The Outlawz featured on Realest album “Remember My Name”

[sofdark]

him goin' platinum back in the days show how much hype death row had back in the days.

[makaveli..]

i think if he had the right push behind him he could easily compete with the major artists out noiw

[The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES]

when is the album droppin ?

There was a plan to release it in November but I think it's going to be a 2011 release..

his website is blocked from years
what a shame.  The distribution or promotion for his projects doesn't exist

True. He should have some loyal fans like Phil to run his shit and get him a decent online promotion..

No matter what anyone says, fans don't create online promotion. If that was the case, Crooked I would have dropped years ago. He has 10,000 loyal enthusiasts on his forum and he can't get nothing to drop.

All of these underground rappers with or that had huge buzz prior to their album: IE Wiz Khalifa, Yelawolf, Gucci Mane a few years back, Nipsey Hussle, Cudi a few years back, Drake, the list goes on - HAD DEALS IN PLACE. It might not have been public knowledge but nobody gets big buzz going for any album anymore without a deal, that's just the way it goes.

Labels front now like their artists aren't signed - Wiz Khalifa is the prime example. He's been nesting over at Atlantic for over a year, Curren$y was nesting at Def Jam for over a year, YG (Toot it and Boot it) has been signed to Def Jam for over a year, Wale was nesting at Interscope for close to 2 years. Labels act as if these cats aint signed because they know the fanbase gets suckered into getting behind an "underground" artist, when in fact they aren't underground at all. That is the record label's newest tactic - fans love to get behind underground talent that they think nobody else listens to, when in reality there are hundreds of thousands of people downloading that same mixtape you think you one upped everyone else on. It's a sad day that labels have to sucker people but this is simply the truth. Anyone ever think why all of a sudden radio stations play mixtape tracks? How "Toot it and Boot It" can get played daily when the artist is supposedly not even signed? How Drake could get played on every radio station and MTV with no deal? It's simple - THEY DO HAVE DEALS, the label just hides it until their buzz gets huge.

These labels have the money to supply their mixtapes with top notch production and guests, and people turn around mesmerized that mixtapes sound like albums these days. It's the point, and labels have latched onto the way the industry is now. You think Cool and Dre gave Game 20 beats for free? JR Rotem gave him a beat for a mixtape? Cmon, Interscope paid for that and pumped it out to get Game some solid buzz going. Unless you're a certified legend in the game, labels aren't tossing out your album until you put out that mixtape album first. Then, they judge off that response and download list as to how much money they're going to put into the actual marketing campaign.

Not to mention: I've reached out to all the big hip hop blog sites to cover Tha Realest. There is no interest 90% of the time simply because he has no solid deal behind him and he is an independent artist. He has Ray-J, Fat Joe, and Sean Paul on his album but they didnt look at it twice. But if Universal/Motown emailed these websites and gave them an exclusive track to throw on by Tha Realest, best believe they're doing it without hesitation.

Case and point: All major mixtapes and major underground artists are the products of record labels. Don't believe it and you're in denial.

This post is Epic Win. 

[The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES]

I bought 2 copies of Witness Tha Realest expecting an average album,

Why would you buy 2 copies?  And on top of that, why would you buy 1 copy even, if you were expecting an average album?

[titoveli]

remember to check this thread out http://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php?topic=253855.msg2577807#msg2577807

[V2DHeart]

I bought 2 copies of Witness Tha Realest expecting an average album,

Why would you buy 2 copies?  And on top of that, why would you buy 1 copy even, if you were expecting an average album?

Because he was pretty consistent in picking good beats, even his 2Real Ent. days, and his Witness Tha Realest mixtape, so I wasn't in 2009 anticipating highly for his, nor anyone else's album. There were a lot of major let downs from a lot of top artists, Nas, Jay Z, DPG, 2Pac albums, that were all expected to be great, so although Tha Realest always picked good beats, I was a bit hesitant in believing his solo effort would be one of such, in that he may have picked the 'commercialised' route of typical mainstream Hip Hop - That weak southern electro-pop sound, but I thought I'd buy two anyone in case it wasn't.

If I know an album is going to be good I'll buy 2 to ensure I have a backup in case the other is scratched due to regular play

[ianyo2008]

Hell yeah, i feel ya like some sandpaper homie.  Tha Realest puts it down so people need 2 learn about it, buy 50 copies atleast.......  Tha Outlawz have alwayz been on top in my book.  If anybody got some shit 2 say about that, "What Kinda Gum"?       FUCK'EM!

[makaveli..]

were the haters at?

[Muhfukka]

I bought 2 copies of Witness Tha Realest expecting an average album,

hahahaha