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Gangsta Rap" (that hardly got any play outside of LA, and they only played it regularly on KDAY)Two things. "Gangsta Rap" wasn't a radio single. And your little made-up fact just came home to bite you in the ass because K-DAY WAS OFF THE AIR IN 2002! It went off the air in the 90's and didn't get ressurected until 2004.
Again, your big problem is there are no solid facts to re-enforce your theories here. Music is a billion-dollar industry, my friend. Radio stations and large-venue clubs with DJ's follow a specific formula. I don't need a playlist to tell me that next to nothing from post-Interscope-era Death Row got much play on any radio stations. I can in knowing how radio works tell you that if a record isn't breaking top 40 in either or both Los Angeles and New York that it's probably not getting too many spins on a nationwide level. Regional acts will get play in their region but you're not likely to have a major hit song in Kentucky, Phoenix, Alabama, and Miami that isn't a hit in NY or LA. Especially not in 2001. Being that you didn't know K-Day wasn't active at that time or what station Julio G. worked for, I'm drawing the conclusion that your knowledge on the L.A. radio scene probably isn't coming from first-hand experience. This is why I asked you where your info is coming from.
You typing something doesn't make it a fact.You've yet to add any actual proof of what you've written, all I see is just a ton of hearsay and Jimmy correcting all the lies you write.
Quote from: Jaydc is back on July 21, 2011, 04:15:00 PMYou typing something doesn't make it a fact.You've yet to add any actual proof of what you've written, all I see is just a ton of hearsay and Jimmy correcting all the lies you write.I backed my shit up with facts and linked URLs.
We both agree that "Gangsta Rap" got shit radio play the only difference is that you don't believe it got any spins and I know it was played at a minimal level in the LA market. "Change The Game Remix" was a single from Clue that Tha Dogg Pound album piggybacked off of for sales. That's it.
Love33 is correct about one thing. Gangsta rap did get very minimal play on one of the LA stations (can't remember if it was power or the beat). I ado agree with Jimmy H about the Change Da Game Remix. I highly doubt that got major spin nationwide. I dont even remember really hearing it out here in Cali much. Whatever the album sales were for "2002" can most likely be attributed to marketing/promotion and the guest list. The singles didnt really create any buzz for this album.
Can you back up the claim that Suge got the rights for "Change Da Game" in exchange for Jay-Z sampling "Me and My Girlfriend" a year later? Haven't seen that yet.