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Death Row struggled to get Interscope to distribute Snoop's 2nd album, and the Makaveli album, and were literally getting the cold shoulder from them once they got Dre
Why would Dr Dre show up at court, when instructed by Interscope to stay clear of the entire case? Interscope would have ensured Dr Dre that their money would guarantee Snoops victory at court, and it did, without Dr Dre's testimony!Interscope's plan should have be obvious to most. They were wanting Dr Dre to themselves without Death Row since the near beginning. Beginning being after the success of Chronic & Doggystyle. Death Row struggled to get Interscope to distribute Snoop's 2nd album, and the Makaveli album, and were literally getting the cold shoulder from them once they got DreWho was it who gave Dr Dre his share of Death Row when he left? It wasn't Death Row
Quote from: mickaveli2001 on April 06, 2011, 02:25:54 AMWhy would Dr Dre show up at court, when instructed by Interscope to stay clear of the entire case? Interscope would have ensured Dr Dre that their money would guarantee Snoops victory at court, and it did, without Dr Dre's testimony!Interscope's plan should have be obvious to most. They were wanting Dr Dre to themselves without Death Row since the near beginning. Beginning being after the success of Chronic & Doggystyle. Death Row struggled to get Interscope to distribute Snoop's 2nd album, and the Makaveli album, and were literally getting the cold shoulder from them once they got DreWho was it who gave Dr Dre his share of Death Row when he left? It wasn't Death RowMakaveli was distributed by Priority right? But wasn't/isn't Priority owned by Interscope?
Suge said in an interview that Jimmy came to him on behalf of Interscope wanted him to "soften" his artists lyrics and he wasn't having it so he left and went to Priority. Think about this: after B.I.G. got dropped in L.A. the gangsta music was pretty much phased off the radio everywhere except the L.A. area where it was so strong they couldnt do anything -- and it turned into Puffy and Mase dancing in space suits, Will Smith gettin jiggy, Cash Money Bling Bling, Jay-Z "Money Aint A Thang" and "Can I Get A," and Black Rob sayin 'Whoa.' Overall, there was def an effort by the radio/Interscope/mtv and other labels to turn away from the gangsta music. Dre even did 'positive' music "Been There Done That" (also think about Slim Shady's first album how corny that "My Name Is.." single it was way softer than Death Row's music or even his second album Marshall Mathers) and it wasn't successful so they went back to the harder rap in 2000 but just not as 'gangsta.'I mean just look at Jay-Z, nobody was lookin for him when his first two albums dropped and now all of a sudden all the radio outlets were pushin him hard, cause they wanted to turn away from gangsta music and particularly the west coast way.
Priority was actually the distributor for a lot of Interscope's Death Row releases. Interscope dumped Death Row because Suge was in prison, Dre and Snoop were both gone, and Interscope already had the contractual rights to Pac's catalog. Suge himself had said at his arraignment that he agreed with C. Delores Tucker than any future Death Row releases would not include the "N" word but he must have changed his mind shortly after. There was no effort by radio, MTV, and Interscope to end gangsta rap. They were all profiting off of it. If they phased it out, it was because the public was losing interest. If they didn't make a calculated effort to kill it back in 1991-92 in the wake of the L.A. riots, they weren't gonna do it in 1997 because a couple rappers got killed.
But you can't just manipulate the buying public overnight like that. If something is hot, it's hot. Gangsta rap had basically peaked. That business about the West outselling the East nearly twice over sounds a little suspect. Who besides Pac and Death Row was selling like that? Where's the numbers on this one?
Quote from: No Compute on April 04, 2011, 09:41:02 AMQuote from: One2free on April 04, 2011, 09:02:03 AMJimmy has the last word in everything involving Aftermath & Dre. Ain't that a bitch?That's called having a job. With a boss.You would think the biggest producer in hip hop since the 90s would be his own boss by now. Dre seems to always need someone telling him what to do.
Quote from: One2free on April 04, 2011, 09:02:03 AMJimmy has the last word in everything involving Aftermath & Dre. Ain't that a bitch?That's called having a job. With a boss.
Jimmy has the last word in everything involving Aftermath & Dre. Ain't that a bitch?
Quote from: SPICE TWO on April 04, 2011, 09:59:51 AMQuote from: No Compute on April 04, 2011, 09:41:02 AMQuote from: One2free on April 04, 2011, 09:02:03 AMJimmy has the last word in everything involving Aftermath & Dre. Ain't that a bitch?That's called having a job. With a boss.You would think the biggest producer in hip hop since the 90s would be his own boss by now. Dre seems to always need someone telling him what to do.truest statement I've heard In a long time....I been thinking the same thing....the man can't even probably put on Detox the artists he would want I bet either!!!