The fall of Aftermath and Dr. Dre.

[dubsmith_nz]

The fall of Dre?  it's 2010 and you have idiots making 7+ page threads thinking a single is going to be released at a concert.  He still has everyone by the balls with Detox


and Game's new album will be on Aftermath plus EM will be on Aftermath, so that's two huge albums on the label this year

+1

One of the smartest post ive seen from Long Beach, shot bro

[Celph_Titled06]

What a stupid post... im as big as critic on the aftermath artists being dropped left and right but "the fall of aftermath?" yeah right. Go post this shit on sohh. you might get the response you want on there

[Jimmy H.]

Dre and Aftermath are in no danger of "falling". Dre still has value as a mega-hit producer. Aftermath dropping artists is nothing new. Labels scoop up talent all the time then get in the studio and see if they have anything they can work with, people really buy into the idea that because it's Dr. Dre that every artist he works with or project he touches is gonna automatically be a huge success and if it isn't, he's lost it. Few things though:

I got her album but it seems like after Truth Hurts album came out (which was JUST an aftermath release) and flopped, dre didnt wanna take any chances, which is probally why we never got a rakim album or bishop.

The Truth Hurts issue was far less about the sales than it was about Interscope taking a giant L on that sample clearance on the first single.

You can't have Aftermath without Eminem or Dr.Dre.   50 carried it on his back for a minute too but stopped.  Now it's waiting for someone else to carry it. 

Ther one thing I've noticed with Aftermath is they like having the full package. You need to have a story for the buying public to get into. I think even with Eminem, people liked him with the first album but the background with the second album was where he became the biggest superstar in the world. Same with 50. He had the mixtape crowd. He had the Ja Rule beef. He had the "Getting shot nine times" story. He was getting co-signed with Eminem at the time when Em was making a huge hit movie then Dre handed him "In Da Club". These were guys who had all the major selling points. With Game, it was a similar deal.

[Action!]

Game has yet to have a pivotal role in Aftermath's success like Dre, Em, or 50.  He might get his chance on R.E.D.  We'll see.

[MisterX]

I don't think Dres single with Jay-Z is even gonna come out. They're gonna say they're pushing the release of the single back because of Game and Eminem, then it's gonna be because of 50, then they're gonna say the song is outdated and Dre wants to do something else.

[Action!]

I think it will.  I'm hopeful.

[Jimmy H.]

Has Game been confirmed as being back on Aftermath?

[2dog]

the fall?

i'm pretty sure Eminem alone pushing albums keeps that label as relevant as anyone else.

Young Money got Wayne & Drake; Roc's got Jay & Kanye; & Aftermath has Slim, who sells as good as any of them.

Slim sells? Fuck outta here, nobody knows who he is

[Jaydc]

the fall?

i'm pretty sure Eminem alone pushing albums keeps that label as relevant as anyone else.

Young Money got Wayne & Drake; Roc's got Jay & Kanye; & Aftermath has Slim, who sells as good as any of them.

Slim sells? Fuck outta here, nobody knows who he is

Hes talking about slim shady,not slim tha mobster

[Dre-Day]

Well the eminem situation was different,dre wasnt the powerful rich man he was back then.Eminem and dre saved eachothers careers sort to speak.

Definitely. Eminem helped put Dre's name back at the top, and Dre basically made Eminem.

yeah Eminem basically saved Aftermath

saved? he basically made the label

well i said saved, because the Aftermath deal was supposedly in danger ( mentioned in the Dr.Dre biography), my bad if it was just a rumour.

Has Game been confirmed as being back on Aftermath?

no

[CrocodileDundee2010]

dre is da shit.

[RingMan]

http://www.djsemtex.com/blog/2010/04/27/dr-dre-snippet/

is this HQ of the snippet with Ester Dean that leaked earlier?

[Matty]

http://www.djsemtex.com/blog/2010/04/27/dr-dre-snippet/

is this HQ of the snippet with Ester Dean that leaked earlier

surely that has to be fake, sounds like a modified voice to sound more like dre and the beat isn't anything great sounding either.

[Dre-Day]

the HQ snippet was posted before, but i think the topic got deleted.

well it does sounds like Dre's voice to me...

[Action!]

Whatever it was sounded bad