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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: Larrabee on January 27, 2006, 06:50:10 AM
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http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1522143/01262006/floetry.jhtml?headlines=true
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Remains to be seen what comes of this...
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great, another wack ass r&b album, another delay for detox
i appreciate Dre is tryin to make peoples dreams come true & all, but this is ridiculous, man
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Lol Dre wants to do this Rnb thing again?Lets hope it turns out better then Truth Hurts.
Other than that she is very nice,talented and she ripped the chours on Start From Scratch.I wouldnt mind hearing her on Detox instead of Mary J Blige.
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That must feel good for someone who came all the way from the U.K.!
I don't think this will compromise the release date of Detox though as Dre probably has made it his first priority.
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he's prolly signed her to work on detox, so he can build a nice chemistry and when its time for her to be on a detox track she goes all out.
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Lol Dre wants to do this Rnb thing again?Lets hope it turns out better then Truth Hurts.
Other than that she is very nice,talented and she ripped the chours on Start From Scratch.I wouldnt mind hearing her on Detox instead of Mary J Blige.
Actually I didnt like her on "Start From Scratch", in time I did get used to her chorus tho...
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I heard an industry guy talk about these type of signings saying that they are only for tax write off's. These artists are signed by people who know full well (dre) no album will ever come of it. Because they are working with these people and their contract stipulates they are to produce x amount of material over a given time the higher upps can claim there work with them as a tax write off and further more claim them as a loosing investment (because there is still no album to recoup expenses) with is a huge tax break. The catch? You’re only allowed to get the tax break on a loosing investment for 3 years before you're expected to can the investment. Funny how A LOT of artists get signed for 2-3 years with no album to show for it and then they are dropped or they leave themselves isn’t it?
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and she ripped the chours on Start From Scratch.
Yeah, she killed Start From Scratch, she could be the official hooklayer for Aftermath. (After Nate Dogg of course)
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She would be a good signing, its obvious Dre can make a good R&B album (Michel'le) if he isn't put under contraints.
From AftermathMusic:
AFTERMATH IN TALKS WITH MARCIA AMBROSIUS // JAN 26, 2006
Rumors going around that Aftermath is going to sign Marcia Ambrosius of Floetry. According to Kirdis Postelle the General Manager of Aftermath Entertainment, Aftermath is currently in talks with Marcia and her management, but there has been no official signing. More information later.
I heard an industry guy talk about these type of signings saying that they are only for tax write off's. These artists are signed by people who know full well (dre) no album will ever come of it. Because they are working with these people and their contract stipulates they are to produce x amount of material over a given time the higher upps can claim there work with them as a tax write off and further more claim them as a loosing investment (because there is still no album to recoup expenses) with is a huge tax break. The catch? You’re only allowed to get the tax break on a loosing investment for 3 years before you're expected to can the investment. Funny how A LOT of artists get signed for 2-3 years with no album to show for it and then they are dropped or they leave themselves isn’t it?
G.A.G.E. and Antonio lol
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Dre should:
1) release albums from his current artists
2) sign other people
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what about the floacist? why's she getting dissed?
i don't think dre can do r&b beats. scott storch struggles with r&b, most of his r&b shit is wack. these hip hop producers need to stick to hip hop.
dre should have gone after the floacist and done a hip hop album with her.
if dre insists on doing this r&b album he should ensure that the songstress spends all her non studio time in the gym. tighten things up a little bit, get that sleeker svelte r&b singer look. the floacist is the one with the sex appeal at the moment...
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Dre should:
1) release albums from his current artists
2) sign other people
Eminem and 50 Cent have no need to be on Aftermath anymore, couldn't really care about Game either.
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Eminem and 50 Cent have no need to be on Aftermath anymore, couldn't really care about Game either.
i'm not feeling any of those cats either, but they make money and dre doesn't even need to produce for them anymore. em and 50 clearly don't need dre beats for their fan base. the game probably does, but whatever.
dre should let them do their thing, possibly make money for the label, and focus on other acts as you suggest. why throw money away, if those guys are making dre money? he doesn't have to give them his time, as long as they are making money on their own.
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I heard an industry guy talk about these type of signings saying that they are only for tax write off's. These artists are signed by people who know full well (dre) no album will ever come of it. Because they are working with these people and their contract stipulates they are to produce x amount of material over a given time the higher upps can claim there work with them as a tax write off and further more claim them as a loosing investment (because there is still no album to recoup expenses) with is a huge tax break. The catch? You’re only allowed to get the tax break on a loosing investment for 3 years before you're expected to can the investment. Funny how A LOT of artists get signed for 2-3 years with no album to show for it and then they are dropped or they leave themselves isn’t it?
G.A.G.E. and Antonio lol
who?
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I heard an industry guy talk about these type of signings saying that they are only for tax write off's. These artists are signed by people who know full well (dre) no album will ever come of it. Because they are working with these people and their contract stipulates they are to produce x amount of material over a given time the higher upps can claim there work with them as a tax write off and further more claim them as a loosing investment (because there is still no album to recoup expenses) with is a huge tax break. The catch? You’re only allowed to get the tax break on a loosing investment for 3 years before you're expected to can the investment. Funny how A LOT of artists get signed for 2-3 years with no album to show for it and then they are dropped or they leave themselves isn’t it?
G.A.G.E. and Antonio lol
who?
Exactly
G.A.G.E. is supposedly signed and Antonio was signed then got dropped.
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Dre should:
1) release albums from his current artists
2) sign other people
Eminem and 50 Cent have no need to be on Aftermath anymore, couldn't really care about Game either.
What about Stat, Busta, Bishop ?..........
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Dre should:
1) release albums from his current artists
2) sign other people
Eminem and 50 Cent have no need to be on Aftermath anymore, couldn't really care about Game either.
What about Stat, Busta, Bishop ?..........
Stat could go I forgot about him, Busta and Bishop would stay. Undecided on Eve.
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She would be a good signing, its obvious Dre can make a good R&B album (Michel'le) if he isn't put under contraints.
Unless an album is released independantly an R&B artist can't put out an album without constraints. Dr. Dre is a great producer and I hope he sticks with hip hop.
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I loved the hook on Start From Scratch
would be nice to hear her on Detox
couldnt care less bout her album tho
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OHHHHH shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!!!!!!! :o
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From MTV.COM:
When you're one of the biggest producers of all time, you can afford to keep trying something until you get it right. So Dr. Dre — undeterred by his previous attempts to release a blockbuster R&B album — apparently has his eye on another singing act: Marsha Ambrosius of Floetry.
In November, Floetry performed two shows at the Roxy in West Hollywood, California, drawing the likes of Dre and even Prince. The producer was so taken with Martha's singing that night that she says he offered her a solo deal shortly after.
"I'm absolutely ... I'm in shock," Ambrosius said earlier this week. "It shows all dreams are real. It's one of those situations where I'd be a fool to pass it up. The idea was posed to my manager and he said, 'The offer is laid out on the table. What do you want to do?' I figured [I'm] 28 years old, I came over to the U.S. [from the U.K.] on a whim that something might happen, I'm already three albums deep with Floetry. That's already made its mark and is something that will remain. I would genuinely be a fool not to do it. Anybody would."
A spokesperson for Aftermath confirmed that Dre has worked with the singer, but no deal to bring her to the imprint is official as of yet.
Though Dre is not exactly known for dabbling in Floetry's brand of neo-soul, Marsha has no doubt the alliance will work. "We've spoken [about how] the difference between our musicianship is evident, yet the marriage will be perfect and there will be no mistakes," she said. "There's no harm in me collaborating with someone of that caliber and creating some magic. That will happen."
The two have already been recording, the singer said. "When we met that week after the Roxy show, we were supposed to talk about ideas for the project. He played me some beats and I ended up writing a song and recording it in an hour. The chemistry was immediate. It was an [uptempo record], the beat was crazy."
50 Cent happened to be in the studio that day as well and jumped on the record. Ambrosius said she's not sure if the version with 50 will end up on her album, or if the song will even be on the album at all. It's still early, and the LP probably won't be out until next year, she said.
"My message will still be personal, it's still one and the same," she added. "It's still 'Say Yes' and 'Butterflies' and 'Getting Late' and the songs I had written. It's just me as myself; a 28-year-old woman coming into her own. You're gonna get your ballads, your mids, your ups. It's going to be a consistent album."
Floetry fans shouldn't be scared just because Martha is going solo. She says her partnership with Natalie Stewart is still intact and that they're going on at least two more tours this year. One tour is scheduled for April, and they'll be part of package deal in the summer. Mary J. Blige is one person they've been talks with. The duo also have plans to shoot a video for "Lay Down," the next single off Flo'Ology.
"Floetry is always going to be Floetry, regardless if Nat does her album or I do my album," Ambrosius insisted. "I'm still the songstress from Floetry."
For her solo LP, the songbird also wants to work with producers Kanye West, Pharrell Williams and the tandem of Dre & Vidal. "That would be enough for me," she giggled. "I don't ask for much. I dream for much, and sometimes they come true."
— Shaheem Reid
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I loved the hook on Start From Scratch
would be nice to hear her on Detox
couldnt care less bout her album tho
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I heard an industry guy talk about these type of signings saying that they are only for tax write off's. These artists are signed by people who know full well (dre) no album will ever come of it. Because they are working with these people and their contract stipulates they are to produce x amount of material over a given time the higher upps can claim there work with them as a tax write off and further more claim them as a loosing investment (because there is still no album to recoup expenses) with is a huge tax break. The catch? You’re only allowed to get the tax break on a loosing investment for 3 years before you're expected to can the investment. Funny how A LOT of artists get signed for 2-3 years with no album to show for it and then they are dropped or they leave themselves isn’t it?
Is this industry guy you're talking about former Aftermath A & R Big Chuck. In an interview with the Source a couple of years ago Big Chuck was talkin mad shit about Dre and he said Dre just uses artists as a tax write off. But he was obviously biased because he was mad that Dre fired his ass. I'm sure Dre doesn't just sign artists to get a tax break, you actually have to spend and lose money to get a tax break so that means he would still lose money in the end.
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I don't care about her. I just want Detox before the year ends. Or else I'm gonna be >:( and :(
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Dre signs RnB singer.
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I appreciate Dre for trying to branch out and consider the potential of a strong R&B album. If done properly, it could be a success, look at John Legend...but time will tell on this one. She did her thing on Start From Scratch, and I can see Dre utilizing her voice for Detox in a way.
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Y'all should check some of her work as Floetry (the group) its wonderful they also wrote the song "Butterflies" for Michael Jackson
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good move
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Y'all should check some of her work as Floetry (the group) its wonderful they also wrote the song "Butterflies" for Michael Jackson
u serious/? coz that sounds gay as fuck
more Dre beats going to waste I think
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that gage is probably the tax nigga,lol but floetry will just probably replace truth hurts situation, floetry got mo talent though no doubt.......but whats cracking with eve? i know y'all dont feel her but most of y'all hate on busta to and just pretend to like him now cuz his signed with dre,lol eve is sick, but i mean i cant see her dropping anytime soon, aint nobody coming anytime soon on aftermath apart from busta, and even his shit is a long way away
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Lol Dre wants to do this Rnb thing again?Lets hope it turns out better then Truth Hurts.
Other than that she is very nice,talented and she ripped the chours on Start From Scratch.I wouldnt mind hearing her on Detox instead of Mary J Blige.
Truth is really talented and the album was actuelly really good too (even though im not too much into RnB). Just a shame it didnt sell
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Who? ::)