Tomica Wright Interview

[jointz]

Tomica Wright interview speaks on "Blunts LLA" and what happen to his project!!!!!

My Favorite part of the interviw!!!!

Tha Shack: What happened with the Blunts LLA deal? Will that album be released? There was some good Rhythm D production on that.

Tomica Wright: The Blunts LLA project was put on hold due to creative differences. Will not be released as a whole on Ruthless. I agree there was some good production by Rhythm D. The issues with getting samples cleared & creative direction were for the most part causing the delays of this project... Things did not come together in a timely or costly manner.

Blunts LLA "City of Gods" in stores now.

B.Y.I Fam and Blunts LLA doing our thing no more label drama!!!

Was up Interscope/Geffen!!!!!!!

Keep your ear to the street there will be some big news in the next month about Blunts LLA.!!!!

History will be made!!!!!!!

[hempside]

If she was smart she would sign little "E"focus on that,and let Ren be VP at Ruthless.and do some shit with game,blackwall street.peeps would still work with ruthless...she just gotta come correct.......they could easly be back in the game,with the wright artist.west coast need ruthless in this movement.

[The Predator]

She is an intelligent woman but she aint got a clue in the rap music game. After all this time An RnB artist is the next release on Ruthless? A woman should never been allowed to run what was once the greatest hip hop company. If she had a clue she would of signed lil E and tried her best to make him succeed it might of brought the label back and maybe lil e could of been a success.

She should just pay for eazy's lost masters and pay Yella for the ones he got dissing cube n shit...She will make more money in the long run and give us a chance of hearing our Nigga again.

She needs to start hiring high profile producers if she's gonna do a eazy e mix...Biggie n Pacs estate never spare no expense thats why thier shit is so successfull. Fuck it get eminem to a eazy e mix cd he wont cost much and the buzz he will bring to the project will be tremoundous and hey he might get Dre to do something.

If she got any unreleased MC REN material she needs to put that out.

She aint hip hop music smart.

[hempside]

Bitch needs to make a power move know...and i agree that bitch aint hiphop smart.

[GATMAN]

Cant wait to Ruthless get back out here.  They had some hits---The gotta re-release Above The Law catalog

[nibs]

If she was smart she would sign little "E"focus on that,and let Ren be VP at Ruthless.and do some shit with game,blackwall street.peeps would still work with ruthless...she just gotta come correct.......they could easly be back in the game,with the wright artist.west coast need ruthless in this movement.

let's be honest.  eazy had a hard time selling on his own withouth the beef with death row.   5150 didn't sell, and "it's on (dr dre) 187um killa" sold primarily off the beat with dre.  "str8 off the streetz of muthaphukkin' compton" was going to be the album that rebranded eazy's career but unfortunately he passed away and things fell apart.  bottom line is his posthumous releases haven't sold well, there's little reason to think lil 'e will sell well.  eazy is my favorite artist, but his name doesn't sell product on it's own.

mc ren has never sold well.  at best, maybe ren can go gold, and maybe lil e can go gold.  why make ren a vp when the cats he tries to push on his albums are never as good as him?  they won't sell either.  making ren a vp and signing lil e is not good business sense.  and honestly, i think dresta would make a better vp than ren.  dresta does a better job putting together albums and concepts for albums, dresta is a better ghostwriter.  i vote for dresta over ren.

game?  without dr dre and the g-unit, is game really a success?   i doubt it.  you can't fault her for realizing she couldn't sell game. 

r&b?  ruthless has had success with r&b before.   why not again?

[The Predator]

If she was smart she would sign little "E"focus on that,and let Ren be VP at Ruthless.and do some shit with game,blackwall street.peeps would still work with ruthless...she just gotta come correct.......they could easly be back in the game,with the wright artist.west coast need ruthless in this movement.

let's be honest.  eazy had a hard time selling on his own withouth the beef with death row.   5150 didn't sell, and "it's on (dr dre) 187um killa" sold primarily off the beat with dre.  "str8 off the streetz of muthaphukkin' compton" was going to be the album that rebranded eazy's career but unfortunately he passed away and things fell apart.  bottom line is his posthumous releases haven't sold well, there's little reason to think lil 'e will sell well.  eazy is my favorite artist, but his name doesn't sell product on it's own.

mc ren has never sold well.  at best, maybe ren can go gold, and maybe lil e can go gold.  why make ren a vp when the cats he tries to push on his albums are never as good as him?  they won't sell either.  making ren a vp and signing lil e is not good business sense.  and honestly, i think dresta would make a better vp than ren.  dresta does a better job putting together albums and concepts for albums, dresta is a better ghostwriter.  i vote for dresta over ren.

game?  without dr dre and the g-unit, is game really a success?   i doubt it.  you can't fault her for realizing she couldn't sell game. 

r&b?  ruthless has had success with r&b before.   why not again?

E couldnt sell on his own? Its on sold just coz of the 'dre beat'? well thats like saying the chronic only sold coz of the Eazy beat (Dre Day). An EP that sold something like 2.5 mill units is mega. What about the success he had with Bone on 'Creepin...' Ren shifted hundreds of thousand units of shock of the Hour, kizz my black ass sold well too (platinum?)...

RnB that Ruthless did was wack even if Dre was on the boards. Unless tomika has signed John Legend or Mary J blige that shit aint gonna sell. Well maybe Tomika knows more about rnb coz she aint cluing when it comes to hardcore rap.

[Lil Pesci 3G]

I agree with Predator, Eazy may not have sold early Snoop units, but everything he did went platinum, even before he died. The only shit that didnt was that wack shit Impact of a Legend, which he had absolutley nothing to do with. And you can make a lot of money as a label if all you artists are close to gold. You dont have to sell millions to make money, but if you get a good following and put out quality music you will make money, even if your shit aint on MTV 24/7/365.

[nibs]

E couldnt sell on his own? Its on sold just coz of the 'dre beat'? well thats like saying the chronic only sold coz of the Eazy beat (Dre Day). An EP that sold something like 2.5 mill units is mega. What about the success he had with Bone on 'Creepin...' Ren shifted hundreds of thousand units of shock of the Hour, kizz my black ass sold well too (platinum?)...

a) i meant "beef" not beat.

b) dre and death row's beefs contributed greatly to their early success, however they were able to solidify and build on that success with future releases.  eazy never had that opportunity because he passed away.  5150 was a flop, all he had out there is basically diss songs.  i'm not hating on eazy, i have tons of respect for eazy.  but the reality is his name and legacy aren't enough to sell his own posthumous releases, let alone a lil' e album.  i actually liked "impact of a legend", and e did work with paperboy and steffon, rhythm d was his main producer.  it should have sold better.  if you throw pac's name and vocals on there instead of eazy, i think it sells a couple million.  eazy's name doesn't sell, that's all i'm saying.

c) bone was a success.  if eazy were around ruthless would have had more success like bone because eazy had a great eye and ear for talent, did a good job at developing talent, and stayed away from copy cat artists for the most part.  eazy was always trying to find different styles and sounds, hence atban klann, blood of abraham, jimmy z, tairrie b...etc  he even liked gimmicks and slightly off kilter acts like h.w.a., steffon, me-naj-ah-twa (a girl gangsta group??? lol)

eazy was talented.  we're not arguing here.  but hiring ren as a vp, i don't see how that makes sense.  i like ren, but has ren demonstrated a knack for finding new talent or developing artists?  i don't think so. 

RnB that Ruthless did was wack even if Dre was on the boards. Unless tomika has signed John Legend or Mary J blige that shit aint gonna sell. Well maybe Tomika knows more about rnb coz she aint cluing when it comes to hardcore rap.

po, broke n lonely was hot, especially their second album that they released after leaving ruthless but was partially done while on ruthless.

 r&b is easier to sell than gangsta rap if done right.  it's an easier sell.  a good exec knows their strengths, and if tomika is more comfortable with r&b than gangsta rap, let her do her thing.

[Lo Flya]

I dont know why she took Ren off 'Still fuckem' on Impact of Legend. That song was the best on the album and with Ren on it, it would have been even better