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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: MOON KNIGHT on December 13, 2007, 09:04:46 PM
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First off this is not meant as a hate thread, just a discussion.
When Game started BlackWallStreet in 2003, I thought this was a great thing that would expand the West Coast music scene.
As time went I noticed that many of his artists/acts simply disappered, left or fell off the map. Is this due to label politics, Game's business practices, or other problems ? When I look at the past list of artists & affiliates, I can't seem to think of what could have been. Since 2003 we have 2 Game albums, Hurricane sneakers, countless mixtapes, and no official BlackWallStreet artist albums. On a side note; No offense to Juice or Arizona, but why did Game put on someone from Arizona before some of the countless MC's comin up outta Cali ? At one time it all seemed so promising. Now we have Juice, Clyde Carson ang Big J ? WTF ?
AFFILIATES PAST & PRESENT :
Glasses Malone
Young Life
Vita
Ya Boy
Phat Rat
Black Friday
Billboard AKA 4Bent
Big Fase 100
Techniec
Juice
Clyde Carson
M.O.B.
Eastwood
Cysserro AKA Rockstar
Charli Baltimore
Nu Jerzey Devil
Black Boy AKA Reggie P.
DJ Skee
DJ Haze
DJ Ray
Big J
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i agree he hasn't put no major artist up and realise a main stream street rap CD out . all he did is put out other people mix tapes and some wack ass shoes . i just think he cant sell enough for geefen to give him the money
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This is Game's fault. He hasn't been focusing on music cuz he's been too devoted to trying to help get the Atlanta Haws into the playoffs...
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Game we know thats you nigga, you ain't gotta lie, we still gone hold you down.
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This is Game's fault. He hasn't been focusing on music cuz he's been too devoted to trying to help get the Atlanta Haws into the playoffs...
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Game we know thats you nigga, you ain't gotta lie, we still gone hold you down.
LOL ...How come he don't have his "Hurricanes" on.
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When BWS first started, i thought they was gonna be one of the biggest labels out right now, but guess not...
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This is Game's fault. He hasn't been focusing on music cuz he's been too devoted to trying to help get the Atlanta Haws into the playoffs...
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Game we know thats you nigga, you ain't gotta lie, we still gone hold you down.
LOL. Good one.
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LOL ...How come he don't have his "Hurricanes" on.
Game doesn't even where his own shoe. He's always rockin' chucks.
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At first everything was going great. Game had the hype, talented artistsm and was looking to reintroduce West Coast gangsta rap to hip hop. But Game just doesn't know how to run a record label. At first that wasn't really a problem because Fase would take care of all the business matters. But when Game and Fase split, all the artists had to choose which direction to go in and the power structure crumbled. The guys that went with Fase got stuck in the same situation as every other rapper on the West Coast and that was no exposure, no outlet to display their music, and no star power to back them. The people that stuck with Game couldn't do shit because 1) Game didn't know shit about running a label 2) Eventually it seemed like he didn't even care to put his own artists. He makes no effort to get BWS a good record deal. He seems to be using signings and mixtapes as pure hype for himself. Glasses Malone, Vita, Techniec, Clyde Carson, Eastwood, Cysserro, and Charli Baltimore all realized this when they signed on to BWSl and ditched. It was a shame to because in 2005 it really looked like BWS was going to take over the West Coast. Now it is little more then a vanity label.
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One thing is for sure that I would like to say in Games defense: staring a new label and presenting new acts is hard as fuck these days, the way the albums are selling.
But I also have to say that Game took a big L for dissing 50 for his so called "only cares about himself, not the others" character. Let's leave the fact that 50 is responsible for Game's career aside, he is one of the rare rappers that made his homeboys platinum rap stars. Em didn't do it for D12, Luda for DTP, Nelly for St. Lunatics, Fat Joe for Terror Squad, D-Block and the list goes on and on....
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He promoted those artists in these ways...
Glasses Malone - Game had about one song with him. Malone was tight with Fase when he first joined and got alot of new west artists attention.
Life - Game tried to put him on BET with 4bent. Once 4bent died Game sort of forgot about him and the rest of the upcoming compton artsists.
Vita - had a few freestyles on ykwii 2. Left very early on before the documentary.
Ya Boy - ran with Game in 06. He was on alot of the BWS journal's tracks. Game promoted him a little on myspace and his forum.
Phat Rat - is Ya Boy's uncle and brought him to BWS. He is one of the first members and is tight with Fase. He aint an artist and he is still tight with Game. He was on SSSL CD & DVD.
Black Friday - from the early years of BWS. Game didnt really feel him and only made a couple of tracks with him. Game forgot about him like he did with the rest when 4bent passed away.
Billboard - was promoted like hell by Game. He was the main one Game really believed could be up there. He had alotta tracks with Game until he unfortunately was killed in 04.
Big Fase 100 - him and Game made his first mixtape 'the chronicles'. Game featued him on alot of dvds and he shouted him out in tracks a few times. Family matters happened in 05.
Techniec - would have been with Game alot more but M.O.B decided not to release an album together. He went to DC and is still cool with Game.
Juice - doesnt really deserve to be Game's top artist but is on alot of BWS shit and is always gettin love from Game.
Clyde Carson - no idea why he was signed by Game. Has only had a couple of songs with him. Not promoted at all. No idea what they're doin together right now.
M.O.B - Was on ghost unit/sssl/ykwii3 and would have been crazy. To bad Game forgot about them when he was on tour and tech and east were forced to leave. They are still cool though.
Eastwood - same as above ^
Cyssero - Was real cool with Game. Was signed at a Game concert when he spit some bars for Taydoe on camera and it was shown to Game. He was promoted on some Game tapes. Not too sure about the relationship they have right now. He released 'nobodies fool' which could be seen as a diss.
Charli Baltimore - was homies with NJD and he produced some of her songs. She was on a couple of Game tapes and was promoted on Games forum in 05. Left because like all the others Game forgot about them.
Nu Jersey Devil - one of the only begining members to still stay BWS until today. He is tight with Game and produced Games tapes with skee. Gets promoted on myspace by Game.
DJ Skee - Joined in 05. He is Game's mixtape DJ and is promoted through myspace. He doesnt do too much wit Game but he aint too worried.
DJ Haze - just a BWS DJ. Promoted a little through myspace europe communities that Game allowed.
DJ Ray - ???
Big J - ???
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He promoted those artists in these ways...
Glasses Malone - Game had about one song with him. Malone was tight with Fase when he first joined and got alot of new west artists attention.
Life - Game tried to put him on BET with 4bent. Once 4bent died Game sort of forgot about him and the rest of the upcoming compton artsists.
Vita - had a few freestyles on ykwii 2. Left very early on before the documentary.
Ya Boy - ran with Game in 06. He was on alot of the BWS journal's tracks. Game promoted him a little on myspace and his forum.
Phat Rat - is Ya Boy's uncle and brought him to BWS. He is one of the first members and is tight with Fase. He aint an artist and he is still tight with Game. He was on SSSL CD & DVD.
Black Friday - from the early years of BWS. Game didnt really feel him and only made a couple of tracks with him. Game forgot about him like he did with the rest when 4bent passed away.
Billboard - was promoted like hell by Game. He was the main one Game really believed could be up there. He had alotta tracks with Game until he unfortunately was killed in 04.
Big Fase 100 - him and Game made his first mixtape 'the chronicles'. Game featued him on alot of dvds and he shouted him out in tracks a few times. Family matters happened in 05.
Techniec - would have been with Game alot more but M.O.B decided not to release an album together. He went to DC and is still cool with Game.
Juice - doesnt really deserve to be Game's top artist but is on alot of BWS shit and is always gettin love from Game.
Clyde Carson - no idea why he was signed by Game. Has only had a couple of songs with him. Not promoted at all. No idea what they're doin together right now.
M.O.B - Was on ghost unit/sssl/ykwii3 and would have been crazy. To bad Game forgot about them when he was on tour and tech and east were forced to leave. They are still cool though.
Eastwood - same as above ^
Cyssero - Was real cool with Game. Was signed at a Game concert when he spit some bars for Taydoe on camera and it was shown to Game. He was promoted on some Game tapes. Not too sure about the relationship they have right now. He released 'nobodies fool' which could be seen as a diss.
Charli Baltimore - was homies with NJD and he produced some of her songs. She was on a couple of Game tapes and was promoted on Games forum in 05. Left because like all the others Game forgot about them.
Nu Jersey Devil - one of the only begining members to still stay BWS until today. He is tight with Game and produced Games tapes with skee. Gets promoted on myspace by Game.
DJ Skee - Joined in 05. He is Game's mixtape DJ and is promoted through myspace. He doesnt do too much wit Game but he aint too worried.
DJ Haze - just a BWS DJ. Promoted a little through myspace europe communities that Game allowed.
DJ Ray - ???
Big J - ???
Sounds about right but the thing you're forgettin is that people like Glasses, Ya Boy and etc never planned to actually sign wit BWS. They just worked out some shit to let em get some shine. Same thing with Clyde Carson and Dubb. And Life doesn't have a got work ethic, he's the type of nigga who wanna "stay fly" and all that shit.
But to sum it all up, i think that u can say that the reason BWS never blew up like dat is because of the bullshit. I mean how did yall expect Game to drop shit with M.O.B., Charli, Cyssero and etc when basically his own career was shakin cuz thats about the time his beef with 50 really took of with the Stop Snitchin Stop Lyin shit and then after that the whole Aftermath sitatution and finally the whole "Can he make it big with his next album without 50 & Dre" hype.
But its a damn shame M.O.B. never dropped, damn East, Tech and Game that shit would be straight raw. Almost like a Westside Connection thing u feel me.
And to the nigga who said "those wack ass shoes". U know how much dude sold of of those? I dont give a fuck how they design my shoe, if it sells then lets get it crackin.
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you gotta be kidding me, juice is game's number 1 artist :D, let's be real here for a sec, juice is ok by he ain't that nice , and where do i even start on black boy......game got no fucking clue how to pick talent or how to run a lable , i don't know why he don't let someone else run the lable
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BWS was the shit when it was just Game, M.O.B., and Cyssero... IMO that was when they were in their prime, almost makes me want to cry cuz BWS isn't like that anymore :'( 8)
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THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO EVER BEEN SIGNED TO B.WS ARE CLYDE CARSON AND JUICE WHO ARE BOTH DOPE.......
CLYDE CARSON ALBUJM COING OUT NEXT YEAR.. WWW.MYSPACE.COM/CLYDECARSON
JUICE ALBUM COMING OUT NEXT YEAR.. WWW.MYSPACE.COM/JUICE
DJ SKEE ALBUM COMING OUT - DONT KNOW WHEN - WWW.MYSPACE.COM/DJSKEE
AND OVERALL APART FROM YA BOY THEY ARE THE TWO ARTISTS THAT WILL SELL THE MOST
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EASTWOOD LEFT BECAUSE HE WAS SCARED OF SPIDER LOC -
CHARLI BALTIMORE LEFT BECAUSE OF CREATIVE DIFFERENCES
CYSSERO LEFT BECAUSE GAME SAW NO FUTURE IN HIM
LIFE WAS KICKED BECAUSE HE GOT AS KICKED
GAME NEVER HAD ANY INTENTIONS OF SIGNING GLASSES MALONE
YA BOY THOUGHT HE WOULD GET SIGNED OR GET HIS OWN DISTRIBUTION
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you gotta be kidding me, juice is game's number 1 artist :D, let's be real here for a sec, juice is ok by he ain't that nice , and where do i even start on black boy......game got no fucking clue how to pick talent or how to run a lable , i don't know why he don't let someone else run the lable
he's only got 2 artist of course he's his number 1 ::)
Juice is dope, and above all someone who can write songs. U gotta realize that
he wanna make money, just like everybody else and Juice got plenty of hot tracks with nice hooks and he's gotten
very nice feedback. And why the fuck should Game hire someone else to run something he created?
Like i said its because of all the bullshit the shit never popped of and read what i said, most of them cats never actually signed to BWS so why should he promote them?
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everyone i liked from BWS left G Malone, Ya Boy & Cyssero i glad cos i never really liked game that much
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LOL...
Young Life, just a rapper, nobody at all, wouldnt even be able to get anybody interested
G malone-Flop, harder than Wood, maybe Plasric Flop, Feat Akon, where is his track at, myspace?
Black Friday-wtf...
Phat Rat-Was he even a rapper fool?
ya boy-Dope, but dflop, he wanted to do his thing, Who said that Game gave him a contract? he dint sign he was just rolling with Game
Techniec-Dope, they fellout due to Games Drama with 50
Eastwood-same thing-drama with 50 and Game and all that shit
Cyssero-whatever happend there, kinda BWS is for the west coast,...
Vita-wtf. Who said she was signed, she was just a groupie, like Ya Boy, no diss to Ya Boy..
Charlie Baltimore-same thing, Game was just starting new, he just put shit loads of Artsits on BWS,
Now Game grew older, and realsied that he needed to cut down on arists, too many, Now he is ointo Juice, Clyde Carson and himself, Dunnot about Black boy, MDK, they are bubling, Game allways wanted to put out Juice,
Big J, he is already known in Europe, they are CLub Touring accross the whole europe with Mister Dont know and MDK hasdnt even dropped an album, whenever Game goest to Europe, Big J got his back and He can drop a lil album and Tour, and since its Europe, Game will get good Paper out of them.
NJ Devil, producing, for alot of niggaz, been quiet lately...
What was the point of 50 having 20 niggaz on G unit, all of them flopped, what was the point fo Having Gage and all the Bobby and Cashish niggaz on Shady, or Aftermath, Joel Ortiz and all them, RAkim, Cube, none of them ever gonna come out, not even Bishop...
Game did a great thing putting niggaz on the map, YA boy, Cyssero,Eastwood,
The ony thing that GAme fuked up is MOB project, that could have been dope,..
And to the dude that said Huricane shoes aint shit, Jimmy Henchman and Game made 8 mils in 2005 on them, they brokered 8 mils, And GAme made another 11 mils in 2006, watch forbes Richest Kings, I think u been listen ing to much anal sex music by Messy Marv, got fuking Slow in age, fagget
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He promoted those artists in these ways...
Glasses Malone - Game had about one song with him. Malone was tight with Fase when he first joined and got alot of new west artists attention.
Life - Game tried to put him on BET with 4bent. Once 4bent died Game sort of forgot about him and the rest of the upcoming compton artsists.
Vita - had a few freestyles on ykwii 2. Left very early on before the documentary.
Ya Boy - ran with Game in 06. He was on alot of the BWS journal's tracks. Game promoted him a little on myspace and his forum.
Phat Rat - is Ya Boy's uncle and brought him to BWS. He is one of the first members and is tight with Fase. He aint an artist and he is still tight with Game. He was on SSSL CD & DVD.
Black Friday - from the early years of BWS. Game didnt really feel him and only made a couple of tracks with him. Game forgot about him like he did with the rest when 4bent passed away.
Billboard - was promoted like hell by Game. He was the main one Game really believed could be up there. He had alotta tracks with Game until he unfortunately was killed in 04.
Big Fase 100 - him and Game made his first mixtape 'the chronicles'. Game featued him on alot of dvds and he shouted him out in tracks a few times. Family matters happened in 05.
Techniec - would have been with Game alot more but M.O.B decided not to release an album together. He went to DC and is still cool with Game.
Juice - doesnt really deserve to be Game's top artist but is on alot of BWS shit and is always gettin love from Game.
Clyde Carson - no idea why he was signed by Game. Has only had a couple of songs with him. Not promoted at all. No idea what they're doin together right now.
M.O.B - Was on ghost unit/sssl/ykwii3 and would have been crazy. To bad Game forgot about them when he was on tour and tech and east were forced to leave. They are still cool though.
Eastwood - same as above ^
Cyssero - Was real cool with Game. Was signed at a Game concert when he spit some bars for Taydoe on camera and it was shown to Game. He was promoted on some Game tapes. Not too sure about the relationship they have right now. He released 'nobodies fool' which could be seen as a diss.
Charli Baltimore - was homies with NJD and he produced some of her songs. She was on a couple of Game tapes and was promoted on Games forum in 05. Left because like all the others Game forgot about them.
Nu Jersey Devil - one of the only begining members to still stay BWS until today. He is tight with Game and produced Games tapes with skee. Gets promoted on myspace by Game.
DJ Skee - Joined in 05. He is Game's mixtape DJ and is promoted through myspace. He doesnt do too much wit Game but he aint too worried.
DJ Haze - just a BWS DJ. Promoted a little through myspace europe communities that Game allowed.
DJ Ray - ???
Big J - ???
Nigga U aint know shit, Game helped Clyde To get album deal with Capitol, cuz BWS is Destrebuted by EMI, Capitol Devision, so Game is gonna be taking % of his shit, but its up to Capitol To Promote, not BWS,
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only reason juice is still around is because hes an average rapper. Notice all the Hot rappers left (Cyssero, ya boy) all for one simple reason... GAME IS STILL TRYING TO BE AN ARTIST. why would he promote someone better then hi9m, hence the reason juisce is getting promo because juice is a regular rapper with no star quality. Game can promote juice and still know at the end of the day hes betetr then juice.
maybe game will get some BUSINESS sense when hes doing being a "rapper"
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only reason juice is still around is because hes an average rapper. Notice all the Hot rappers left (Cyssero, ya boy) all for one simple reason... GAME IS STILL TRYING TO BE AN ARTIST. why would he promote someone better then hi9m, hence the reason juisce is getting promo because juice is a regular rapper with no star quality. Game can promote juice and still know at the end of the day hes betetr then juice.
maybe game will get some BUSINESS sense when hes doing being a "rapper"
LOL at Cyssero and Ya Boy bein better than Game.
Cant yall get it through yo damn heads...
YA BOY WAS NEVER SIGNED TO BWS!!
GLASSES WAS NEVER SIGNED TO BWS!!
THE ONLY ARTISTS THATS BEEN SIGNED WAS CYSSERO, JUICE AND BLACKBOY. EAST AND TECH NEVER SIGNED A CONTRACT!!
IT DOESNT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH SKILLS DUMB MUFUCKA, HE WANNA MAKE MONEY JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. LLOYD BANKS IS BETTER THAN 50, BUT WHY DO U THINK 50 STILL PUT HIM ON? CUZ HE WANNA MAKE MONEY, CYSSERO IS DOPE BUT HE WAS NEVA GONA MOVE SHIT. JUICE GOT A SWAGGER, KNOWS HOW TO WRITE HOOKS AND SONGS, AND MOST PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW WHO HE IS.
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LOL...
Young Life, just a rapper, nobody at all, wouldnt even be able to get anybody interested
G malone-Flop, harder than Wood, maybe Plasric Flop, Feat Akon, where is his track at, myspace?
Black Friday-wtf...
Phat Rat-Was he even a rapper fool?
ya boy-Dope, but dflop, he wanted to do his thing, Who said that Game gave him a contract? he dint sign he was just rolling with Game
Techniec-Dope, they fellout due to Games Drama with 50
Eastwood-same thing-drama with 50 and Game and all that shit
Cyssero-whatever happend there, kinda BWS is for the west coast,...
Vita-wtf. Who said she was signed, she was just a groupie, like Ya Boy, no diss to Ya Boy..
Charlie Baltimore-same thing, Game was just starting new, he just put shit loads of Artsits on BWS,
Now Game grew older, and realsied that he needed to cut down on arists, too many, Now he is ointo Juice, Clyde Carson and himself, Dunnot about Black boy, MDK, they are bubling, Game allways wanted to put out Juice,
Big J, he is already known in Europe, they are CLub Touring accross the whole europe with Mister Dont know and MDK hasdnt even dropped an album, whenever Game goest to Europe, Big J got his back and He can drop a lil album and Tour, and since its Europe, Game will get good Paper out of them.
NJ Devil, producing, for alot of niggaz, been quiet lately...
What was the point of 50 having 20 niggaz on G unit, all of them flopped, what was the point fo Having Gage and all the Bobby and Cashish niggaz on Shady, or Aftermath, Joel Ortiz and all them, RAkim, Cube, none of them ever gonna come out, not even Bishop...
Game did a great thing putting niggaz on the map, YA boy, Cyssero,Eastwood,
The ony thing that GAme fuked up is MOB project, that could have been dope,..
And to the dude that said Huricane shoes aint shit, Jimmy Henchman and Game made 8 mils in 2005 on them, they brokered 8 mils, And GAme made another 11 mils in 2006, watch forbes Richest Kings, I think u been listen ing to much anal sex music by Messy Marv, got fuking Slow in age, fagget
G Malone - Number 1 on Power 106 and clocking over 500 spins a week in California alone.
Ya Boy - Killing shit right now as far as buzz goes, and thats just on some internet shit
Black Friday - Fuckin with Lil John now
Black Boy - Left the label, turned in his chain hella long ago
Bishop - Even if he don't drop, nigga is all over Detox (something game seems like he would lose sleep over) and is gonna get hella publishing off all the writing he be doing for Doc.
Shoes - Chuck caked off them shoes no doubt, but u trippin if you think he made 8 million off them shits.
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i'll tell you the reason why : GREED AND SELFISHNESS. now a day all rappers have their own label and drop their shit independent but when it comes to other artists they're stuck on mixtapes until they realize not all hip hop artist can be CEO'S/executive producers, in this case game got a taste of spotlight and doesnt wanna give it up. can gurantee you theres another game album b4 some BWS shit (if any) cant everybody be like em who went back for his homies?