King Tee - The Kingdom Come

[doggfather]

Ice-T Check Your Game (featuring King T)

That ain't death row imo.

[Mat]

That ain't death row imo.

Not Death Row but they did work together

[doggfather]

Not Death Row but they did work together

Fact.

But that was not the questions.

[hitsaw]

Death row or Ice t

[JonnyTanna]

Got re released in 24khz on a double cd with the missing tracks like ‘that’s drama’ can listen on Spotify but nice to own this to support the artist
https://www.discogs.com/release/26853191-King-Tee-Thy-Kingdom-Come?srsltid=AfmBOoqDkanUBFtXLOlxYG6QK32mP5v0a8zeBSnoq4wECOGu-564e000

[TraceOneInfinite]

Let me mention again that fans that were feindin' for this album got screwed twice because it was supposed to be released on Aftermath summer of 1998 and then he tried to move it over to Ruthless to have it released and Ruthless went defunt... but how dope would that have been if it dropped on Ruthless and furthered the legacy of NWA and West Coast rap

[bd94s10]

A long time ago I read that it was shelved due to The Source's review of the album. e.g. 3.5 mics out of 5. I guess at the time with Dre starting his own label he and or his people just decided to move on. I recall when Dre dropped "Dr. Dre Presents... The Aftermath" it was met with lukewarm reception because people were wanting a Dre album... which ties into the fact on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dre_Presents:_The_Aftermath .. "A platinum seller,[11] the album peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200 and at #3 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop-Albums charts. Nonetheless, quite unlike Dre's prior album—The Chronic, released in December 1992 as Dre's debut solo album and Death Row Records' first album—Dre's new offering, not a standout, received mixed reviews and lukewarm appraisals."

On a side note, I purchased the album on Amazon when it was released a year or 2 ago. I also stream it via Spotify and I really dig it. The track with Shaq rides!

Link: https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2002_12_thykingdom.html

Note the above is also referenced on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kingdom_Come

[TraceOneInfinite]

A long time ago I read that it was shelved due to The Source's review of the album. e.g. 3.5 mics out of 5. I guess at the time with Dre starting his own label he and or his people just decided to move on. I recall when Dre dropped "Dr. Dre Presents... The Aftermath" it was met with lukewarm reception because people were wanting a Dre album... which ties into the fact on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dre_Presents:_The_Aftermath .. "A platinum seller,[11] the album peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200 and at #3 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop-Albums charts. Nonetheless, quite unlike Dre's prior album—The Chronic, released in December 1992 as Dre's debut solo album and Death Row Records' first album—Dre's new offering, not a standout, received mixed reviews and lukewarm appraisals."

On a side note, I purchased the album on Amazon when it was released a year or 2 ago. I also stream it via Spotify and I really dig it. The track with Shaq rides!

Link: https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2002_12_thykingdom.html

Note the above is also referenced on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kingdom_Come

I still wanna purchase it and checked a week ago and Thy Kingdom Come wasn’t available for purchase on Amazon.  I had the bootleg copy in 2002 summer when it finally leaked and damn that mutherfucker banged!  It still sounded fresh in 2002 I used to roll to it.. favorite joint was “The Chron” feat Dre that shit was so smooth

[Sccit]

A long time ago I read that it was shelved due to The Source's review of the album. e.g. 3.5 mics out of 5. I guess at the time with Dre starting his own label he and or his people just decided to move on. I recall when Dre dropped "Dr. Dre Presents... The Aftermath" it was met with lukewarm reception because people were wanting a Dre album... which ties into the fact on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Dre_Presents:_The_Aftermath .. "A platinum seller,[11] the album peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200 and at #3 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop-Albums charts. Nonetheless, quite unlike Dre's prior album—The Chronic, released in December 1992 as Dre's debut solo album and Death Row Records' first album—Dre's new offering, not a standout, received mixed reviews and lukewarm appraisals."

On a side note, I purchased the album on Amazon when it was released a year or 2 ago. I also stream it via Spotify and I really dig it. The track with Shaq rides!

Link: https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2002_12_thykingdom.html

Note the above is also referenced on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kingdom_Come

it got shelved because eminem came along

[TraceOneInfinite]

it got shelved because eminem came along

Must be nice to waste all that money in studio time, features, instrumentals, the economics of the music business are a mystery to me and now it is infinitely more confusing since music is free

[Sccit]

Must be nice to waste all that money in studio time, features, instrumentals, the economics of the music business are a mystery to me and now it is infinitely more confusing since music is free

king t is partially to blame

instead of being patient he asked dre if he could take the album to ruthless

dre said yes and ruthless folded before they could get it out

[WCEric]

Must be nice to waste all that money in studio time, features, instrumentals, the economics of the music business are a mystery to me and now it is infinitely more confusing since music is free

They write you off as a tax write off - if you get shelved. Plus, if the artist is unable to fill contract, the artist will walk away with a shelved album and in debt - from all those things you mentioned (Studio Time, Features, Instrumentals, Engineers, Music Videos, etc.) because the label has what they call an advance and the label also charges for their in house services. So, either way you pay out your own pocket to be an artist and its more profitable to be shelved rather than release it when its an unknown artist.

[WCEric]

The reason it was shelved is because everything became about Dr. Dre's solo 2001 and Eminem who was in the midst of blowing up. Plus the West Coast wasn't selling - so they say. Last Emperor and King T are two of my favorite Aftermath signees but both shelved for the same reason. Didn't meet standards of Doc Dre.

[TraceOneInfinite]

They write you off as a tax write off - if you get shelved. Plus, if the artist is unable to fill contract, the artist will walk away with a shelved album and in debt - from all those things you mentioned (Studio Time, Features, Instrumentals, Engineers, Music Videos, etc.) because the label has what they call an advance and the label also charges for their in house services. So, either way you pay out your own pocket to be an artist and its more profitable to be shelved rather than release it when its an unknown artist.

Yeah I’m sure King T subsequently went and got a job as a manager at Dick Sporting Goods and paid off all the debt.

Tax write offs, well, hell, if that’s the case then sign anyone with a chance and have them record an album because you got nothing to lose cause it’s a tax write off

That doesn’t make sense either

[bd94s10]

it got shelved because eminem came along

I get it... but also The Source reviews the album and I've read Dre was not happy with the review. Not sure how true it is.... but with him starting his own label he may not have wanted to repercussions from the negative review. Ironically though The Firm album was not a good review/look so yeah. I agree.. prob mostly the fact that Em was the next big thing up. I hated that it got shelved. I still ride to the new CD and stream it!