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Title: Rawkus Records Sells Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Top-Dogg2001 on July 29, 2001, 02:07:01 PM
Rawkus Records Sells Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
source:y2hiphop.com

In what seems to be a BIG surprise to me, Rawkus Records have apparently signed a distribution deal with the big dogs of urban music, DefJam. Industry insiders are speculating that a lot of the artists on the Rawkus roster are very unhappy about the move and believe that the deal will cause less opportunities and a lack of creative control on future Rawkus albums. Industry insiders also believe that many Rawkus signed artists will be pretty vocal about the deal and we may even expect to see a few tracks on the whole subject soon.

In related news, it seems that DJ Hi-Tek is the first to jump the Rawkus ship and has apparently joined MCA Records, although I have still yet to hear official word on that. More news, Kool G Rap's new album "The Giancanna Story" has been given a release date sometime in October, whilst the Soundbombing 3 project is still scheduled for a November release, with The Last Emperor dropping early 2002.

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My opinion

All I have to say is this is some bull shit. If this is true then rawkus records can suck a dick. I don't want to see Dmx and Ja Rule calaborating with kool g rap and shit.  All Def Jam is gonna do is fuck everything up. I hope this isn't true because Rawkus is starting to get sucesss on there own and they don't need them . Plus they really don't need have HiTek leave. I'm pissed.
Title: Re: Rawkus Records Sells Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Top-Dogg2001 on July 29, 2001, 02:14:15 PM
Maybe I'm overeacting, hopefully def jam will let them do business as usual and just help them with the business and shit. But they better not touch the music.
Title: Re: Rawkus Records Sells Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Ro J. Simpson on July 29, 2001, 02:15:19 PM
man fuck that...rawkus was good....all the albums that dropped as far as im concerned were dope...train of thought was dope...i think that album was very uderrated and deserved more credibility...soundbombing 2 was an exceptional piece of work...mos def album...lyricists lounge...all dope...next up y'all gon see somethin like mos def and talib kewli ft. kool g rap and ja rule...fuck that the track will b dope and ja rule will step up talkin bout his life and how he's done toome and how many bitches he's fucked...amn this shit is depressin

peace y'all
Title: Re: Rawkus Records Sells Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Ro J. Simpson on July 29, 2001, 02:17:31 PM
my bad....How he's done Time

naw but i think top dogg is on point there...they probs hooked up wit rawkus to make money cos i think they'll blow up big style next year...i dont think they'll touch the music...the artists wil hav smethin to say

peace
Title: Re: Rawkus Records Sells Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: .:N-Imy:. on July 29, 2001, 02:26:09 PM
Is this for real cause you told stuff that wasn't true in another post and I fell for it but if this is true then summin big is gonna come of this.
Title: Re: Rawkus Records Sells Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Top-Dogg2001 on July 29, 2001, 02:34:35 PM
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Is this for real cause you told stuff that wasn't true in another post and I fell for it but if this is true then summin big is gonna come of this.


The other post I made about universal signing the poor was a joke from hiphopsite.com that was posted on "The Anything Goes forum" which means anything goes. If it was real I would have posted it on the "general" forum as I did this post.


And honestly I Wouldn't joke around about this shit happening. Do you know how much I would hate a jay-z and talib kweli calaboration.
Title: Re: Rawkus Records Sells Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: .:N-Imy:. on July 29, 2001, 02:44:33 PM

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And honestly I Wouldn't joke around about this shit happening. Do you know how much I would hate a jay-z and talib kweli calaboration.


That bad huh?
Title: Re: Rawkus Records Sells Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on July 29, 2001, 02:58:41 PM
Your pic is dope, but it still says "LL COOL J & Dre Chillin" underneath...
Title: Re: Rawkus Records Sells Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on July 29, 2001, 02:59:13 PM
Oh, you just chaned it...LOL
Title: Re: Rawkus Records Sells Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: .:N-Imy:. on July 29, 2001, 03:05:58 PM

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Oh, you just chaned it...LOL


lol. yeah I changed it cause I changed my pic and then noticed the LL & Dre thing under it just after I clicked on change profile. Anywayz I think this pic is funny.
Title: Re: Rawkus Records Sells Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: DreSnoop00 on July 29, 2001, 03:11:57 PM
lol funny pic mafia
that sux about rawkus records tho
Title: Re: Rawkus Records Sells Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Smooth on July 29, 2001, 07:27:49 PM
damn that's wack... if that's true that Hi-Tek left that's REALLY going to hurt Rawkus Records in my opinion...because i think Hi-Tek's about to BLOW UP!

PEace
Title: Re: Rawkus Records Sells Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Don Rizzle on July 30, 2001, 10:29:14 AM
its not true u'll be pleased to know what is true is that sometime next year they'll be looking for a new distributer as their contract with priority will be up. y2hiphop have also made a retractment and explained the current situation
Title: Re: Rawkus Records Sells Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Top-Dogg2001 on July 30, 2001, 10:46:29 AM
They said it's not true. I'm happy now. I'm just wondering whats going on with Hitek. Is he gonna stay? I really hope he's on soundbombing 3. This cd was suposed to be out a while ago but it keeps getting delayed.
Title: Re: Rawkus Records Sells Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on July 30, 2001, 06:44:01 PM
Yea, Cage was/is suppose dto be all over it...I can't wait..."SBII" was a classic...