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LOS ANGELES - Rap-music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight skipped a court-ordered appearance at a hearing about his assets Saturday, setting the stage for courts to take control of his Death Row Records label.
Knight has missed several hearings in a legal battle since he lost a $107 million judgment last year to Lydia Harris, a former associate who claimed she helped start the rap record empire with her former husband, Michael Harris.
Michael Harris, an imprisoned drug dealer, says he put up $1.5 million to help start the record label an assertion Knight has repeatedly denied.
A judge last month ordered the record company into receivership, which hinged on Knight's appearance at Saturday's hearing.
A court-appointed "receiver" would take control of all assets of Death Row Records, including a music library containing the records of such artists as Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dog and Dr. Dre, said Steve Goldberg, attorney for Michael Harris.
Lawyers for the Harris' said they would ask that Knight be held in contempt and jailed until he participates in the hearing to disclose his assets.
"He's had his last chance as far as we're concerned," Goldberg said.
A hearing was set for Tuesday to finalize the receivership and address the contempt request.
"We are going to ask the receiver to take ownership of the music library and auction it off," Goldberg said.
He predicted this could be "a death sentence for Death Row Records."
Knight's attorney, Dermot Givens, would say only, "We try our cases in the court and not in the press." Givens also did not appear at the hearing.
Givens had said Friday that he told opposing lawyers Knight would not appear Saturday. He gave no reason.
Last December, a judge froze Knight's assets, saying he and his lawyers had failed to answer questions and provide information in the case.
Source: Yahoo News
This means that sumbody else now has control over the Death Row vaults!!!! ;D Time 2 get releasin those old school, unreleased gems! 8)
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This means that sumbody else now has control over the Death Row vaults!!!! ;D Time 2 get releasin those old school, unreleased gems! 8)
nope.. they still cant release them for the same reason that suge couldnt.. (artists consent) and also.. they're talking about the catalogue.. that only includes released material (stuff thats proven to, and continues to make money)
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^^^^My bad... Thnx 4 the info!
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its kinda like how michael jackon owns the beatles catalogue.. he just gets the royalties..
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Yeah! And makes a fortune!
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haha them motherfuckers had it coming
someone go to their studios and get them masters asap and then post it up here
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Knight's attorney, Dermot Givens, would say only, "We try our cases in the court and not in the press."
Lol...and that's why they don't show up at their court-hearing. Haha...speaking of contradictions ;D Way to go Suge!
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someone go to their studios and get them masters asap and then post it up here
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Do u think suge maybe wants to go into recievership for some reason ?
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death row is now on the same level as ruthless records. actually i think ruthless is better off financially. i'm sure this brings a smile to Eazy-E's face in the sky.
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NOTHIN' has actually happened yet besidez Suge not showin' up...
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if they auction this off then i think itīs pretty safe to say that both Dre and Snoop will try as hard as possible to buy their DR catalogues back. or atleast thatīs what i think coz most artists wanna own their music especially when they wanna release their Greatest Hits albums. oh well canīt say i feel sorry for Suge coz karmaīs a bitch.
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time for dre to buy his shit back, whoever owns deathrow needs to sell that stuff
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imagine dre bought his shit back.. re-mixed the chronic.. and added some unreleased gems or something... :o
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imagine dre bought his shit back.. re-mixed the chronic.. and added some unreleased gems or something... :o
well that would be coming from left field lol. but if Dreīs smart heīll buy his DR catalogue back coz itīs prolly worth more then 20-30 million in the long run. and itīs damn near impossible to lose money in a deal that involves some of the biggest hip hop hits of the last 20 years. and think about the Greatest Hits albums he could be putting out :o i know that heīs bought the rights to the material he appeared on/produced with teh Wreckin Cru so in 5 years Dre could release a GH album with songs from 84-11 :o thatīs if he release anymore material but that would be crazy.
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imagine dre bought his shit back.. re-mixed the chronic.. and added some unreleased gems or something... :o
Yeah...that would be cool. Perhaps he'd consider to re-release The Chronic in a surround/5.1 version. That would be nice! He should do that with 2001 too: listening to that album in a surround-version must be amazing with all those little effects he mixes in his music.
(My brother has bought about 15 albums in surround-version now, and I must say that it sounds absolutely wonderful. The drums in one speaker, the keys in the other, etc...GREAT!). Dre should do that as well...
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It ain't over yet this iz Suge Knight we're talkin' bout U never know what trickz he might have up his sleeve...
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hopefully we'll hear some shit Crooked recorded.
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hopefully we'll hear some shit Crooked recorded.
Crookedīs material aint apart of DRīs music library coz his songs were never released.
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It ain't over yet this iz Suge Knight we're talkin' bout U never know what trickz he might have up his sleeve...
What tricks? He's gonna beat the judge with a metal pipe? :D
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hopefully we'll hear some shit Crooked recorded.
Crookedīs material aint apart of DRīs music library coz his songs were never released.
for real? damn.
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would dre want anything to do with the old dr stuff? its in the past...plus we all know he dont want to start prods with suge again.i dont see it happening..
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would dre want anything to do with the old dr stuff?
his DR catalogue alone is worth so much money that heīll want something to do with it. and what is Suge gonna do? go and threaten Dre and get his stupid ass locked up again?
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would dre want anything to do with the old dr stuff? its in the past...plus we all know he dont want to start prods with suge again.i dont see it happening..
the dr material has nothing to do with suge anymore, the court took it off him, and it will be sold off to pay the debt that suge owes
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would dre want anything to do with the old dr stuff? its in the past...plus we all know he dont want to start prods with suge again.i dont see it happening..
the dr material has nothing to do with suge anymore, the court took it off him, and it will be sold off to pay the debt that suge owes
right but i think Xover meant that Suge might be pissed off if Dre buys his music back that Suge prolly views as his shit regardless off what the court says.
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would dre want anything to do with the old dr stuff? its in the past...plus we all know he dont want to start prods with suge again.i dont see it happening..
the dr material has nothing to do with suge anymore, the court took it off him, and it will be sold off to pay the debt that suge owes
right but i think Xover meant that Suge might be pissed off if Dre buys his music back that Suge prolly views as his shit regardless off what the court says.
Yeah, that idiot would probably rather destroy the masters and spend a few years in jail than let Dre buy them. :)
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Well the DR catalogue will fetch a high dollar amount. I'd be willin to bet that Dre is gonna try to get ownership of all his music there. I guarantee you he has the financial means to do so. This is actually very good news becuase in some form or another it could result in some leaks of unheard tracks. RIP Death Row (even though its really been dead for almost a decade).
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oh well canīt say i feel sorry for Suge coz karmaīs a bitch.
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All the unreleased stuff might not be a part of the "catalog" but if suge owns the masters, which I think he does, they're still an asset of his that could be sold off. This is great news I thought I would die without hearing the shit but now there is a chance.
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well it depends on how the recording was done.. some people only turn in the final tracks for projects and anything else recorded stays in their collection.. its known death row would hire studios for long periods of time and yes for some stuff yes there may be tracks.. but Dre for example worked from home when he was on house arrest.. and for periods afterwards.. i doubt real 'vault' exists like people think it does. some poeple still think suge gets paid off pac stuff.. and he hasn't for years..
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Dre doesn't release any of his unreleased cuts from after he left Deathrow, if he buys the "vaults" of music, I doubt he will release any of it for awhile.
Crafty, Deathrow released alot of their classics in Enhanced Stereo last year. Better than nothing?
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:D Death Row's Back !!! :D
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we will see 8)...
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would dre want anything to do with the old dr stuff? its in the past...plus we all know he dont want to start prods with suge again.i dont see it happening..
the dr material has nothing to do with suge anymore, the court took it off him, and it will be sold off to pay the debt that suge owes
right but i think Xover meant that Suge might be pissed off if Dre buys his music back that Suge prolly views as his shit regardless off what the court says.
thats just what mean.dr is the past to dre....why drag old shit up again.
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we will see 8)...
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would dre want anything to do with the old dr stuff? its in the past...plus we all know he dont want to start prods with suge again.i dont see it happening..
the dr material has nothing to do with suge anymore, the court took it off him, and it will be sold off to pay the debt that suge owes
right but i think Xover meant that Suge might be pissed off if Dre buys his music back that Suge prolly views as his shit regardless off what the court says.
thats just what i mean.dr is the past to dre....why drag old shit up again.
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so petey pablo's album is out when ? ;)
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so petey pablo's album is out when ? ;)
LOL! Bet Peteys pissed now!
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There'z another hearing on tha receivership situation 2morrow and this time Harry-O'z attorney wantz Suge 2 be held in custody 4 failin' 2 appear at tha previous hearing last Saturday...
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man, I'm pretty sure the next snob who purchases these million dollar catalogues with chump change will just collect checks...
if this shit is already making money without anyone touching it
depending on who purchases this stuff, I don't think anything done or anything someone will do with it will "benefit" the fans
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this shit was only a matter of time. this is the beginning of the end for suge knight and his once unstoppable dynasty.
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this shit was only a matter of time. this is the beginning of the end for suge knight and his once unstoppable dynasty.
"Hey... See wit Death Row U neeever know"
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this shit was only a matter of time. this is the beginning of the end for suge knight and his once unstoppable dynasty.
"Hey... See wit Death Row U neeever know"
Yeah yeah yeah.
We've been hearing it for 10 years. Get over it.
There will be no "new dynasty".
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Maybe Crooked could buy his unreleased shit.
Could Snoop buy back the rights to his name 'Snoop Doggy Dogg'?
Dre will be proably gloating at the cahnce of buying The Chronic and Doggystyle.
It would be cool if Dre sampled bits n peices and parts of song add them as effects in to newer tracks. Example lLike Eazy did with NWA material to clown Dre.