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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: Chad on August 16, 2006, 09:44:06 AM
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"PAYBACK'S A BITCH, JERRY."
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416917926
The words scrawled crudely across Jerry Heller's bedroom mirror that afternoon meant the rap wars had suddenly escalated. In the battle of his life over the ragingly successful music label he had helped found, Ruthless Records, Heller had seen death threats, strong-arming, and beatings. Now the violence had come home when his enemies burglarized his house, jacked his Corvette, and left behind this sneering piece of graffito.
Heller didn't get mad; he got even. Ruthless tells the explosive story of Jerry Heller's alliance with Eric Wright, aka Eazy-E, one of the legends of rap music and a founding member of N.W.A., "the world's most dangerous band." As a longtime music industry superagent, Heller had the skill and insight necessary to guide N.W.A.'s cometlike rise to the top of the charts. Along the way there were raucous nationwide tours, out-of-control MTV pool parties, and X-rated business meetings. Heller held on through the brutal shocks and reversals of the Ruthless Records era, which saw the label being targeted by the FBI, and its principal artists locked in bitter conflict, until a final turnaround placed Ruthless at the top of the heap once more. Always in the middle of the whirlwind were Jerry and Eazy, an odd-couple pairing that represents one of the deepest and most appealing stories in American music.
You don't have to be an N.W.A. fan to love Ruthless. Heller turns the music industry inside out, exposing its strange logic and larger-than-life personalities. Ruthless provides keen insight into the popular music scene, with an unforgettable portrait of its rollicking excesses, life-churning drama, and multimillion-dollar highs.
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Interesting. I'd like to read this.
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This dude was like the mafia bacc in them day. It was his idea to sue Suge and Sony. The whole fuccin lawsuit was a lie from A to Z. I might checc this shit out but I hope somebody writes about him and talk about how he had Eazy killed.
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Interesting. I'd like to read this.
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He teaches a course on the music business at USC...
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i think ill buy it to check it out
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Interesting. I'd like to read this.
He teaches a course on the music business at USC...
that'd be crazy to be in his class
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Interesting. I'd like to read this.
He teaches a course on the music business at USC...
that'd be crazy to be in his class
Yea, it'd be great, he's a legend in music business...
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Why did I think that nigga was dead?
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Interesting. I'd like to read this.
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Fuck Jerry Heller, came in and fucked NWA up
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i wouldnt buy it and give him any money, but id like to read it
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Fuck Jerry Heller, came in and fucked NWA up
Fucked NWA up? He's a huge part of the reason for their mainstream success...NWA woulda' never been what they were if it weren't for Heller...Music is a business and Heller was a business man...NWA were homies, not business partners, so they didn't know how to handle it...PeACe
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Why did I think that nigga was dead?
because he was like 879 years old when he was with Ruthless
this book should be interesting tho. ill check it out.