Incredible Mike Dean Interview

[me1]

Whoa, touched a nerve with Russ. (You forgot to touch on his affinity for bikram yoga, by the way)

I would never discredit his achievements in any way, but then again, if you can read, I shouldn't need to clarify that to you.

The point of my having brought him up was to communicate that I don't associate Suge with DR's glory years any more than I think of Lyor Cohen when I reminisce on 1996-2002 Rocafella. Neither should you.

I recognize you probably need a cold shower after my having brought up Russ doing bikram yoga, so we can pick this up later.

[Remedy360]

But bottom line, I don't sweat execs. So I don't think about ANY of these dudes. Neither should anyone else unless you want to get into the management side of things and learn from their respective successes and failures.

That's because you guys are very shallow people, and it bothers you when someone else doesn't carry the same shallow perspective.

Funny, I don't think anyone gets more bent out of shape about people's opinions on this forum than you do.

[run-of-the-millian]

Suge played an important role musically too. He was the executive producer of all(?) DR albums, and ultimately responsible for the (high) quality of them.

Good for Mike and Daz for stealing the reels though, best to save anything possible from a sinking ship.

[Morphine]

But bottom line, I don't sweat execs. So I don't think about ANY of these dudes. Neither should anyone else unless you want to get into the management side of things and learn from their respective successes and failures.

That's because you guys are very shallow people, and it bothers you when someone else doesn't carry the same shallow perspective.

Funny, I don't think anyone gets more bent out of shape about people's opinions on this forum than you do.

exactly . his "intelligent muslim poet" cover was blown by himself , revealing his true nature which is a bitter loner because he can´t still live in the 90s.

[Fraxxx]

What YOU all don't understand is that YOU don't know shit bout Suge. Infinite on the other hand dreamed about Suge, so he knows that Suge really is a nice guy.

[Jack Trippa 3z company ho]

But bottom line, I don't sweat execs. So I don't think about ANY of these dudes. Neither should anyone else unless you want to get into the management side of things and learn from their respective successes and failures.

That's because you guys are very shallow people, and it bothers you when someone else doesn't carry the same shallow perspective.

You also mentioned Russel Simmons in your post saying "you don't sweat execs".

Bro, if you don't fucking realize the contributions that Russell Simmons has made and continues to make to the culture of hip-hop then I can only shake my head... Let's imagine that the only thing Russel had ever done was produce the documentary the Show.  Just that documentary alone, is the greatest archive of hip-hop's golden age of the 90's.  It serves as a time capsule to preserve the culture and protects it's legacy and tradition for all the past and future generations.  (There was a similar documentary called Style Wars that went a long way to persevering the culture and legacy of hip-hop in the 80's, that I also encourage anybody who truly loves the culture to check out)

So if that had been the only thing Russel had done I would call him a great man.  But of course that is just the tip of the iceberg.  Russel Simmons established the first purely rap record label that was now owned by a man who was himself deeply immersed in hip-hop and therefore had an understanding of how the culture should be properly represented and preserved.  The legacy of Def Jam is without question.  From the pioneers of the 80's, RunDMC and them, to some of our favorite 90's West Coast artists, Warren G, Twinz, Dove Shack and them; and so on....

...but then it still doesn't stop there.   Russel is a great humanitarian and represents hip-hop culture on a worldwide scale.  He had a global vision for hip-hop, in the Show you see Wu-tang in Japan showing the global perspective of hip-hop.  You see Russel at meetings with leading politicians like Hillary Clinton.  You see Russel holding forums with spiritual leaders like the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan.

...now I know many of ya'll are too shallow to hold any value for the significance of all this, since most of your life is consumed with adult cartoons, video games and pornography.  So go on about your business of talking shit and trolling.

So now Suge is Russell Simmons? Not hardly.

Suge should be credited with strong-arming Dre away from Ruthless, that's it. DR's success was directly attributed to Dre's music and hence Snoop etc. Suge was not a respectable business person and by all accounts a bully who short changed his artists. He is most directly at fault for DR going under. Just cuz you had a dream that he was a nice guy does not change these facts.

[Sir Petey]

Whoa, touched a nerve with Russ. (You forgot to touch on his affinity for bikram yoga, by the way)

 I don't associate Suge with DR's glory years any more than I think of Lyor Cohen when I reminisce on 1996-2002 Rocafella. Neither should you.

preach