PM - 11 May, 2007
$30/mo billed 3 months at a time.
DJ_AL 5:59 PM - 11 May, 2007
man i dont know about joining so many record pools...if u stop and thinking about it u can log in to every single one of them and MOST of the time you will see they all have the same exact songs...the only difference is one or two songs here and there!

take me for example:

DJCity: $30/Mth
Franchise: $20/Mth
MyMP3Pool: $40/Mth

thats a total of $90/Mth!!! and all i'm getting are the same songs from all three with the exception of maybe 4 or 5 diff songs from each!!! i'm thinking of just dropping one or maybe 2....any ideas on which one(s) should i keep?? thanxs

oh and also does anybody know of good record pool for 'reggaeton'?? none of the 3 im registered with (djcity, franchise, mymp3pool) have a decent selection...
vidoona 6:51 PM - 11 May, 2007
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i don't think that building overviews really benefits us, because you are going to rebuild anyway to get the track matched up with your auto gain settings right?


fair enough, but the set cues are most appealing to me
howcome 7:28 PM - 11 May, 2007
Don't forget the intro versions at djcity.
sixxx 7:30 PM - 11 May, 2007
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Don't forget the intro versions at djcity.


Excellent for microwave DJ's.
That Guy 1 8:41 PM - 11 May, 2007
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oh and also does anybody know of good record pool for 'reggaeton'?? none of the 3 im registered with (djcity, franchise, mymp3pool) have a decent selection...


Bumsquad has a reggaeton section.
Justin Styles 9:00 PM - 11 May, 2007
Wow just signed up for Franchise. I'm primarily a house dj but play hip hop / t40 gigs on occasion and this is easily going to keep me on top. The worst part will be sorting through all the music. I'm getting 3 megs / sec down too from their servers. Not bad.
nik39 9:10 PM - 11 May, 2007
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AWWWWW HEEEEELLLL NAW!!!!!

Franchise got that feedbacck shit up now.

Hm, I don't see any mandatory feedback. Am I blind?
Dj Shamann 9:23 PM - 11 May, 2007
I joined Digiwaxx only to get an email with a blank username and no password, after 4 emails over the space of 3 weeks I still get no response from customer service, yet I get 7 emails a day from them telling me what tracks are new.

Pretty close to blocking their emails and just moving on.
matt212 10:48 PM - 11 May, 2007
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AWWWWW HEEEEELLLL NAW!!!!!

Franchise got that feedbacck shit up now.

Hm, I don't see any mandatory feedback. Am I blind?


All I know is that when I logged in, I had to give feedback for some of the tracks I already DL'ed. Wouldn't like me get pass to the actual bin until I gave feedback.
Bernie B 4:39 AM - 13 May, 2007
Guys, I am a busy DJ who works DJing almost 7 days a week, 9-10 shifts a week from nightclubs to big cruise ships. I did a lot of research before joining Franchise Record Pool (FRP). First of all, because of Funkmaster Flex's affilation, I knew the music would be ahead of the game and the integrity/quality of the files would be strong. Most importantly, FRP doesn't modify the files. What the labels send is what you get, anywhere from 128-320 kbps average (usually 192-320 kbps). Some other pools mislead their members and take these same files (if they are at lower bit rates or VBR) and re-encode them at 320 kbps (which will not make the sound any better, but just increase the size of the file.) You have to give feedback only on selected tracks when the labels request it. They constantly add music, usually 2-3 times a week (and not every day, which is a blessing in disguise, because who has the time to check every day, every hour to see if there is anything new.) All the future hits you'll ever need are there and then some. FRP is one of the few on-line pools that get service from VP Records in Florida, who specialize in Dancehall, Reggae and Caribbean releases (and we know, it's hard to find good new Island tracks digitally and right away before their release.) FRP also has a "Diggin' The Crates" section which has a many hard to find, good quality rips of Old School/Urban classics and anthems. Might I add, they are free to download (where some sites make you pay for the oldies.) The user interface is extremely simple, log-in, 3 rooms to check (new releases, diggin the crates & an exclusive section), right click on a release to download and that's it. FRP is also one of the most affordable pools and will be $19.99, effective June 01, 2007.

To be ahead of the game, I recommend joining a few pools from different areas to get all your coverage. East Coast, West Coast, etc... In addition to the Franchise Record Pool, some other digital pools, I highly recommend are:

DJCity.com (All tracks are @256kbps (some remastered or recorded from the original digital source), Serato overviews pre-built, extended intros of neccessity tracks and party breaks/DJ remixes.)

My12inch.com (Fast, reliable service, extremely up to date. I even think they do it daily. Offer a variety of stuff. A forum for members as well and an on-line mp3 store for classics and remixes).

Remember guys, for the price of the OldSchool Record Pools (Non-Digital, hardcopy product, vinyl/cds) you can afford to join 2-3 online Digital Pools and be more ahead. I only wish the pools offered Wave rips in addition to MP3, because hard drive space is getting so cheap and fast/effective, that having 2 500GB drives (a Terabyte) is a reality and could hold enough Wave files to make any DJ happy. Let's face it, there's nothing better than a clone of the original song quality and a Wave file is the closest we have to only the original CD/vinyl (Wave is for Windows users only. I think for Mac it's AIFF files, but don't quote me on that.)

Good luck!
matt212 6:54 PM - 13 May, 2007
Good report there Bernie. So you are saying that they only need feedback for some songs when requested? If that's the case, I could deal with that. It just seemed like I had to give feedback for every songs I DL'ed, as I haven't clear out my bin yet. BTW, it's $19.99 now, at least that's what I paid.
dj cubicle 10:31 PM - 14 May, 2007
yowzers, my franchise DVDs just showed up. so much for doing laundry tonight.
DJ_AL 8:37 PM - 16 May, 2007
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yowzers, my franchise DVDs just showed up. so much for doing laundry tonight.




same here cubicle...i got them yesterday (3 dvds)...i tried to download the first one and my computer frozed though! i guess i'll give it another try today...
vio0633 2:08 AM - 17 May, 2007
I just joined this pool last night. Looks preety good. For those that have joined...do they send any data CD's of the music you didnt download for that month?
matt212 2:33 AM - 17 May, 2007
Well they sent me 3 dvd's like everybody else that went back to thier lauch date in September 2006. As for getting CD's for shit you didn't download when you had the chance, I would say no. But shoot them an e-mail, I may be wrong.
vio0633 2:39 AM - 17 May, 2007
Yea I sent them an email. I emailed about how searching for tracks and sorting really needs to be improved. I hate having to click 16 pages just to get music. I think they also should group all the inst, dirty, and clean versions together.
matt212 2:43 AM - 17 May, 2007
True, or also have the same track and all its versions group in a zip or rar file or something.
vio0633 3:27 AM - 17 May, 2007
I think when they get tracks from the labels, they sometimes dont get the full version of the tracks. Whatever the labels send to them they throw on the site. When you got your DVD's were they organised well or were the tracks just thrown on the DVD's?
matt212 3:32 AM - 17 May, 2007
Yeah, I see what you are saying, but the ones they do get full versions of should be group together in one download. I guess I'm just being lazy.

The DVD's were organized by the ending weeks.
matt212 3:33 AM - 17 May, 2007
Case in point, the Riddims. They can put all the songs that goes with that Riddim in one rar file.
dja_one 4:04 AM - 17 May, 2007
Franchise + ugotwax.com + Digiwaxx.com + Breakin-records.com = EVERY THING YOU COULD NEED!!!
p3tuh 4:14 AM - 17 May, 2007
How long did it take for the dvd's to show up? I just signed up and the only thing I dislike is that I can only download one file at a time in the bin.
matt212 4:15 AM - 17 May, 2007
What's up with ugotwax. Just joined that joint and all I saw was tumbleweeds.
matt212 4:17 AM - 17 May, 2007
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How long did it take for the dvd's to show up? I just signed up and the only thing I dislike is that I can only download one file at a time in the bin.


I guess about a week, not more than two. Open up about four or five different explorers at the same time and you can dl more that way.
Bernie B 4:25 AM - 17 May, 2007
Guys what's going on here? I can't believe what I'm reading. I've been in pools for over 15 years, when it was just vinyl. You don't decide on what you get or what you'll take. The purpose of a pool is for the labels to have an outlet to promote to legit DJs and get feedback on records they are not sure to fully service, go to radio with or go the distance financially. The reason you get all the stuff so cheap (compared to buying each individual single (back then) or song version(now)) is that you have to listen all the releases and rate them in return. I know, sometimes it seems like a waste of time listening to crap, but other times you hear records you wouldn't normally be exposed to, that are hot representing upcoming sounds.

I don't know about you, but I'd rather get whatever version of a song is available now, then wait 2 weeks later or how long to have all the versions together. Wouldn't you want a hot jam right away no matter what version it is? If it's dirty you can always beep it out in Serato.

We should be thankful we got DVDs of the back-log. No other pool that I know of does that (and it's a legit pool too.) The pool is not to be looked at as a store where you can pay a price and download whatever you feel like. Search option? For what? You should be downloading everything incase you have to rate it or provide feedback. The only time I see a search nessecary is if you have a gig and a need a tune right away that you haven't got yet that could be in the new releases. But it shouldn't take you that long to do a CTRL-F on each page. What does that take 2 mins? Remember guys, some of the releases you get are not even available to buy for months down the road, especially some of the remixes - so stop complaining ($20US for 300-400 tunes a month???) Please. In the big Record Pools back in the day, you were lucky to get 50-75 vinyls for $100-$150 a month. And what you missed before you joined the pool - too bad. The pool isn't there to give new DJs the hits they missed, but to give them new records to make hits and help promote. Back in the day before I got in a Record Pool (there was a waiting list and you had to be referred), I must have spent $20,000 on vinyl. There was no BPM on the majority of the records, no color codes, no genres to help you out categorizing the song. Technology has spoiled people and made them lazy. Go buy all the songs you need on I-tunes for 3 months and tell me what that costs (if they even have the fresh new joints and if they ever get all the versions). By the way, some versions (accapella, instrumental,) of songs are not available, until they decide they are releasing a single (whether it's vinyl, cd or digital). Sometimes clean versions of explicit Hip-Hop albums tracks are only made when the label decides they're going to radio with the song.

Guys, I don't mean to come across rude, but re-think this all again. What would you do without Digital Pools or Digi-Waxx? Illegally download everything? Good luck finding it all. Not even P2P, Newsgroups and Private Sites have it all.
matt212 4:31 AM - 17 May, 2007
Bernie, what the hell are you talking about? We are just talking about what would make the site better. That's it.
Bernie B 4:55 AM - 17 May, 2007
Matt, I respect that, but it doesn't come across that way.
Bernie B 5:00 AM - 17 May, 2007
The pool really shouldn't have to do anything but deliver the music to the DJ. None of this organize and grouping stuff. It sounds like people expect too much. What is the old saying, "don't look a gift horse in the mouth"? I just had to make a point. Anyways, good luck to all my fellow DJs.
matt212 5:28 AM - 17 May, 2007
Never heard that saying, but I see what you are saying. At the same time it's not like it used to be with Vinyl pools like you said earlier. It doesn't take much to group the like tracks together if they get them in at the same time or add a simple search fuction. You seem like you are still thinking the work load for the digital pools is same as the old vinyl pools. It's not.

It's a difference when can take one digital file and spread it to thousands of DJ's for minimal cost. The coordination of recieving vinyl form the labels, then the shipping of vinyl to the DJ's and the operation man hours associated with that, was where the cost came into play with Vinyl pools. So if I expect more from a pool because they have the time and resources to do it, I'm guilty as charged.
That Guy 1 5:54 AM - 17 May, 2007
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Guys what's going on here? I can't believe what I'm reading. I've been in pools for over 15 years, when it was just vinyl. You don't decide on what you get or what you'll take. The purpose of a pool is for the labels to have an outlet to promote to legit DJs and get feedback on records they are not sure to fully service, go to radio with or go the distance financially. The reason you get all the stuff so cheap (compared to buying each individual single (back then) or song version(now)) is that you have to listen all the releases and rate them in return. I know, sometimes it seems like a waste of time listening to crap, but other times you hear records you wouldn't normally be exposed to, that are hot representing upcoming sounds.

I don't know about you, but I'd rather get whatever version of a song is available now, then wait 2 weeks later or how long to have all the versions together. Wouldn't you want a hot jam right away no matter what version it is? If it's dirty you can always beep it out in Serato.


Essentially, that's what I've been saying for a while! We agree.
matt212 6:02 AM - 17 May, 2007
Clark, you would agree. lol

But there's two different conversations going on here. We understand about how pools work and how they get tracks. We are simply talking about what would make a site better. Essentially if you don't have a user friendly concept, the pools are not going to get the feedback they need because the DJ's don't want to deal with the hassle.
matt212 6:09 AM - 17 May, 2007
Another case in point Clark. You have every single track on your site before most, but DJ's don't want to deal with your site because it's horrible to use. If you get your shit straight, your site would be one of the top dogs. Just being real wit cha.
matt212 6:14 AM - 17 May, 2007
Answer this......You have alomst everything the other pools have for free, but people rather pay for DJCity, Franchise and others, why is that?
nik39 10:26 AM - 17 May, 2007
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How long did it take for the dvd's to show up? I just signed up and the only thing I dislike is that I can only download one file at a time in the bin.

They have changed things recently, so only one file download concurrently possible :-(


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Another case in point Clark. You have every single track on your site before most, but DJ's don't want to deal with your site because it's horrible to use. If you get your shit straight, your site would be one of the top dogs.

I agree.
Nicky Blunt 10:38 AM - 17 May, 2007
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I'm too anal about filenames to deal with underscores and ugly spacing.


yeah me to how is this done?
That Guy 1 1:36 PM - 17 May, 2007
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I'm too anal about filenames to deal with underscores and ugly spacing.


Some systems require no spacing for files to be downloaded. So, some poeple use underscores to remove the spacing.

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Another case in point Clark. You have every single track on your site before most, but DJ's don't want to deal with your site because it's horrible to use. If you get your shit straight, your site would be one of the top dogs. Just being real wit cha.


No, I haven't had time to update lately. I could add 50-100 tracks per day--stuff useful and garbage.

Let me sidestep for a second... I wish I could put to bed the notion that record pools are supposed to "cut the junk". Sorry, I'm not a socialist. I'm not going to hold anyone's hand, and I won't think for you. It's your job to decide what will work in your market. Some things work in some markets, some don't and vice versa.

Microwave DJ's beware, and don't let radio decide for you. You have the power. Labels can budget up to $250,000, or more, per single, based on your collective decision.


Sorry, but I'm broke. My last dime went into the site. It has a search function, thanks to Cubicle, so it's much easier to use.

The site is no where near where I'd like it to be. Most people don't understand how expensive this type of site is. I could use another $5-25k, not a few hundred, sorry. There's programming and graphic design, not just some cute pictures.

Also, when I've tried to get things rolling to generate cash, such as a major label-involved conference call, nobody wanted to get involved, but a few--not enough for the label.

If we had calls every week, I might be able to eat and support the site. Humans are selfish by nature.

"Oh, ye of little faith!"

I want a DJ coalition, with so many more elements, but people just want a pretty place to download from. There could be so much more.

I don't know if I can continue to support the site with almost no funds. I'm burned out by the lack of support from most of the members.

It ain't pretty, but it has a search function. Please stop sucking your thumbs, and appreciate a good and free thing before it's too late, unless you don't care. In the case of the latter, then leave me alone.
DJ_AL 1:44 PM - 17 May, 2007
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Yea I sent them an email. I emailed about how searching for tracks and sorting really needs to be improved. I hate having to click 16 pages just to get music. I think they also should group all the inst, dirty, and clean versions together.



I agree 100%...it sucks having to go to three different places to find instrumentals, acapellas, clean, dirty, etc for 1 song! I'm subscribed with DJcity and thats one thing i love about them...they have all the versions of the song together (except for remixes and mashups of that song)
DJ_AL 1:49 PM - 17 May, 2007
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Guys what's going on here? I can't believe what I'm reading. I've been in pools for over 15 years, when it was just vinyl. You don't decide on what you get or what you'll take. The purpose of a pool is for the labels to have an outlet to promote to legit DJs and get feedback on records they are not sure to fully service, go to radio with or go the distance financially. The reason you get all the stuff so cheap (compared to buying each individual single (back then) or song version(now)) is that you have to listen all the releases and rate them in return. I know, sometimes it seems like a waste of time listening to crap, but other times you hear records you wouldn't normally be exposed to, that are hot representing upcoming sounds.

I don't know about you, but I'd rather get whatever version of a song is available now, then wait 2 weeks later or how long to have all the versions together. Wouldn't you want a hot jam right away no matter what version it is? If it's dirty you can always beep it out in Serato.

We should be thankful we got DVDs of the back-log. No other pool that I know of does that (and it's a legit pool too.) The pool is not to be looked at as a store where you can pay a price and download whatever you feel like. Search option? For what? You should be downloading everything incase you have to rate it or provide feedback. The only time I see a search nessecary is if you have a gig and a need a tune right away that you haven't got yet that could be in the new releases. But it shouldn't take you that long to do a CTRL-F on each page. What does that take 2 mins? Remember guys, some of the releases you get are not even available to buy for months down the road, especially some of the remixes - so stop complaining ($20US for 300-400 tunes a month???) Please. In the big Record Pools back in the day, you were lucky to get 50-75 vinyls for $100-$150 a month. And what you missed before you joined the pool - too bad. The pool isn't there to give new DJs the hits they missed, but to give them new records to make hits and help promote. Back in the day before I got in a Record Pool (there was a waiting list and you had to be referred), I must have spent $20,000 on vinyl. There was no BPM on the majority of the records, no color codes, no genres to help you out categorizing the song. Technology has spoiled people and made them lazy. Go buy all the songs you need on I-tunes for 3 months and tell me what that costs (if they even have the fresh new joints and if they ever get all the versions). By the way, some versions (accapella, instrumental,) of songs are not available, until they decide they are releasing a single (whether it's vinyl, cd or digital). Sometimes clean versions of explicit Hip-Hop albums tracks are only made when the label decides they're going to radio with the song.

Guys, I don't mean to come across rude, but re-think this all again. What would you do without Digital Pools or Digi-Waxx? Illegally download everything? Good luck finding it all. Not even P2P, Newsgroups and Private Sites have it all.




referring to the second paragraph of this post....how can u bleep out a song with serato???????
Bernie B 2:49 PM - 17 May, 2007
Using the censor button in Rel or Int mode.
DJ_AL 2:51 PM - 17 May, 2007
man i know this may sound like a stupid ? but understand i've only used absolute mode ever since i got serato...where is the censor button in rel or int mode? what does it lookw like?....
That Guy 1 6:09 PM - 17 May, 2007
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man i know this may sound like a stupid ? but understand i've only used absolute mode ever since i got serato...where is the censor button in rel or int mode? what does it lookw like?....

RTFManual
DeezNotes 4:09 PM - 25 May, 2007
To follow up on this thread... Franchise is a nice pool, but they are inconsistent with their tracks. At first I didn't think the tagging situation was that bad, but after downloading a bunch of tracks and attempting to organize them, I noticed that the same song would have different bitrates between versions (instrumental, clean, dirty, etc.). I understand you gotta work with what the record company gives you, but why in the world would they give you a 192 dirty, a 160 clean and a 128 instrumental? That doesn't make sense to me.

I know you have to review tracks in digiwaxx, but at least they have some type of consistency with their tracks.
nik39 4:59 PM - 25 May, 2007
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I know you have to review tracks in digiwaxx, but at least they have some type of consistency with their tracks.

I personally think they re-encode the tracks at a constant bitrate which is even worse as we all know. So they might also get 128kbps clean, 192kbps dirty and 256kbps instrumental, but reencode all to 192kbps.

Disclaimer: I am assuming - don't shoot me if I am wrong. I am not a moderator.
p3tuh 9:42 PM - 25 May, 2007
ehhhh im not feelin franchise. Some of the tracks in the bin are from last week and the site has some issues when I use firefox. Most important to me is that the tracks don't suit my needs, seems more suited for east coasters. Idunno, might just be me and I will probably try out djcity.
DeezNotes 3:08 PM - 26 May, 2007
Yeah. I've been having mad problems with the site and downloading tracks. They sent out a message last weekend about the upgrade, but the problems seem pretty consistent.
nik39 3:59 PM - 26 May, 2007
They have changed their servers so that you can only download one track at the same time. AFAI see this means, when you try to download a picture from the website (while downloading a track) it will break any prior connection which means - track download will stop. What a pain :-( I told them about it but haven't heard back. This is very user unfriendly.
tv4cheap 4:04 PM - 26 May, 2007
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They have changed their servers so that you can only download one track at the same time. AFAI see this means, when you try to download a picture from the website (while downloading a track) it will break any prior connection which means - track download will stop. What a pain :-( I told them about it but haven't heard back. This is very user unfriendly.

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Firefox has an add-on called "DownThenAll!"

It also allows one to re-download files. The only problem is if the site's cookie goes out. Then, one must do it again.
nik39 4:33 PM - 26 May, 2007
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Answer:

Firefox has an add-on called "DownThenAll!"

It also allows one to re-download files. The only problem is if the site's cookie goes out. Then, one must do it again.

Not completely.

I've tried DTA and as soon as you start a second download the currently running download will stop. Cookies is not a problem in my case, as DTA uses the browsers cookies and they are still valid when I d/l. However, you are right in terms of DTA being able to continue brokend downloads.
tv4cheap 7:50 PM - 26 May, 2007
nik: just change the "Preferences" to download only 1-at-a-time.
nik39 3:19 AM - 27 May, 2007
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nik: just change the "Preferences" to download only 1-at-a-time.

Yes, thats the workaround. 2 weeks ago I was able to d/l as manny tracks as I like concurrently. The current limitation (one file/stream only) sucks.
DeezNotes 11:57 PM - 28 May, 2007
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nik: just change the "Preferences" to download only 1-at-a-time.

Yes, thats the workaround. 2 weeks ago I was able to d/l as manny tracks as I like concurrently. The current limitation (one file/stream only) sucks.


Correct. Using DTA set to 1 at a time also causes some files to stop without the ability to resume. You sometimes have to cancel and then restart the download from the beginning. I have been having A LOT of problems since they changed this setting which causes me to go other places for music. Especially when preparing for the weekend.
nik39 12:04 AM - 29 May, 2007
Send them an email... The more people complain the bigger the chances that they will revert the changes (or at least make them causing less problems).
matt212 12:43 AM - 29 May, 2007
Do what I do, open up about 5 browsers and download on each one. Bout time you get the 5th browser window, the first one will be finish and start over. It's a headache, but it's better than waiting on one download to finish to start the next.

BTW, I'm going to email them.
uNo 1:42 AM - 29 May, 2007
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I know you have to review tracks in digiwaxx, but at least they have some type of consistency with their tracks.

I personally think they re-encode the tracks at a constant bitrate which is even worse as we all know. So they might also get 128kbps clean, 192kbps dirty and 256kbps instrumental, but reencode all to 192kbps.

Disclaimer: I am assuming - don't shoot me if I am wrong. I am not a moderator.


I don't think that is the case because I have downloaded some tracks that were 160kbps and some that were 320kbps from Digiwaxx. All versions are always the same bitrate though and I've never gotten anything lower than 160kbps from them.
DeezNotes 2:46 AM - 29 May, 2007
Tried emailing... got an NDR.
matt212 3:27 AM - 29 May, 2007
Got a NDR also, but I sent two. One the pool manager and one to the info email. The one to the pool manager is the one that came back.
nik39 8:54 AM - 29 May, 2007
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I don't think that is the case because I have downloaded some tracks that were 160kbps and some that were 320kbps from Digiwaxx. All versions are always the same bitrate though and I've never gotten anything lower than 160kbps from them.

Sorry, I don't understand your argument... can you elaborate?


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Do what I do, open up about 5 browsers and download on each one. Bout time you get the 5th browser window, the first one will be finish and start over. It's a headache, but it's better than waiting on one download to finish to start the next.

I haven'T tried it, but I thought this would not work either, cause I thought there is only one concurrent stream available. Maybe it'S tied to a php session and with a new browser you might start a new php session.

Deez+matt, which email addresses are you using? (PM please)
uNo 1:28 AM - 30 May, 2007
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I don't think that is the case because I have downloaded some tracks that were 160kbps and some that were 320kbps from Digiwaxx. All versions are always the same bitrate though and I've never gotten anything lower than 160kbps from them.

Sorry, I don't understand your argument... can you elaborate?


If they re-encoded all the tracks that they get from the original bitrate to 192kbps then every track that I got from them would've been 192kbps, which hasn't been the case. But either you or I could be wrong and we could both be wrong, but I was stating my experience.
matt212 6:24 PM - 30 May, 2007
Okay, this is the email I got back from them.

Hey Tyrone,
We do apologize for this but we realize that things got changed after we had to implement some features to secure the certain pages. We are trying to figure out a work around but not having much luck right now.
Rest assure we are trying to find a solution. We really didn't want to make an announcement just yet but we are also working on a new download feature that would allow you to check off the tracks and when you click on a download button it will automatically download all the selected tracks to a folder you choose. This way you can kick off the download and go do other stuff. However this is still in the works and we are hoping to have this done in the near feature. Please bear with us through this transition and again we apologize for the inconvenience.


Sounds good to me, but we'll see.
lord walrus 6:19 AM - 31 May, 2007
i just signed up for Franchise based on this thread. good so far. however, im let down by the lack of instramentals. doesnt seem to be many.

why is it that the worst songs have clean/dirty/acapella/instramental/remix/bonus this etc...

but the songs you really want are like clean only.

:(
lord walrus 6:20 AM - 31 May, 2007
oh and yeah downloading one song at a time is ridiculous. iv been here an hour and im not even half way done....
matt212 6:36 AM - 31 May, 2007
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oh and yeah downloading one song at a time is ridiculous. iv been here an hour and im not even half way done....


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....open up about 5 browsers and download on each one. Bout time you get the 5th browser window, the first one will be finish and start over. It's a headache, but it's better than waiting on one download to finish to start the next.
lord walrus 6:58 AM - 31 May, 2007
man such a headache.
i emailed them about this problem too, knowing they are planning on fixing it, the more feedback the better i guess. i will love this when its not a full time job downloading the songs

other than that, its great
p3tuh 6:30 PM - 31 May, 2007
I'll probably miss this entire week of tracks in the bin, unless I spend the night and friday night sitting at home downloading :(
matt212 6:37 PM - 31 May, 2007
What are yall talking about? I said this many times already.

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....open up about 5 browsers and download on each one. Bout time you get the 5th browser window, the first one will be finish and start over. It's a headache, but it's better than waiting on one download to finish to start the next.


When you do this, you can DL all your song in 10 minutes.
p3tuh 8:14 PM - 31 May, 2007
which browser are you using? this method is not working for me in neither firefox or ie. haven't tried the firefox plug-in method yet.
matt212 8:18 PM - 31 May, 2007
IE7. You can't just open tabs, you have to click the blue "E" 5-6 times and login into Franchise on each one of them. So basically you are logging in 5-6 times on different browsers at the same time.
DeezNotes 8:36 PM - 31 May, 2007
I did this in Firefox when I first saw the issue, but it didn't work for me. For me, it's just easier to get my music from other (reliable) sources and get the 1 or 2 tracks from Franchise I can't get anywhere else.
lord walrus 3:28 PM - 3 June, 2007
they made it so you can click boxes and zip a file of all the songs on one page. makes it a bit easier. now they should just make one longgggggg page rather than 25 seperate pages
lvmez 3:56 PM - 3 June, 2007
i still think djcity.com is well worth the extra $10. the quality is awsome.
matt212 10:16 PM - 3 June, 2007
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i still think djcity.com is well worth the extra $10. the quality is awsome.

Does DJcity have the reggae riddims and the throw backs like Franchise? The only thing I hate about Franchise is that I have to rename all the files and tagging.

Also, is anybody a member of this one? They have a MP3 pool for $15 and a vinyl pool for $100.
www.surerecordpool.com
nik39 10:20 PM - 3 June, 2007
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Okay, this is the email I got back from them.

Hey Tyrone,
We do apologize for this but we realize that things got changed after we had to implement some features to secure the certain pages. We are trying to figure out a work around but not having much luck right now.
Rest assure we are trying to find a solution. We really didn't want to make an announcement just yet but we are also working on a new download feature that would allow you to check off the tracks and when you click on a download button it will automatically download all the selected tracks to a folder you choose. This way you can kick off the download and go do other stuff. However this is still in the works and we are hoping to have this done in the near feature. Please bear with us through this transition and again we apologize for the inconvenience.


Sounds good to me, but we'll see.



Message today...

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We are happy to announce the release of your new multiple download feature in the Record Bin. You will notice check boxes next to the download arrow button that would allow you to check off up to eight tracks at a time. Clicking on the "zip and download song" button will zip all selected files and save it to a destination you choose on your computer. Do remember that all you do is open up the window and extract the files using the extract option to the left of the browser window or select the tracks and drag and drop into your serator crates etc as needed. Also remember that you can still use the "Genre" filter feature to narrow down your search in order to get at the tracks you need immediately. As this is a new feature we are limiting the multiple downloads to eight and will increase this as user feedback from both you (the user) and the system proves satisfactory. We have taken your concerns very seriously and we hope this new implementation makes your experience with us even more enjoyable and rewarding.


Doh! Great, now we have to

* select
* download with only one stream
* unzip

WAck. I don't know why they haven't fixed the number of concurrent downloads instead of adding such an unnecessary zip on-the-fly archiver.
nik39 12:52 AM - 14 June, 2007
WTF?

They have now 100 items per page. Good.

If you go to page two, it takes you to the items 20 to 120... eh? Guys, what are you doing?! Fix the goddamn one-stream-only download. Geesh.
nik39 12:54 AM - 14 June, 2007
And seriously.. how hard is it to add a proper navigation bar?! Man even I can do this in a few minutes, and I am a total html/web noob.
nik39 12:57 AM - 14 June, 2007
And... is it only me, or is it true that during the best time in the year... they havent added a single track in one whole week?!
dj cubicle 12:58 AM - 14 June, 2007
nik, it sounds like that's the case with everyone. i don't think djcity has put up anything worthwhile in a week +.

no good tunes comin' out, i guess. maybe record execs are taking long looks in the mirror after TEABAGGGG!
nik39 12:59 AM - 14 June, 2007
The latest track is "Fabolous ft. Akon - Change_Up_(Dirty)" which has been sitting on my harddisk for one week. Can anyone confirm this?
nik39 1:00 AM - 14 June, 2007
Hm... okay, but aren't the labels supposed to bring out all the "summer hits" now?

What is "teabag"?
dj cubicle 1:01 AM - 14 June, 2007
www.djcity.com

it's a classic. f'real.
nik39 1:04 AM - 14 June, 2007
Lol, yeah, f'real.

Who releases such crap?!
nik39 1:05 AM - 14 June, 2007
Thanks cubicle - now my ears are close to starting to bleed. Ouch. You should warn before posting such tracks.
nik39 1:06 AM - 14 June, 2007
Wait... is this a hit in the states?

Someone please shoot me.
dj cubicle 1:07 AM - 14 June, 2007
I... Well... I don't even know what to say about it. I've never heard it except on DJCity and only after someone here referred to it as the worst song ever.

Give us SOME credit!
nik39 1:10 AM - 14 June, 2007
Okay, I thought you wanted to say this is the next big hit and most-slept-on-track-right-now.

Someone would had to shoot me then. Thank good.

Record labels should be punished to promote such crap.
nik39 1:13 AM - 14 June, 2007
Didn't dj skiggzs just post that he drowning in new music here... scratchlive.net <-click ? Weird.
vio0633 2:55 AM - 14 June, 2007
Everytime I DL a new track it asks me for feedback on everything I DL. Is this just me or is anyone else having to do this? Im not feelin this pool very much and may stop my membership here soon. Tracks seem old and it rarely updates itself. Only cool thing is the riddims that they got on there.
lvmez 3:17 AM - 14 June, 2007
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Also, is anybody a member of this one? They have a MP3 pool for $15 and a vinyl pool for $100.
www.surerecordpool.com


whatever you do, don't join surerecord pool. i was a member for about a month and did not like what they were offering. i didn't like there download program and they didn't have any new songs.
Big mike 6:09 PM - 19 June, 2007
I use www.djspinit.com. They seem to post almost everyday,and seem to have a lot of music before the other pools,even a lot the other pools never get.I checked out flexs pool,djcity,and a bunch more.Plus they cost more,www,djspinit.com is only $9.99 a month.Thats just my 3 cents.
Headlights 8:03 PM - 19 June, 2007
The reggae selections are old.
Res-Q 9:48 PM - 19 June, 2007
so which has the most wickedest dancehall selection?
matt212 10:23 PM - 19 June, 2007
@ Big Mike

It seems like they might have a bunch of bullshit on there too. But I have some questions for you if you don't mind answering them.

Is it anything similiar to Digiwaxx with the "trying to make it" artists spreaded all through the website?

How's the layout of the website, because it looks like it sucks from what the homepages look like?

Do you have to give reviews?

How many songs can you download at a time?

Can you preview before you download?
matt212 10:24 PM - 19 June, 2007
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The reggae selections are old.

Which pool are you talking about?
Signal 2 Noise 7:13 AM - 13 July, 2007
Hey is it me or does anyone notice the record pool wars out there. Am a member of Franchise where i get the reggae riddims you get only in stores. Am also a member of djspinit where we got very little reggae here and there but a little more hip hop at times. However I noticed djspinit posted the same tracks from the reggae riddim i received from franchise a few days ago. Seems like djspinit got a franchise membership. Does anybody out there got the same two membership to confirm this?
nik39 7:44 PM - 13 July, 2007
What happened to franchise?

I get a

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error message.
matt212 9:03 PM - 13 July, 2007
same here.
Signal 2 Noise 6:23 AM - 31 August, 2007
Since its been a while any updates on which pool is the best. Those who have memberships with my 12inch, dj Spinit and DJ City please respond and tell us about their service. I still have Digiwax and Franchise and just want to make sure am not missing out on anything. I thnk this will be very informative for all djs looking for good pools. Don't ya think?
dj garcia 6:36 AM - 31 August, 2007
franchise just got 50 Cent & Kanye West Albums
nik39 8:41 AM - 31 August, 2007
Kanyes album in Dirty version.
Signal 2 Noise 1:12 PM - 31 August, 2007
Yeh i just checked my email and saw that they got the albums. DAMM. Franchise is no joke after all.
Nicky Blunt 2:02 PM - 31 August, 2007
web address please guys????
Signal 2 Noise 6:19 PM - 31 August, 2007
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web address please guys????


www.franchiserecordpool.com
Nicky Blunt 9:12 AM - 3 September, 2007
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web address please guys????


www.franchiserecordpool.com


Thanx!
matt212 4:43 PM - 3 September, 2007
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Since its been a while any updates on which pool is the best. Those who have memberships with my 12inch, dj Spinit and DJ City please respond and tell us about their service. I still have Digiwax and Franchise and just want to make sure am not missing out on anything. I thnk this will be very informative for all djs looking for good pools. Don't ya think?

I don't really think my12inch is really worth $50. The only good thing is that they have videos and the pool is free if you are in radio. The videos are the only reason one might keep my12inch in opinion. But for that much, you might as well go with promo only videos and get better quality for about $30 a month. You are not missing much with that one.

DJ Spinit's 8th Wonder Pool is worth the $9.99. They seem to have everything my12inch has as far as new releases.

Never been a member of DJ City, so I don't have any advise on that one.

I'm still debating if I should keep Franchise. Everytime I make my mind up to cancel, they come with some hot new tracks or some new Riddims that you can't get anywhere else at that time. But I'm not going with my12inch anymore, just not worth it to me.
DJ S&S 10:18 PM - 23 October, 2007
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Hey is it me or does anyone notice the record pool wars out there. Am a member of Franchise where i get the reggae riddims you get only in stores. Am also a member of djspinit where we got very little reggae here and there but a little more hip hop at times. However I noticed djspinit posted the same tracks from the reggae riddim i received from franchise a few days ago. Seems like djspinit got a franchise membership. Does anybody out there got the same two membership to confirm this?

Yea check it out,its the other way around homeboy,,,check www.djspinit.com then a day later check flexs pool,they even post the same house music now....and flex was alread caught stealing music from other pools,its in these threads somewhere you just have to find it.Do your home work before you assume.Flex never offered house till djspinit did (but months later) and they were originally $60 a month till pools like djspinit put a stop to that.I also find djspinit very easy to use.At the end of the day its all promo music and the labels love the pools fighting to get it out first....but be smart,back the people who try to keep the price for these pools to a decent price.
lvmez 1:20 AM - 24 October, 2007
i don't mind paying top dollar for music, but when i see the same tracks on two different pools and one is double the price. djspinit.com is an excellent site for the money. i still like djcity for the quality and product that they deliver. choices.
spin_master_rob 7:08 PM - 24 October, 2007
I am from the Uk and have just joined www.djspinit.com . I have noticed that alot of the mp3's have got different comments in the tags. For example, "www.whatz-new.blogspot.com" and also other dj pools have been named in the comments. Do you think the guy running this site just taking the mp3's from a load of other websites and just putting them on his site for others to download?
nik39 9:18 PM - 24 October, 2007
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Do you think the guy running this site just taking the mp3's from a load of other websites and just putting them on his site for others to download?

I dont see any other legit explanation for it.
spin_master_rob 6:18 AM - 25 October, 2007
Yeh, I mean..I have searched all over the web to find legit digital record pools and loads of people have mentioned djspinit.com (8thwonder). Surely it can't be legit. Just try downloading any of the mp3's and the comment in the tag will probably mention a different website where it came from.
Big mike 12:07 AM - 30 October, 2007
Flexs pool does the same thing,Im sure they all do,but some charge $30 some charge $20 etc. I think most of the pools like flexs and djspinits are legit,I think they just bend the rules a little and I guess they get away with it because at the end of the day they are helping the labels.....Thoes 2 are even listed in a few pool listings so I dont think they are not legit..If you look up record pools they always pop up...illegal sites would not and could not list them selves with the pools,they do research before they list them.....
MP3CITY 1:00 PM - 29 October, 2019
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StylesD 5:53 PM - 29 October, 2019
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We have access to every pool that exists


so you're gonna steal content from legitimate pools and re-package as your own? great. what licensing deals have you signed and with which labels?
MP3CITY 4:15 AM - 5 January, 2020
Hi, Good day everyone after fully looking into all details for the launching our music pool. We took full measures and gaining correct access to content that we are allowed to provide so we connected to all major labels & work closely with several producers and DJs for special edits that you will only find via our record pool. We do not & will never pull / scrape from another pool. So to answer back our previous post yes we stated that before we even launched not knowing the full details what we needed before running a pool so we do apologize.
DJ Varmintbaby 6:48 AM - 6 January, 2020
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