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Title: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: JG on October 16, 2009, 05:45:47 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi5abNOtM7k
- Speaks on his new projects, and developing a new sound
- Introduces the projects he’s worked on, and his start in music
- Talks on his influences, and his opinions on the industry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDfMmDE6qCQ
- Discusses Darren Vegas early work, and Death Row work
- Talks about his album “Killafornia” ft. MC Eiht, Tha Chill & Tray Deee
- Describes his relationship with Tray Deee, Big C Style and Dogg Pound
- Speaks about producing Snoop’s track “Dippin N My Lo Lo”
- How he first got with Death Row in the early 90’s
- Speaks on working with Bone Thugs N Harmony, and 40 Glocc recently

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLdSFPZ_Jtc 
- Talks about recording Crooked I’s unreleased Death Row albums
- Discusses Left Eye, her start at Death Row and her album
- Mentions Jodeci, Too Short and others collaborating at Death Row

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-LZaUx3YmY
- Talks about Suge Knight launching Death Row Europe, and signing Mark Morrison
- Why Death Row never cameback, quitting music and playing professional Poker
- Talks about who hes working with, and that hes about to work with Johnny J
- The making and idea behind 2Pac “Nu Mixx Klazzics” album
- Discusses unreleased 2Pac tracks, and Keisha Cole being signed to Death Row
- Discusses WIDEawake, and the story behind Death Row bootlegging

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kE15-UCJ-I
- Talks about the Internet, Eddie Griffin, and starting a reality studio show
- Speaks about a selection of Death Row tracks, and who was featured on what
- Speaks about when Kurupt went back to Death Row, and ‘Tha Row Hitters’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJbKi0t2j4I
- Discusses sampling, and producing certain tracks
- More on unreleased Death Row tracks, and who he enjoyed working with
- Talks about Danny Boy, Crooked I, K9, and whether Suge ever rapped
- Speaks on his upcoming projects, and his own company


Conducted Monday, October 12, 2009 By Vic Mackey

Johnny J???
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: blazeindave213 on October 16, 2009, 06:15:14 PM
props on this man thanks a lot
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: DJDMC on October 16, 2009, 06:21:55 PM
This interview must be older than Oct.09, it must be done before Johnny J passed away because Vegas says hes about to work with Johnny J?

I agree with that he said, that Suge should have put outside artists on Pac's Nu Mixx album, maybe not Outkast but artist like Nas or Jadakiss. It would have crossed over.

Great interview, I actually liked this dudes work a lot. Slept on producer.
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: DeeezNuuuts83 on October 16, 2009, 06:53:18 PM
This interview must be older than Oct.09, it must be done before Johnny J passed away because Vegas says hes about to work with Johnny J?
Not if he was talking about WideAwake and the internal struggle that has only surfaced recently.
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: RhyanG on October 16, 2009, 07:29:03 PM
This interview must be older than Oct.09, it must be done before Johnny J passed away because Vegas says hes about to work with Johnny J?
Not if he was talking about WideAwake and the internal struggle that has only surfaced recently.

True that... Could Johnny J be alive still?

Thats Kilo interviewing Darren. Interveiw is really damn interesting. Big props Kilo...fuck the 2-faced fags, oh and tell uki to get at me.
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: Lunatic on October 16, 2009, 07:32:53 PM
part 3 is dope!! good job!!
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on October 16, 2009, 07:34:15 PM
this is a well researched, in-depth interview!  +1
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny
Post by: 2dog on October 16, 2009, 07:41:34 PM
Eastwood on "Hail Mary"?? Did that ever leak?

The Johnny J reference must have been a mistake. Vegas sound an intellegent guy. Notice he's a big gambler/poker player, I wonder if that's why he calls himself "vegas"?

Dope interview, dope producer!
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: Da Nard on October 16, 2009, 08:11:06 PM
who else besides crooked did darren vegas produce for...not really famialiar besides crooked shit..
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: DTG Entertainment on October 16, 2009, 08:12:49 PM
who else besides crooked did darren vegas produce for...not really famialiar besides crooked shit..

Bone Thugz, Keisha Cole, LBC Crew, Snoop Dogg, MC Eiht, and a few others.
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny
Post by: 2dog on October 16, 2009, 08:14:10 PM
who else besides crooked did darren vegas produce for...not really famialiar besides crooked shit..

Kurupt "I'm Back"
Left Eye aka Nina ft. Danny Boy "too street for tv"
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny
Post by: Da Nard on October 16, 2009, 08:17:39 PM
who else besides crooked did darren vegas produce for...not really famialiar besides crooked shit..

Kurupt "I'm Back"
Left Eye aka Nina ft. Danny Boy "too street for tv"
against the grain is a pretty bad ass albulm even if most people don agree..
that left Eye joints nice....
good to know...
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny
Post by: 2dog on October 16, 2009, 08:26:04 PM
Vegas did Against Tha Grain?
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: Da Nard on October 16, 2009, 08:30:35 PM
not sure but that kurupt jam is on there
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on October 16, 2009, 08:31:42 PM
nice to know JOHNNY J is alive....
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: RhyanG on October 17, 2009, 05:44:31 AM
kilo, amen-ra is threatening legal action for usin his interveiws he says peter stannard had no right to give u and uki the hoodstars.net domail LMFAO

wernt they mauzips interviews thou?
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: DTG Entertainment on October 17, 2009, 07:54:07 AM
kilo, amen-ra is threatening legal action for usin his interveiws he says peter stannard had no right to give u and uki the hoodstars.net domail LMFAO

wernt they mauzips interviews thou?

It was never his domain. The domain never belonged to the Irish.
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: RhyanG on October 17, 2009, 09:22:45 AM
kilo, amen-ra is threatening legal action for usin his interveiws he says peter stannard had no right to give u and uki the hoodstars.net domail LMFAO

wernt they mauzips interviews thou?

It was never his domain. The domain never belonged to the Irish.


Thatz what he claims LOL................

RE: use of HoodStars.net Audio files‏
From:  ºº Sam Crow ºº (dontplaythegame@hotmail.com) 
Sent: Fri 10/17/09 11:21 AM
To:  xxxxxxxxxx

The HoodStars.net 'shoutout files,' & songs performed by artists on behalf of Hoodstars.net & the 'shoutout videos' you also have posted. All were comissioned for the original Hoodstars.net website which was in joint ownership of myself, xxxxxxxx ,xxxxxxxxx & xxxxxxxxxx. Unless they are removed, legal proceedings will be issued with damages sought for breach of copyright under the Digital Millenium Act which provides for copyright ownserhip in digital mediums such as the internet.

Yours Sincerely,

Sam Crow
aka 'Amen-Ra'
ex-Editor in chief, HoodStars.net Magazine


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From: xxxxxxxxxx
To: dontplaythegame@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: use of HoodStars.net Audio files
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:15:00 -0400

Where and what songs


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From: dontplaythegame@hotmail.com
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: use of HoodStars.net Audio files
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 14:14:47 +0100

To whom it may concern,

You are currently using material from our previous tenure & ownership of the Hoodstars.net domain name, that under the Digital millenium Act as a site hosted in the USA & registered there as a business is a violation of the DMCA. The express use of this copyrighted material without the prior consent of it's owners is a criminal offence. Entitlement to a domain does not entitle you to ownership of the material generated under it, as this right & its implicit ownership remains with the creators, i.e. HoodStars.net Magazine, that being myself, Mauzip, Nino, & 2Real.

Failure to remove this material, will result in the issuing of legal proceedings from our retained council in principal,  Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, NYC will be issued forthwith.

Yours Sincerely,

Sam Crow
aka 'Amen-Ra'
ex-Editor in chief, HoodStars.net Magazine
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: DTG Entertainment on October 17, 2009, 09:23:37 AM
Amen-Ra never had ownership of the domain, the domain and hosting is owned by Peter of AudioHosting.org. Plus, the fact is - Hoodstars still has the same administration minus 2-Real, Zuka, and himself.
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: RhyanG on October 17, 2009, 09:47:01 AM
^^ I know Peter..... thats how I know Amen-Ra is pissed.... wasnt Amen-Ra the one who did that site 2untouchable.com??
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: DTG Entertainment on October 17, 2009, 09:48:23 AM
^^ I know Peter..... thats how I know Amen-Ra is pissed.... wasnt Amen-Ra the one who did that site 2untouchable.com??

Correct, but this is the same guy who said he was done in rap after Hoodstars went down. Lol. He shouldn't be upset, Hoodstars just could erase his name off all that shit.
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: Okka on October 17, 2009, 09:55:24 AM
Thanks, i'll check out this interview soon. Did his "Killafornia" album ever came out?
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: DTG Entertainment on October 17, 2009, 09:58:20 AM
Thanks, i'll check out this interview soon. Did his "Killafornia" album ever came out?

It did. Want a link?
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: kramer on October 17, 2009, 10:30:49 AM
so Kilo's balls have finally dropped hahahaha how old are you now? 16? this is classic haha, listen to this, he claims to know every artist affiliated with death row.... "Oh yea my boy works with Nuttso, I can hook you up"... "Warlord is my boy".... "I know K9, thats my boy".... "I know Big C Style, thats my boy".... LMAO dude, stop being a stalker to artists and regular guys, maybe then you won't be such a loser.
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: DTG Entertainment on October 17, 2009, 10:32:09 AM
so Kilo's balls have finally dropped hahahaha how old are you now? 16? this is classic haha, listen to this, he claims to know every artist affiliated with death row.... "Oh yea my boy works with Nuttso, I can hook you up"... "Warlord is my boy".... "I know K9, thats my boy".... "I know Big C Style, thats my boy".... LMAO dude, stop being a stalker to artists and regular guys, maybe then you won't be such a loser.

You're a fucking stalker you come into every fucking thread involving me weirdo.
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: RhyanG on October 18, 2009, 04:03:29 AM
lol wideawake arent allowing this interview to be posted on deathrowmusic.com forum...they delete it everytime sum1 posts it....they are tryin to hide the truth and i bet djcoma is crying
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: Mietek23 on October 18, 2009, 04:07:05 AM
Thanks, i'll check out this interview soon. Did his "Killafornia" album ever came out?

It did. Want a link?

Yes please :)
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: bigpimpin20 on October 18, 2009, 06:20:48 AM
Thanks, i'll check out this interview soon. Did his "Killafornia" album ever came out?
Yes and its dopeness
(http://images42.fotosik.pl/3/7461961cedf6091fmed.jpg) (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5CR7ODqsR6g/ShHBlYwl5iI/AAAAAAAAAsY/9JCfMX5iNxY/s400/killafornia+-+organization+-+back.jpg)
http://rapidshare.com/files/139199001/Killafornia_-_Organization__1996_.rar
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: bigpimpin20 on October 18, 2009, 06:36:24 AM
everybody hatin on 2Pac-Nu-Mixx Klazzics bu for me it was his best posthuman release
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: DTG Entertainment on October 18, 2009, 09:50:23 AM
lol wideawake arent allowing this interview to be posted on deathrowmusic.com forum...they delete it everytime sum1 posts it....they are tryin to hide the truth and i bet djcoma is crying

I should have left in the parts where Darren discussed WIDEawake. I think Lara might have cried then.
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: OG Hack Wilson on October 18, 2009, 10:13:10 AM
everybody hatin on 2Pac-Nu-Mixx Klazzics bu for me it was his best posthuman release


RUSD  > still i rise > better dayz > uteot > nu mixx > pacs life > loyal to the gayme
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: machete on October 18, 2009, 11:58:23 AM
he is a real producer who reminds of johnny j in which everyone over looks their contributions, and talents
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: MarshColin on October 18, 2009, 05:20:22 PM
lol wideawake arent allowing this interview to be posted on deathrowmusic.com forum...they delete it everytime sum1 posts it....they are tryin to hide the truth and i bet djcoma is crying

Ummm what does anything here have to do with me?

And I'm too busy right now to listen to the interview, can somebody please explain what all this johnny j business is all about?
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: DTG Entertainment on October 18, 2009, 05:31:45 PM
lol wideawake arent allowing this interview to be posted on deathrowmusic.com forum...they delete it everytime sum1 posts it....they are tryin to hide the truth and i bet djcoma is crying

Ummm what does anything here have to do with me?

And I'm too busy right now to listen to the interview, can somebody please explain what all this johnny j business is all about?

Well, according to Rhyan D, you said on DeathRowForum that Death Row UK was unofficial and Mark Morrison wasn't on Death Row thus agreeing with the admin over there. You also agreed back in the day when TooGangsta or Westside2Real did an article about this. The Johnny J thing is in regards to Darren said he was working with Johnny J soon, but we all know Johnny J passed away.

PS: Tell Cal I said hello.
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: MarshColin on October 18, 2009, 09:24:05 PM
lol wideawake arent allowing this interview to be posted on deathrowmusic.com forum...they delete it everytime sum1 posts it....they are tryin to hide the truth and i bet djcoma is crying

Ummm what does anything here have to do with me?

And I'm too busy right now to listen to the interview, can somebody please explain what all this johnny j business is all about?

Well, according to Rhyan D, you said on DeathRowForum that Death Row UK was unofficial and Mark Morrison wasn't on Death Row thus agreeing with the admin over there. You also agreed back in the day when TooGangsta or Westside2Real did an article about this. The Johnny J thing is in regards to Darren said he was working with Johnny J soon, but we all know Johnny J passed away.

PS: Tell Cal I said hello.

I said Mark Morrison was on Death Row UK which was a separate entity from the original Death Row, that is why WideAwake doesn't have any Mark Morrison masters in their vault. However closely affiliated the 2 labels are doesnt really matter because Death Row UK had the masters to their shit, and separately the original Death Row has their masters. All I was doing was explaining why WideAwake won't be releasing and don't have any Mark Morrison material. Not trying to argue over whether or not he was signed, but it's funny how people always have to stir the pot for no reason.
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: DTG Entertainment on October 18, 2009, 09:26:13 PM
lol wideawake arent allowing this interview to be posted on deathrowmusic.com forum...they delete it everytime sum1 posts it....they are tryin to hide the truth and i bet djcoma is crying

Ummm what does anything here have to do with me?

And I'm too busy right now to listen to the interview, can somebody please explain what all this johnny j business is all about?

Well, according to Rhyan D, you said on DeathRowForum that Death Row UK was unofficial and Mark Morrison wasn't on Death Row thus agreeing with the admin over there. You also agreed back in the day when TooGangsta or Westside2Real did an article about this. The Johnny J thing is in regards to Darren said he was working with Johnny J soon, but we all know Johnny J passed away.

PS: Tell Cal I said hello.

I said Mark Morrison was on Death Row UK which was a separate entity from the original Death Row, that is why WideAwake doesn't have any Mark Morrison masters in their vault. However closely affiliated the 2 labels are doesnt really matter because Death Row UK had the masters to their shit, and separately the original Death Row has their masters. All I was doing was explaining why WideAwake won't be releasing and don't have any Mark Morrison material. Not trying to argue over whether or not he was signed, but it's funny how people always have to stir the pot for no reason.

It's a sub-division. There was no artists on Death Row UK, I have had six employees of Death Row Europe tell me this. Mark's deal was directly with Death Row US. He flew to Los Angeles and signed the deal and recorded a good bit of the Innocent Man sampler there. Also, that isn't the reason they have no Mark Morrison masters - the reason being he was allowed to walk with his like a select few and release them post Death Row.
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: DTG Entertainment on October 18, 2009, 09:27:27 PM
lol wideawake arent allowing this interview to be posted on deathrowmusic.com forum...they delete it everytime sum1 posts it....they are tryin to hide the truth and i bet djcoma is crying

Ummm what does anything here have to do with me?

And I'm too busy right now to listen to the interview, can somebody please explain what all this johnny j business is all about?

Well, according to Rhyan D, you said on DeathRowForum that Death Row UK was unofficial and Mark Morrison wasn't on Death Row thus agreeing with the admin over there. You also agreed back in the day when TooGangsta or Westside2Real did an article about this. The Johnny J thing is in regards to Darren said he was working with Johnny J soon, but we all know Johnny J passed away.

PS: Tell Cal I said hello.

I said Mark Morrison was on Death Row UK which was a separate entity from the original Death Row, that is why WideAwake doesn't have any Mark Morrison masters in their vault. However closely affiliated the 2 labels are doesnt really matter because Death Row UK had the masters to their shit, and separately the original Death Row has their masters. All I was doing was explaining why WideAwake won't be releasing and don't have any Mark Morrison material. Not trying to argue over whether or not he was signed, but it's funny how people always have to stir the pot for no reason.

It's a sub-division. There was no artists on Death Row UK, I have had six employees of Death Row Europe tell me this. Mark's deal was directly with Death Row US. He flew to Los Angeles and signed the deal and recorded a good bit of the Innocent Man sampler there. Also, that isn't the reason they have no Mark Morrison masters - the reason being he was allowed to walk with his like a select few and release them post Death Row.

Ron Winters, his son, Ilka, Robert Herring, Phil, etc. and the rest of the "Death Row UK" staff will back me up on my claims. I even had them correct me in interviews RE: Death Row UK.
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: RhyanG on November 17, 2009, 08:09:41 AM
Kilo2, what did he mean about working with Johnny J?? Is it a diff Johnny J? Or doesnt DV know he died?
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: Quadruple OG on November 17, 2009, 03:18:03 PM
everybody hatin on 2Pac-Nu-Mixx Klazzics bu for me it was his best posthuman release

the thing that saved the album from being complete trash were the tracks that the other producer (think his name was Ambassador Kash) produced. Vegas stunk up that project ROYALLY. The version of "Hit em up" that appears on the album was a complete embarrassment for everyone involved.
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny
Post by: Zeus on November 17, 2009, 03:44:13 PM
Its too bad cuz his non numixx work was really good, he got a bad wrap for that album.
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: EFFeX on November 17, 2009, 04:05:34 PM
Still a great interview!
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: AndUKnowThisMayne on November 21, 2009, 11:29:06 PM
LOL @ the little Pip Squeaky voice LMAO. I stopped this after about 45SECS.
Title: Re: Darren Vegas Interview (Oct 2009) Talks about DEATHROW/WIDEawake and Johnny J??
Post by: One2free on January 13, 2010, 10:26:37 AM
Could it be possible to get this interview in a text form, I mean if it exists in a text form, plz give me a link